In May 22 earlier this year the Turkish Chess Federation announced that the World Junior Chess Championship for boys and girls would be held in the city of Hatay, Turkey. Many chess players and federations were unhappy with this decision, as Hatay is a mere 20 kilometers away from the Syrian border – a stone's throw away from Aleppo. With accusations of the Syrian government engaging in chemical warfare, and the threat of US misslie strikes, the TCF decided to change the venue of the tournament to Kocaeli, which is as far away from Syria as you can get in Turkey.
The opening ceremony of WJCC 2013 was held on 13th Sep.2013 at The Ness Hotel.
Impressions by Vijay Kumar from the opening ceremony and the first round
World Junior Chess Championship 2013 Video Report Round 2
World Junior Chess Championship 2013 Video Report Round 3
In the lead: GM Alexander Ipatov, 2601, TUR, 3.0/3
Tenth: GM Nils Grandelius, 2576, SWE, 2.5/3
15th: IM Andrey Stukopin, 2522, RUS, 2.5/3
17th: IM Zurab Javakhadze, 2457, GEO, 2.5/3
Melih Yurtseven, Turkey
FM Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, Portugal
FM Matt Pon, South Africa
Esat Baglan, Turkey
CM Cankut Emiroglu, Turkey
IM Vahap Sanal, Turkey
| # | Sd | Ti | Player | Rtng | Nat. | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | GM | Ipatov Alexander | 2601 | TUR | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2662 | CHN | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2570 | UAE | 3 |
| 4 | 13 | IM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2534 | POL | 3 |
| 5 | 45 | IM | Vakhidov Jahongir | 2385 | UZB | 2½ |
| 6 | 64 | CM | Muhammad Luthfi Ali | 2277 | INA | 2½ |
| 7 | 59 | Ratkovic Milovan | 2302 | SRB | 2½ | |
| 8 | 55 | FM | Nasanjargal Urtnasan | 2323 | MGL | 2½ |
| 9 | 90 | Ozdover Mustafa Berkay | 2005 | TUR | 2½ | |
| 10 | 4 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2576 | SWE | 2½ |
| 11 | 8 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2565 | IND | 2½ |
| 12 | 9 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2553 | IND | 2½ |
| 11 | IM | Eliseev Urii | 2550 | RUS | 2½ | |
| 14 | 37 | Bai Jinshi | 2412 | CHN | 2½ | |
| 15 | 14 | IM | Stukopin Andrey | 2522 | RUS | 2½ |
| 16 | 15 | IM | Debashis Das | 2489 | IND | 2½ |
| 17 | 23 | IM | Javakhadze Zurab | 2457 | GEO | 2½ |
| 18 | 16 | IM | Kanarek Marcel | 2483 | POL | 2½ |
| 19 | 18 | IM | Idani Pouya | 2480 | IRI | 2½ |
| 20 | 33 | IM | Baghdasaryan Vahe | 2423 | ARM | 2½ |
| 21 | 21 | IM | Petenyi Tamas | 2468 | SVK | 2½ |
WGM Wang Jue, China, with 2.5/3 points
Hongyan Liu, China
WGM Dinara Saduakassova, Kazakhstan
WFM Bibissara Assaubayeva, Kazakhstan
WIM Ekaterini Pavlidou, Greece
Caterina Leonardi, Slovenia
Barbara Juhasz, Hungary
WIM Anna Styazhkina, Russia
Irina Petrova, Ukraine
Beril Berfin Sen, Turkey
Gamzenur Güney, Turkey
Deniz Firat, Turkey
WFM Dorsa Derakhshani, Iran
WFM J Saranya, India
Photos by Zeynep Yetisgin and Fatma Koc Ozturk
| # | Sd | Ti | Player | Rtng | Nat. | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2418 | RUS | 3 |
| 2 | 9 | WIM | Zhai Mo | 2309 | CHN | 3 |
| 3 | 11 | WIM | Medina Warda Aulia | 2301 | INA | 3 |
| 4 | 20 | FM | Stetsko Lanita | 2213 | BLR | 2½ |
| 5 | 13 | WIM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2277 | KAZ | 2½ |
| 6 | 35 | WFM | Monnisha Gk | 2094 | IND | 2½ |
| 7 | 5 | WGM | Bulmaga Irina | 2387 | ROU | 2½ |
| 8 | 17 | WIM | Nguyen Thi Mai Hung | 2222 | VIE | 2½ |
| 9 | 4 | WGM | Wang Jue | 2392 | CHN | 2½ |
| 10 | 7 | WGM | Saduakassova Dinara | 2326 | KAZ | 2½ |
| 11 | 2 | WGM | Cori T. Deysi | 2433 | PER | 2½ |
| 12 | 1 | WGM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 2434 | RUS | 2½ |
| 13 | 10 | WIM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | 2303 | IRI | 2½ |
| 14 | 16 | WIM | Rodriguez Rueda Paula | 2225 | COL | 2½ |
