World Youth Chess Championships started in Porto Carras, Greece. 626 players from 78 countries take part in all tournaments.

Surprise as Anish Giri draws a game... It really was a surprise as Alina Kashlinskaya is rated 333 points less than him.

Aronian won his game by a fantastic combination.

⚪️#38 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Muzychuk,Mariya (2533)
🔸Javakhishvili,Lela (2475)
🔸Olympiad Women 2018 Batumi

13.axb4! [An exchange sacrifice that shuts the queen out of play for a long time.]

[13.Bf4!? 0–0 14.Ra2 Be7 15.b4 Nxb4 16.axb4 Qxa2 17.Nxc3 Nxc3 18.Qxe7 Ne4 (18...Rf7 19.Qd8+ Rf8 20.Qc7 Ne4 21.Bd6 Nxd6 22.Qxd6 Rf6 23.Qd8+ Rf8 24.Qc7 Be6 25.Ng5²) 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Ng5 Rf7 21.Nxf7 Qxf7 22.Qd8+ Qf8 23.Qa5²; 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bc5 15.Kh1 Qb6 16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Nxc3 Qc6 18.Ne2 0–0 19.Be3 Bg4 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Qxc2 22.Qe3=]

13...Qxa1 14.Ba3 [14.b5!? Nb4 15.Ba3 a5 16.bxa6 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Rxa6 18.Qc1 Nd2 19.Nfxd2 Rxa3 20.Nxa3 Qxc1 21.Rxc1 cxd2 22.Rd1= (22.Rxc8+?? Kd7–+) ]

14...a5! 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.Bc5 [16.Bd6 Kf7 17.Ne5+ Nxe5 18.Bxe5=]

16...Rxc5 17.dxc5 0–0 18.Qe3 f4 19.Qe1 Nxc5 20.Nxc3 Qxe1 21.Rxe1 Nxd3 22.cxd3 Bf5 23.Nxd5 Bxd3 24.Ne7+ Nxe7 25.Rxe7 Ba6 26.Ng5 h6 27.Ne6 Rf7 28.Re8+ Kh7 29.Nf8+ Kg8 30.Ng6+ Kh7 31.Nf8+ Kg8 ½–½

⚫️#38 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Supi,Luis Paulo (2548)
🔸Howell,David W L (2689)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

45...g5! [45...Rc2 46.g3 Nxe2 47.Rxe2 Rxc3 48.Rb2 Rc7³; 45...Rb7 46.c4 Rb3 47.g3 (47.Rc1 Rb2 48.Bd1 Rd2 49.Rb1 e3 50.fxe3 Nxg2 51.c5 Nxe3+ 52.Ke1 Rd5 53.c6 Nxd1 54.Rxd1 Rc5 55.Rd6 Kh6µ) 47...Nxe2 48.Kxe2 Rc3=]

46.Bd1 Rb1 47.Bc2 [47.g4 Nd3 48.gxf5 Nxe1 49.Kxe1 Rb2 50.c4 Rb4–+]

47...Rxe1+ 48.Kxe1 Nxg2+ 49.Ke2 Kg6 50.f3 [50.c4 Nf4+ 51.Ke3 Kf6 52.c5 Ke5 53.f3 Nd5+ 54.Ke2 e3 55.c6 f4 56.Bb3 Nc7 57.Ba2 Kd6–+]

50...e3 51.c4 Kf6 52.c5 f4 53.Be4 Ke5 54.Kd3 Nh4 55.Kc2 Nf5 56.Kc3 Nd4 [56...Nd4 57.Ba8 Ne6 58.c6 Kd6 59.Kd3 Kc7 60.Ke2 Nd4+ 61.Kd3 Nxf3–+] 0–1

⚫️#39 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Rodriguez Vila,Andres (2477)
🔸Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2780)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi