World Youth Chess Championship 2018: Round 4
The fourth round of the World Youth Championships was played in Greece on October 22nd.
In the U14 open group, four players, including Stefan Pogosyan from Russia, Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio from Spain, Kazybek Nogerbek from Kazakhstan, and Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel from Colombia have a perfect score. 
In the girls' tournament, Song Yuxin and Ning Kaiyu from China are the leaders with four out of four. The compatriots will play against each other in the fifth round. 6 players are half a point behind them.
The leaders in the U16 open championship Shant Sargsyan from Armenia and Tor Fredrik Kaasen from Norway will meet in the fifth round. Four players have three and half points. Jovana Srdanovic from Serbia is a sole leader in the U16 girls' section with a perfect score, but six players are breathing down her neck half a point behind. 
Igor Janik from Poland is the only leader of the U18 open tournament. 6 players scored 3.5 points. The rating favorite Alexei Sarana from Russia made has 3 points.
In the U18 girls' tournament, Polina Shuvalova (Russia) and Anna Sargsyan (Armenia) are at the top of the table with a perfect score.
The round 5 will start on October 23 at 3 pm local time.
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Double rounds in the World Youth Championship 2018
The second and third rounds of the World Youth Championships were played in Porto Carras on October 21. The players had a tough day with double rounds which started at 10 am and lasted till 10:30 pm with a short break for lunch.
In the Open U14 category, ten players have a perfect score. In the Girls U14, six players have two points.
In the Open U16 category, five players have three points out of three, and in Girls U16 there are six leaders with the same result.
Three players are leading the pack in Open U18. In the Girls' U-18, five players earned a perfect score.
The fourth round will be held on October 22.
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World Youth Chess Championships 2018 started in Porto Carras
The World Youth Chess Championships 2018 started in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece, on October 03, 2018. The championships will last from 19th of October (arrivals, technical meeting) to 31st of October 2018 (departures).
The Championships are held for the older age groups U14, U16 and U18, Girls and Open.
A record number of 626 players from 78 federations are taking part in the Championships.
The second and the third rounds will be played on 21st of October. 
FIDE Vice-president Anastasia Sorokina greeted participants before the start of the 1st round. The Chief Arbiter of the World Youth Championships Takis Nikolopoulos drew the attention of the players to some tournament regulations, anti-cheating measures and reminded them about the tournament schedule.
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Photos by Anastasia Karlovich and Niki Riga
