The eleventh World Youth (Children's) Olympiad took place in a small city of Doğubeyazıt, located in Ağrı province, a cosy corner lying in Eastern Turkey next to Iranian border. The region is famous from vicinity of the legendary mountain Ararat, which is recorded in the Old Testament to be the place where the Noah's Ark came to rest after the great flood. The games commenced on August 6th, and concluded one week later.

China took early lead but lost 3.5-0.5 to Ukraine on day five and the Ukrainian team took over the lead. On the next day they scored a decisive (as future revealed) win vs Hungary, and saw Georgia, another possible contenders losing sensationally to Uzbekis­tan.

The penultimate round saw a true bombshell: Hungary conceded 3-1 the match vs Azerbaijan, a team rated lower by 230 Elo points! Georgia wiped out Sweden 4-0 to creep into second. The Georgians didn't release the reins on the last day steamrolling poor Turkmenistani team with yet another 4-0. Hungary were held by China "B" (another huge disappointment for the top seeds) to stay in shared fourth. China took bronze.

Best individual result was achieved by Ukraine's board #3 Yaremko (8½/10). Best Elo performance (2509) was obtained by China's top board Wan Yunguo.

Final results:
GOLD: Ukraine (Kravtsiv, IM Onischuk, Yaremko, Zherebukh) 31
SILVER: Georgia (IM Margvelashvili, Paichadze, FM Benidze, Bregadze, Lomsadze) 29
BRONZE: China (Wan, Yu, Zeng, Li, Du) 26
4. Hungary, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan - 25

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