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Re: NEW Baku Olympiad thread! - Alastair White - 05-09-2016
Yes, caught a fleeting glimpse before the live feed became unuseable again. Frustrating.
Re: NEW Baku Olympiad thread! - Andy Howie - 05-09-2016
And todays shocking news. A player has been defaulted when a random search found a phone.
Really????
Re: NEW Baku Olympiad thread! - Andy Howie - 05-09-2016
Ladies are 3-0 up now with Ali looking really good to make it 4. 50% when you are seeded 84th is excellent. Keep it up!
Re: NEW Baku Olympiad thread! - Andy Howie - 05-09-2016
Also pleasing to see my Predecessor getting off the mark today
Re: NEW Baku Olympiad thread! - Andy Howie - 05-09-2016
Open Boards don't seem to want to display. I have a different like for anyone wanting to watch https://chess24.com/en/watch/multiboard/42nd-chess-olympiad-baku-2016-open
Re: NEW Baku Olympiad thread! - robin moore - 05-09-2016
Andy Howie Wrote:Ladies are 3-0 up now with Ali looking really good to make it 4. 50% when you are seeded 84th is excellent. Keep it up!
I make them 69th seed out of the 132 teams who have turned up so any finishing position in the top half would be great. Well done today girls!
Re: NEW Baku Olympiad thread! - Alastair White - 05-09-2016
Impressive result by the Women's team (or as Andy would have it - the 'Ladies' - he had them down as 'Girls' yesterday which may or may not have gone down too well!). Kathleen was losing heavily at but managed to turn the tables while Joy's opponent self-destructed in a drawn pawn ending. The other two games were never in doubt as Keti and Ali stormed through.
A hard match for the Open team (or is it the Gentlemen/Boys?) against Turkey. Both John and Neil were doing well at one stage but they didn't manage to keep it going against their higher graded opponents.
So both teams have yo-yo'd their way to 50% and you would now expect closer matches from now on. But rather unlucky for the open team to be drawn against Israel (5 highly ranked GMs!). I suppose we can't expect too much against a team whose number 5 rejoices in the name of Baron Tal! A better draw for the women against their Celtic rivals Wales.
Re: NEW Baku Olympiad thread! - Andy Howie - 05-09-2016
Alastair White Wrote:Impressive result by the Women's team (or as Andy would have it - the 'Ladies' - he had them down as 'Girls' yesterday which may or may not have gone down too well!).
Really?? Want to show me where as I don't have any recollection on posting yesterday. I was hardly on the internet
Re: NEW Baku Olympiad thread! - Alastair White - 05-09-2016
Sorry Andy it was the other Andy... too many Andys
I get easily confused at my age... :ymblushing:
Re: NEW Baku Olympiad thread! - Andy Howie - 06-09-2016
Phew. Wasn't looking foward to getting a chewing from the Ladies team when I get there!