European Seniors Team Championship, Sibenik 2014

[Craig Pritchett]

Yesterday Scotland 1 caused Russia 2 quite a stir. Only the old war-horse GM Vasiukov was in (apparent) fine form on board 1, where he eventually downed Peter Jamieson, who played White, in a highly complicated Trompowsky. Phil Giulian appeared to have the better of it from an opening that misfired for GM Pushkov, who may have been a bit fortunate that Phil agreed to the draw. Ian Robertson's Open b3 Sicilian retained a firm grip throughout on Board 3. Alan Scrimgour defended heroically to hold, in the end quite comfortably, in a Queen's Indian in which his opponent pressed hard in a dangerous gambit line.

Reward: Russia 1 v Russia 2 today; Scotland v Austria / Vienna ... on paper much easier than Russia 2 ... but sadly off the live boards this afternoon. Haven't time to check out Scotland 2. Good luck to all!