03-07-2016, 07:38 PM
Let's give a big shout out to the Scotland team (Phil Giulian, David Findlay, Rosie Giulian and Richard Jennings) who have played a blinder in the over50s event. Despite playing against higher graded opponents every round, they are unbeaten since the second round with 3 won matches, 4 drawn matches and just one loss. So they are assured of a top half finish after being seeded 43rd out of 57 teams.
Their reward for their excellent performance is a final round draw against top rated team Iceland ( who have 5 players, all GMs) tomorrow. They could not emulate their footballers and lost today to England 1. A very tough ask for the Scots but it does give us the possible prospect of Richard Jennings vs ageing chess legend Fridrik Olafsson.
Good luck guys, and whatever the result you will have done Scotland proud!
By the way, our old friend IM Jan Rooze is leading Belgium from the front in the over 65s and is currently on 7/8 so is well placed to capture the top board prize there. Even more impressive is the fact that he is recovering from a recent stroke! He has made an amazing recovery.
Their reward for their excellent performance is a final round draw against top rated team Iceland ( who have 5 players, all GMs) tomorrow. They could not emulate their footballers and lost today to England 1. A very tough ask for the Scots but it does give us the possible prospect of Richard Jennings vs ageing chess legend Fridrik Olafsson.
Good luck guys, and whatever the result you will have done Scotland proud!
By the way, our old friend IM Jan Rooze is leading Belgium from the front in the over 65s and is currently on 7/8 so is well placed to capture the top board prize there. Even more impressive is the fact that he is recovering from a recent stroke! He has made an amazing recovery.