11-09-2016, 09:13 PM
As far as I know...
-Andrew has obviously played 8 different federations so far (it's the Olympiad)
-He can maybe afford to lose tomorrow and then win against a sufficiently high rated opponent in the final round and still claim the norm by dropping his round 1 opponent. The draw having been rather strange so far, however, means there is no guarantee of who we will play in the final round.
-A high finish for the team is very important, but I would swap a 'reasonable' number of places for Andrew's (double) norm!
-Andrew has obviously played 8 different federations so far (it's the Olympiad)
-He can maybe afford to lose tomorrow and then win against a sufficiently high rated opponent in the final round and still claim the norm by dropping his round 1 opponent. The draw having been rather strange so far, however, means there is no guarantee of who we will play in the final round.
-A high finish for the team is very important, but I would swap a 'reasonable' number of places for Andrew's (double) norm!