12-09-2016, 10:28 PM
Forget the Filipinos ... such scores sometimes happen. The key thing at this level is to bounce back quickly. Tomorrow's a great opportunity. Go for it ... both teams. Haven't checked women's opponents but men are definite favourites.
Eugenio Torre, by the way, was always a little bit special. I played him in his first Olympiad (draw, Siegen 1970). Roddy McKay got a win against him a year earlier in the world junior championship prelim group. Time flies!
Alexander Belyavsky (63 this year), top board for high-flying Slovenia, was and remains an even more special player (don't just take that from me; Garry Kasparov said so and was right in that) ... He has a frighteningly good record against Scots over the years ... I won't name (other) names, but they do include me ... and go well into the 21st century ... check the databases!
Eugenio Torre, by the way, was always a little bit special. I played him in his first Olympiad (draw, Siegen 1970). Roddy McKay got a win against him a year earlier in the world junior championship prelim group. Time flies!
Alexander Belyavsky (63 this year), top board for high-flying Slovenia, was and remains an even more special player (don't just take that from me; Garry Kasparov said so and was right in that) ... He has a frighteningly good record against Scots over the years ... I won't name (other) names, but they do include me ... and go well into the 21st century ... check the databases!