European Team Championships

[David G Congalton]

Although perhaps nobody cares about actual chess on the noticeboard?

Personally, I'd like more actual chess on the noticeboard and I'm pleased to see Clement's comments on the positions from the round 1 games. Also nice to see that the Scots teams round 1 games can now be viewed via the Chess Scotland website.

I don't feel qualified to comment on the moves of players who are double my grade but Clement's posting had me looking at the second position and analysing the actual and suggested moves. I then went on to play through Alan Tate's game from round 1. Alan's updates are also appreciated. Having played through his game I was wondering if time was a contributory factor in his evential demise to Hrvoje Stevic.

It's a shame that only the top nine matches are being covered live and this may be part of the reason that the European Team Championships has not attracted as much comment on the forum as the Euroyouth, where every game the Scots team played was live. We're kind of in limbo waiting for reports and games. I would much rather have spent this afternoon watching our team's moves than watching Nigel Shorts game, although this did end in such a way that I was left wondering, did he actually miss that or was he so lost he let his opponent make the final moves rather than resign.

Good luck to the team for round 3. I don't want to put any more pressure on the team but a good result against Georgia could see the team on the live boards on Sunday. I'm sure it'll be tough but there's not much of a difference between Georgia and Denmark.