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by Ben Purton » Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:19 am
I think the result is very positive. Micky Adams proving that he still has got it and Gawain(whos working hard on his chess) performing well. i really do not see your negatives so much Mark Howitt. Without Gawain, Howell , Sadler , Mcshane hitting near 2700 , we are always big underdogs to get anything near a medal. I think both England sides had tough tough pairings and did fine. All this crap about it being linked to membership fees is a joke, the membership fees don't pay for this area. It is fine to be upset about membership fees, lots of my team are upset as they play so little but I cannot see any link to this thread in that.
I think if we have Adams, Short, Sadler, Mcshane, Gawain , Howell and they are at 2720,2700,2680+,2650+,2650+,2600+ in the next olympiad, and they play well then we can finish top 10, maybe even blag a medal. You have to remember that excluding "the big 3" , USA, China and India. Almost all the other powerhouses and the top 4 teams subjectively(Russia, Ukraine,Aze,Arm) all come from Europe. One could argue that with Gelfand , Israel are stronger than Usa and India.
I think your negativity shows a complete lack of understanding or ability to want to understand how just a tiny off tournament can go from a 2600 perf to a 2400 perf etc. I have had many days as a crappy 2100 where i have a TRP of <1900, no one gets on my back , why should we get on howell's. He is by far deserving of his place in the team , everyone has a bad tournament, he has had terrible set backs before, like the last round of U20's , but always comes back.
This is me being nice Mr Howitt, you have little to do with chess, you try and pdf crap all over the forum and you never have anything nice to say.
How about you start actually highlighting the positives then the negatives you talk of might even be read or looked at by most.
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