World Chess Olympiad for Blind & Visually Impaired 10-19 Aug

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World Chess Olympiad for Blind & Visually Impaired 10-19 Aug

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:37 pm

14th IBCA World Chess Olympiad for Blind & Visually Impaired Chennai, India 10-19 Aug 2012
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Congratulations to Colin Crouch and Chris Ross who won the silver medal on boards one and two for the United Kingdom team scoring 7.5/9 and 6.5/9 respectively. The team also comprised Stephen Hilton 1.5/7, David Hodgkins 3.5/6 and John Gallagher 0.5/5. The team finished on 10 match points from nine rounds. Each team was allowed a squad of five and four play in each match.