European Team Chs in Warsaw

[LawrenceCooper]

Bo. 5 ENGLAND Rtg - 4 UKRAINE Rtg 0 : 0
5.1 GM ADAMS, Michael 2752 - GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720
5.2 GM MCSHANE, Luke J 2696 - GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682
5.3 GM JONES, Gawain C B 2648 - GM EFIMENKO, Zahar 2657
5.4 GM HOWELL, David W L 2644 - GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709

Bo. 23 England Rtg - 26 Switzerland Rtg 0 : 0
15.1 IM Ciuksyte, Dagne 2355 - WIM Seps, Monika 2260
15.2 WGM Corke, Anya S 2276 - WIM Heinatz, Dr. Gundula 2169
15.3 WFM Grigoryan, Meri 2039 - WFM Stoeri, Laura 2102
15.4 WFM Bhatia, Kanwal K 2039 - WFM De Seroux, Camille 2066

[NickFaulks]

Ukraine big favourites with the bookies, don't see why.

[Geoff Chandler]

"Ukraine big favourites with the bookies, don't see why."

What odds are being quoted and where.

[Phil Neatherway]

Does McShane hate his white-squared bishop?

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Is there any way back to 2-2 for the England Open team from here?

[LawrenceCooper]

Is there any way back to 2-2 for the England Open team from here?

An Adams win and making the time control on bottom board (if he really has only 48 seconds left) would both be very helpful.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Meanwhile at the top, France look good to continue extending their lead.

[Chris Rice]

Is there any way back to 2-2 for the England Open team from here?

An Adams win and making the time control on bottom board (if he really has only 48 seconds left) would both be very helpful.

But as its 30s increment and he's got 16 moves left its 8mins 48s? Hope so anyway. Starting to like Luke's position.

[benedgell]

Not liking our chances at this point, and fear it'll be very tough to get back into a medal- winning position if this match goes against us.

[David Shepherd]

I think Luke has major time problems (if the clocks are close to correct)

[Tim Spanton]

I think Luke has major time problems (if the clocks are close to correct)

They're not - Moiseenko has lost on time on at least three occasions while I've been watching

[David Shepherd]

Yes I saw that too - but given the speed that Luke has played the last ten moves at, I get the impression he is playing on increment or close to it, which can be hard to maintain for about 20 moves in a middle game.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Adams seems to have not quite found the best line, though Howell looks closer to equality now.

[benedgell]

I'm going to predict that Moiseenko will win.

[benedgell]

McShane's winning now, though