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by Christopher Kreuzer » Tue Oct 21, 2014 2:32 pm
Jonathan Rogers wrote:Ian Thompson wrote:Roger de Coverly wrote:In some events, the number of host nation's players gets excessive, so that particularly in the second half of the pairings, it's not as if English players are playing in a proper international event, rather they are playing as a guest in a foreign national championship.
For example,
this player from Croatia.
oh my goodness! (reminds me of the time I foolishly tried the doubling up strategy in blackjack)
Indeed. He played 13 Indian players (i.e. all Indian players over the 13 rounds) and lost 44 rating points.
