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Hope Dan gets to play then

England v Lithuania next

England women v Brazil

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 17, 2026 3:22 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 17, 2026 2:09 pm

Scotland are playing Armenia. A solid draw for Freddy against Martirosyan on board one.

He is rated 2636, not bad.

Good result

In relation to norms, is there anything specifically different with the Olympiad? Early question, I know

Chess Mind brief report and game analysis

Tarun Kanyamarala playing Duda today; Trisha plays Liz Paehtz

Malta did well in the Open and Women sections

England v Tajikistan next; Scotland v Armenia

England women v Nigeria

Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2026 2:19 pm

Gukesh on board three for India. Just sayin'.

He'd be on board 4 if Pragg was playing in this match; hopefully Gukesh will come back into form soon

That's pretty much as expected, isn't it?

Website with report with photos

Results for Open and Women

England women seeded 20th, men 11th

Depends what you mean by exceptional really Ian. We have a new Treasurer who insists on paying everything himself, so we have not paid any money out for a couple of months whilw RBS get him sorted, even though there's 3 others of us with access to digital banking.

We got there in the end.

I was resisting the urge to ask, but I presume "ToBeDecided" is an actual team name? Yes. As it's taken an inordinate time to actually have a sensible team name possibly they've decided not to enter/pay their entry fee for for 2026/27? The other squad not shown as entered is the Woodpushers - with ...

Pierre Gasly beat George Russell at chess online just before beating him ro pole position at Monza yesterday in the F1 according to the BBC and the Guardian

Paul Townsend bronze behind Kosten

The 50+ is a case of any win against Ireland being enough, but individuals may need to win to enhance board medal chances The 65+ is complex, neither of the joint leaders have easy looking pairings, is the margin of victory likely to determine the winners or is it dependant on results in other match...

The bright side is that Northumberland have 2 teams in the u2050, thus spreading their resources (well the real bright spot is they are entering 5 teams in total, and Merseyside an extra 2, this season) Also, we get to split into an East and West Zone, thus making travel easier for the early stages ...

10. Tie-break criteria 10.1 The ranking will be made according to match points. The team obtaining the highest number of match points being declared the winner of the competition. 10.2 The order of teams that finish with the same number of match points shall be determined by application of the foll...