Batumi Olympiad

[Paul Dargan]

Ah yes - the not-so-common challenge of being downfloated to Russia - must be a while since that happened for us!

[David Shepherd]

In the women's its worth noting that for Scotland Keti has now moved on to 8.5/9.

[Nick Burrows]

So Poland V China & Armenia V USA finish draws. England beat Russia.

Then all that remains is for LUKE MCSHANE to DESTROY Poland for Golden GLORY!!!!111!!!

[Richard Bates]

So Poland V China & Armenia V USA finish draws. England beat Russia.

Then all that remains is for LUKE MCSHANE to DESTROY Poland for Golden GLORY!!!!111!!!

So about that David Howell quote cheekily suggesting that maybe England will win Gold to prove that Nigel has been holding the team back all these years...

[Roger de Coverly]

- must be a while since that happened for us!

Not a float, but England faced Russia in 2013 in the European when both teams had a win and a loss apiece. That was a 2-2 draw.

http://www.olimpbase.org/2013e/2013eng.html

[Kevin Thurlow]

I hope Richard's prediction comes true!

However, dropping to Match 87 for a moment, Chess-results (as well as Chess24) has Peter Rowe winning on Board 2, but unless a Tanzanian phone went off, surely it's a draw?

[Nick Burrows]

So about that David Howell quote cheekily suggesting that maybe England will win Gold to prove that Nigel has been holding the team back all these years...

Would be quite ironic; Just as Short gets handcuffed to Putin's bedframe the remaining players win gold without him

[JustinHorton]

Just comparing the two Russia sides, both of which had poor results early on and have dragged themselves back into it: the Open side has fourteen points, as do the women, and five teams ahead of them on points (four on 15, one on 16) whereas there are four ahead of the women (three on 15, one 16). I'm thinking the women might still win it, by beating Ukraine tomorrow and China on the last day (it's not quite that simple, I know) but the Open side might have left themselves too much to do whatever?

[Roger de Coverly]

Peter Rowe winning on Board 2, but unless a Tanzanian phone went off, surely it's a draw?

chessbomb shows the clock times with White only showing 18 seconds. A loss on time is plausible, especially as White was winning before he got hit with the Nc5 cheapo on move 33.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. O-O Rc8 10. a3 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nb8 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. f3 Nc5 16. Be2 b5 17. b3 Nfd7 18. a4 bxa4 19. b4 Nb3 20. Nxb3 axb3 21. Qxb3 Bg5 22. Rxa6 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Nb8 24. Ra7 f5 25. Rfa1 f4 26. Qf2 Rc2 27. Rb7 Nd7 28. Raa7 Rf7 29. Qe1 Qc8 30. Bf1 Rc1 31. Qe2 Rc2 32. Qd3 Rc1 33. h3 Nc5 34. Rxf7 Nxd3 35. Rxg7+ 0-1

[Mick Norris]

Russia, huh. The ECF Board won't like that!

Indeed, though we'll presumably not refuse to play them

Howell v Kramnik would be good with a board medal at stake (Cori is miles ahead, and now Piorun of Poland is in second just ahead of David)

[David Sedgwick]

Not for the first time, Roger beat me to it

There are category prizes for lower ranked teams

Lewis Martin is on the CM list

And now there are lists for various norms (not yet populated, but maybe soon) and a list for Fide Master titles (I assume these are direct titles earned at a tournament or competitions such as Olympiads, rather than by rating):

Lewis Martin (ENG) is currently on the Fide Master (FM) list!

He has been winning while the ICCD team have been losing, so should be able to keep winning. Am not clear if this means he can already claim the title, or if he needs to sustain his 2300+ performance to the end of the event? [Actually, chess-results shows his rating performance as 2294 so far with 7/9.]

Martin Walker won again, to get to 6.5/8, a 2372 performance and a gain of 57 rating points, though he already has the FM title.

[EDIT: Ben Hague also doing well, with 5.5/8 and a 2446 performance.]

There is a trap here.

The FM and CM lists on Chess-Results show those who have obained 66.67% over 9 games and 50% over 7 games respectively. At an Olympiad this used to suffice for the title.

However, as has been discussed in the Take 2 election thread, you now also need a previous or subsequent rating of 2100 or 2000 respectively.

[Roger de Coverly]

However, as has been discussed in the Take 2 election thread, you now also need a previous or subsequent rating of 2100 or 2000 respectively.

Lewis is only a couple of decent results away from 2200 anyway.

Do you still win a rating as well as the title? Perhaps not, or it doesn't matter, as these days unrated players in major events are a rarity

[David Sedgwick]

Do you still win a rating as well as the title?

No.

[Kevin Thurlow]

"Peter Rowe winning on Board 2, but unless a Tanzanian phone went off, surely it's a draw?

chessbomb shows the clock times with White only showing 18 seconds. A loss on time is plausible, especially as White was winning before he got hit with the Nc5 cheapo on move 33."

Roger is right (not for the first time). Peter Rowe says he won on time.

[Keith Arkell]

So about that David Howell quote cheekily suggesting that maybe England will win Gold to prove that Nigel has been holding the team back all these years...

The Old Gits team could only win Silver without Nigel, a few months ago, but it was close