O'Kelly de Galway is Flemish, and not Irish, as the name suggests. When Ireland held their very first International Tournament, they sent him an Invitation, out of respect for his name. He graciously accepted the Invitation.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 1:56 pmDespite bordering the chess powerhouses of France, Netherlands and Germany, Belgium has never produced that many top players. The top two players, Gurevich and Chuchelov are both ex Soviets.
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Rows between players and national federations are not uncommon. To complicate matters, I think for domestic purposes Belgium actually has three chess Federations, one for each of the French, Flemish and German language groups.Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:05 pmA bit strange that none seem available for this event?
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"Rows between players and national federations are not uncommon."
True - it's not just England!
True - it's not just England!
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England heading for 2.5-1.5 at the moment, with Gawain winning from 1 d4 d5 2 Bg5 and the others level. Not great, but better than the gold medallists who are in some trouble against Georgia 3. So has an edge, Caruana and Robson are level, but Shankland is a pawn down in an ending of queens and knights.
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I thought a Timor Leste player had produced a great shock result, but I think the result was recorded wrongly, looking at the position... Match 82, board 3
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USA safely back on course, it seems.
I think we are heading for 3 or 3.5: 3.5 would be a good result even if they are missing Hazard, Courtois and Felliani.
I think we are heading for 3 or 3.5: 3.5 would be a good result even if they are missing Hazard, Courtois and Felliani.
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Remember Vitiugov v O'Donnell, next time you play Keith.
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Chinese still not firing on all cylinders and probably looking at another 3-1. Not Li Chao's fault this time, but they are struggling with Black and must have been very pleased to be offered a draw on board three.
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Looks like the big upset today could be Uzbekistan v top seeded Russia in the women's Olympiad, where at the moment Kosteniuk has drawn, board 2 is level, but Gunina and Pogonina are both losing on boards 3 and 4.
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Armenia struggling as well?
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It's a tempo ahead on a rarely played line of the Advance French, namely 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 with Qg4 to follow.Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 3:17 pmRemember Vitiugov v O'Donnell, next time you play Keith.
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Tutisani draws with Caruana.
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Great result for Alex Baburin in the Russia-Ireland match.
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Indeed. Over here we are very disappointed that the commentary was almost exclusively about USA v Georgia 3, not looking at that game until about 3.25pm. We might yet get a second draw.John Moore wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 4:00 pmGreat result for Alex Baburin in the Russia-Ireland match.
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I read that a bit wrong. They have only struggled with one black per match, have won with 3.5 today and have 100% with White. Still don't look as intimidating as in 2014, mind.Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 3:22 pmChinese still not firing on all cylinders and probably looking at another 3-1. Not Li Chao's fault this time, but they are struggling with Black and must have been very pleased to be offered a draw on board three.