World Senior Teams 23 April to 3 May, Crete

[Chris Rice]

Nunn winning? Computer says he is losing (or at least worse). (Move 36).

Yes I thought he was winning right up to the end at which point I realised he was White not Black.

[Dewi Jones]

Excellent result for Wales today, assuming Iolo's game ends up drawn.

Edit : and it just has.

[David Shepherd]

What has happened on board 2 of England 2 (50+)? Bc3 appeared on the live board followed by 1-0, and then disappeared followed by 0-1. Was it a loss on time?

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 4 on 2017/04/27 at 15:00
No. SNo Team MP Res. : Res. MP Team SNo
1 4 Armenia 6 : 6 Saint Petersburg 2
2 1 England I 4 : 5 England II 7
3 3 Israel 4 : 4 Austria 6
4 5 Ashdod Chess Club 4 : 4 Russia Women 8
5 9 Heart of Finland 4 : 3 Scotland 10
6 15 Athens/Crete 3 : 3 Wales 17
7 19 England III 3 : 2 Sweden I 16
8 13 Germany Women 2 : 2 Rochade Bielefeld Revival 12
9 11 VSG 1880 Offenbach 2 : 2 Latvia Women 14
10 22 SCCU 125 1 : 1 Oslo 18
11 21 Bermuda 0 : 1 Sweden II 20

[Paul Dargan]

Pairings for round 4 seem to indicate that Andrew Lewis did indeed win!

[Carl Hibbard]

SCCU 125 off the mark with a draw against Sweden 2. Another good win for David Sedgwick and draws for David Howes and myself. Kicking myself a bit as I think I missed an opportunity to go the exchange up.

Boo the David game is missing from the pgn.

[Chris Rice]

Round 4 on 2017/04/27 at 15:00
No. SNo Team MP Res. : Res. MP Team SNo
1 4 Armenia 6 : 6 Saint Petersburg 2
2 1 England I 4 : 5 England II 7
3 3 Israel 4 : 4 Austria 6
4 5 Ashdod Chess Club 4 : 4 Russia Women 8
5 9 Heart of Finland 4 : 3 Scotland 10
6 15 Athens/Crete 3 : 3 Wales 17
7 19 England III 3 : 2 Sweden I 16
8 13 Germany Women 2 : 2 Rochade Bielefeld Revival 12
9 11 VSG 1880 Offenbach 2 : 2 Latvia Women 14
10 22 SCCU 125 1 : 1 Oslo 18
11 21 Bermuda 0 : 1 Sweden II 20

65+ Round 4 pairings:

1 5 Germany 6 : 6 France 2
2 1 Russia 6 : 4 Switzerland 8
3 11 Steiermark 4 : 4 Austria 6
4 3 Israel 4 : 4 Sweden I 4
5 10 Sweden II 4 : 3 Wales 15
6 7 England I 3 : 3 Koninklijke DD 9
7 14 England II 2 : 2 Sweden V 21
8 13 SK 2012 2 : 2 Sweden III 17
9 19 Norway I 2 : 2 Scotland 16
10 18 Sweden IV 1 : 1 England III 20
11 22 Norway II 0 : 1 Stiftung BSW / DBAG

[Mick Norris]

Bo. 1 England I Rtg - 7 England II
2.1 GM Short, Nigel D 2683 - GM Plaskett, H James 2458
2.2 GM Nunn, John D M 2600 - FM Lewis, Andrew P 2245
2.3 GM Speelman, Jon S 2511 - Burnett, Jim 2075
2.4 GM Arkell, Keith C 2411 - Fegan, Chris 2052

[Paul Dargan]

Andrew Lewis cleary hasn't read the script and seems to be doing very well against the Dr.
Paul

[Roger de Coverly]

Andrew Lewis cleary hasn't read the script and seems to be doing very well against the Dr.
Paul

Nigel is well on top against Jim Plaskett and Keith has already won. The chessbomb engine was scoring the Speelman-Burnett game as about equal, but it now sees a possible advantage for White. The ending is a bit unbalanced so the experienced GM may well be able to find a path to victory.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Andrew Lewis cleary hasn't read the script and seems to be doing very well against the Dr.
Paul

Nigel is well on top against Jim Plaskett and Keith has already won. The chessbomb engine was scoring the Speelman-Burnett game as about equal, but it now sees a possible advantage for White. The ending is a bit unbalanced so the experienced GM may well be able to find a path to victory.

Speelman did win. England 1 should win comfortably. Andrew Lewis gave up his queen and created another one by queening a pawn. Armenia look likely to draw 2-2 with Saint Petersburg, which gives the chasing teams some hope. (EDIT: not so clear now, Armenia might still keep their 100% record.)

[Tim Harding]

Now St Petersburg seem to be beating Armenia 3-1 which is much better news.
If England I can beat St Petersburg (possibly tomorrow) the tournament is blown wide open.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 5 on 2017/04/28 at 15:00
No. SNo Team MP Res. : Res. MP Team SNo
1 2 Saint Petersburg 8 : 6 Ashdod Chess Club 5
2 3 Israel 6 : 6 Armenia 4
3 9 Heart of Finland 6 : 6 England I 1

[Mick Norris]

11 22 SCCU 125 1 : 0 Bermuda 21

[Chris Rice]

65+ Round 5 pairings:

1 France 8 8 Russia
2 Austria 6 6 Germany
3 Israel 5 6 Sweden II
4 Sweden I 5 5 England I
5 Sweden III 4 4 Steiermark
6 Switzerland 4 4 Scotland
7 Stiftung BSW/DBAG 3 4 Sweden V
8 Koninklijke DD 3 3 Wales
9 England II 2 2 SK 2012
10 England III 2 2 Norway I
11 Norway II 0 2 Sweden IV