2016 Olympiad - Baku
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Better hope for a recovery on the remaining boards or we are looking at the worst result in England's Olympiad history. So, c'mon Luke, Gawain and Nigel.
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Why were the board orders changed around? We might not even win the match now.
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A case of the blind leading the blind here -literally.
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McShane really struggling as well now!
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Are we really sure about colours? Has anyone seen live pictures? Otherwise send for Hawkins!
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The final submission of board orders was last night. The original team lists on the web site were no more than a list of team members. There, I've saved Roger the job of pointing this out.MJMcCready wrote:Why were the board orders changed around? We might not even win the match now.
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Possibly a very good point!David Gilbert wrote:Are we really sure about colours? Has anyone seen live pictures? Otherwise send for Hawkins!
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Well the official pairings has England as White on odd - so while I'd hope for an error (and it seems strange for Gawain to play the Scotch 4 knights as White against someone 400 points below him ...) I'm worried England are going down. Hopefully i'm wrong
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Aha - I see Chess Results say that Howell had White!
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What are the candidates for worst England results in an Olympiad before 2016?
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NickFaulks wrote:With hindsight, having Mickey sit out the first round may not have been the greatest idea.
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Let's make sure that the colours are right before we go down this route. I find it hard to believe that Howell and McShane have played as badly as this.
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Has anybody seen pictures to confirm that we are actually looking at the right games? I quickly scanned through commentary and didn't see anything - I would have thought if this was really happening the commentators would be paying some attention to it.
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The loss to India in 1988 would be up there.IanCalvert wrote:What are the candidates for worst England results in an Olympiad before 2016?
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Have the organizers been watching James Bond movies or something. On Chess 24, they said players can't bring their pen to the board, in case it has a camera or microphone, you can't bring your watch either, and obviously no mobile phones. What will be next I wonder?