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Good that the Philipines are playing their WGM

Still seems a bit odd. She is 21 so not a kid. And the WGM she is playing above is 300 rating points above her and is only 30 herself and her rating performance in this Olympiad is much higher. Still it is what it is.

That's the problem with teams playing out of order.

Italy in the Open and the Philippines in the Womens event. The Philippines have their lowest rated player on Board 1 which is annoying at the more serious level in the Olympiad.

No pairings as yet for Round 11 but I notice that China only have 14 points, the same as England, That would be an unpleasant pairing.

Looks like Gawain's opponent has blundered!

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 25, 2026 5:48 pm

England women v Georgia, 2nd seeds no less

No worries about Bodhana getting a strong opponent, then, or does she get a rest.

My friend said "Do you want this telly for a fiver. It's all good but the volume is stuck on full." I said I can't turn that down.

Harriet has won so an excellent 3-1 win for the women.

Elmira's oppoment chose the wrong square for the King rather unfortunately.

Otherwise what's the point

So where's your team Mike. You don't have to submt one but you must have a view

Round 9 - the men have Peru and will presumably play the top 4 and the women have Estonia.

I don’t understand our Open team policy (and haven’t for a number of years now). What’s the point of not blooding our brightest and best young players in Olympiads when our older players lose to the stronger teams, struggle to beat the weaker teams, and aren’t in contention for medals? One definiti...

Strong tournaments in those days did tend to produce a high percentage of draws and, from what I can remember of that event, quite a lot didn't last too long.