FIDE Online Olympiad 22 July to 30 August 2020

[Leonard Barden]

The second half of today's Guardian article comments on England's prospects:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/ ... -game-epic

[Leonard Barden]

ENG 3.5-2.5 TRK! Win for Wadsworth, the rest draws.

A medium miracle from some of the positions earlier in the match.

[John Moore]

I thought the most likely result was going to be 4-2 to Turkey or even worse.

[Paul Cooksey]

agreed, but Turkey a decent team and a win is a win

[John Moore]

Oh, absolutely.

[Nick Grey]

one down lets win them all

[Paul Cooksey]

oh dear. looking like 1-5 against Croatia. I assume Jovi lost on time in a good position

[John Moore]

Bit silly paying too much attention to Rapidplay, but Adams hasn't lost many games on the Black side of the Marshall.

[David Sedgwick]

Let us hope that that was the match in which everyone got their bad results out of the way at once.

[Paul Cooksey]

I'm confident against Algeria. Admittedly they only have 3 players.

[John Moore]

They managed 4 in the last match. Hopefully, they will be fined by FIDE.

[John Moore]

I'd be worried about Jonah Willow's game today. Do we only have Matthew Wadsworth and Jonah.

[LawrenceCooper]

I'd be worried about Jonah Willow's game today. Do we only have Matthew Wadsworth and Jonah.

Speaking as Jonah's 4NCL captain he has fully earned his chance to play. He's been a consistent scorer on a high board in the top division of the 4NCL over the last two seasons. He also has very high online ratings at both blitz and bullet. He won't have the same experience at this time control and that, combined with the understandable nerves of playing alongside our top GMs and being in and out of the team may partly explain why he's having some inconsistent results.

Matthew is a very accomplished player who has the IM title and a GM norm.

[John Moore]

So tomorrow we have Morocco, Egypt and then Russia in the third match

[John Moore]

I'd be worried about Jonah Willow's game today. Do we only have Matthew Wadsworth and Jonah.

Speaking as Jonah's 4NCL captain he has fully earned his chance to play. He's been a consistent scorer on a high board in the top division of the 4NCL over the last two seasons. He also has very high online ratings at both blitz and bullet. He won't have the same experience at this time control and that, combined with the understandable nerves of playing alongside our top GMs and being in and out of the team may partly explain why he's having some inconsistent results.

Matthew is a very accomplished player who has the IM title and a GM norm.

Fair enough, Loz. You know far more about their capabilities than I do.