European Team Championship November 2023

[LawrenceCooper]

https://twitter.com/agamilewska123/stat ... yHEnvoVZqw

[Nick Burrows]

Susan Lalic?

A more exotic/topical guess is Valentina Gunina

[Ian Thompson]

Susan Lalic?

Wrong.

[LawrenceCooper]

POSTED BY: WEBADMIN 11TH SEPTEMBER 2023

We are pleased to announce that England Women’s team for the European Team Chess Championship is —

IM Jovanka Houska 2340
IM Harriet Hunt 2316
WIM Lan Yao 2315
WGM Katarzyna Toma 2224
FM Akshaya Kalaiyalahan 2168
Average rating of the team – 2272
Captain of the team – GM Stuart Conquest

The tournament will take place in Budva , Montenegro from 10th November to 21st November.

Malcolm Pein ECF Fide Delegate, International Director / Agnieszka Milewska ECF Women’s Director

[Nick Burrows]

Susan Lalic?

Wrong.

Boo!

Nice team. When did England last field a stronger women's team than this? Ever?

[Roger de Coverly]

When did England last field a stronger women's team than this? Ever?

They had been third at Leon in 2001.
That was in the days of a squad of 3 with 2 to play.
The squad was Harriet, Jovanka and Susan Lalic, who scored 100%.
https://www.olimpbase.org/2001u/2001eng.html

When will the Open team be announced?

[AgnieszkaMilewska]

Open team should be announced this week. I can just say - it will be strong as well

[Nick Burrows]

We are pleased to announce the England Open team for the forthcoming European Team Chess Championship is –

GM Nikita Vitiugov 2719
GM David Howell 2676
GM Michael Adams 2662
GM Luke McShane 2626
GM Ravia Haria 2522
Average rating of the team: 2641
Captain of the team – GM William Watson.

The tournament will take place in Budva , Montenegro from 10th November to 21st November 2023.

— Malcolm Pein, International Director

[Matt Mackenzie]

Adams on board 3!

Last happened when he was a teenager, I would surmise?

[Roger de Coverly]

Adams on board 3!

Last happened when he was a teenager, I would surmise?

https://www.olimpbase.org/1992e/1992eng.html

Board 3 in the Euro of 1992 (Short, Speelman, Adams, Nunn, Miles)
Board 3 also in the Manila Olympaid of 1992 (Short, Speelman, Adams, Nunn, Chandler, Hodgson)

Then board 2 in Euro 1997 (no tournament in between). I think board 1 or 2 ever since.

Board 2 also in the Moscow Olympiad of 1994

[Nick Burrows]

Is the list just in rating order, or will that be the board order?