Good luck to our guys! They'll be up against it but will put up a good fight I'm sure
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Scotland-Turkey
Morrison, Graham Solak, Dragan
Muir, Andrew J Esen, Baris
Tate, Alan Yilmaz, Mustafa
Grant, J. Firat, Burak
we lost 3-1 but I had clear advantage and Graham and Alan were better too
Decent showing today. Watched most of the games live and liked 3 out of the 4 positions for a good while. Don't be scared to beat some of these guys though
I am reminded of the Scottish Football manager who after a defeat remarked
"We got more corners than they did"
Outgraded on every board. Good draws on boards 1+2. Alan's game looked tight and he just got edged out of it towards the end. Good overall performance, not far off getting a result there.
P Griffin Wrote:I am reminded of the Scottish Football manager who after a defeat remarked
"We got more corners than they did"
I am reminded (yet again) of a really negative person being (yet again) really negative.
Jonathan Livingstone Wrote:Outgraded on every board. Good draws on boards 1+2. Alan's game looked tight and he just got edged out of it towards the end. Good overall performance, not far off getting a result there.
+1
Excellent win for Alan Tate as black against Serbian GM Boban Bogosavljevic rated 2549!
Graham is doing fine (he can probably force a draw if he wants to), Jonathan has played a very good game so far - it's still messy but he has had the advantage throughout, while Andy Muir has been fighting gamely for a while now in a 'lost' position.
we could have won, but 2-2 good result
Russia & England lost
Excellent result today - two draws in a row on board 1 v 2600+ opposition is great stuff! Best of luck to the team for the remaining rounds.