14-07-2014, 08:26 PM
Scotland (David Findlay, Alastair White, Alastair Dawson, Stephen Hilton) are seeded 13th out of 18 teams in the over-50s section. This now includes the 4 women teams.
With Russia 1 not appearing. the home team Lithuania 1 are the favourites with GM Rosentalis on top board the only 2600+ player at the event. England 1 have a useful team, too, with GM Plaskett on 1 and Euro Senior Champion GM Arkell on 2.
We nearly had a problem on the first day as serious transport problems led to Steve arriving a dat late! However FIDE co-operated by being unable to start the tournament at the scheduled time, meaning we avoided a possible forfeit. However we had to play the 4th seeds in he first round:
Round 1: Scotland 1 - 3 Russian Women
Against an experienced team of 4 WGMs, we did well to manage a couple of draws on the middle boards after surviving serious pressure in lengthy endgames. David sadly lost on time after a misunderstanding about the time controls, albeit from a difficult position, while Steve played well enough but was understandably very tired after 2 days en route to the venue.
With Russia 1 not appearing. the home team Lithuania 1 are the favourites with GM Rosentalis on top board the only 2600+ player at the event. England 1 have a useful team, too, with GM Plaskett on 1 and Euro Senior Champion GM Arkell on 2.
We nearly had a problem on the first day as serious transport problems led to Steve arriving a dat late! However FIDE co-operated by being unable to start the tournament at the scheduled time, meaning we avoided a possible forfeit. However we had to play the 4th seeds in he first round:
Round 1: Scotland 1 - 3 Russian Women
Against an experienced team of 4 WGMs, we did well to manage a couple of draws on the middle boards after surviving serious pressure in lengthy endgames. David sadly lost on time after a misunderstanding about the time controls, albeit from a difficult position, while Steve played well enough but was understandably very tired after 2 days en route to the venue.