27-11-2011, 12:26 PM
Would like to add my congratulations - those that have scored big plus on their FIDE grades have in particular done well. As Andrew as already said to score 50% (and more!) in such event is very hard - so well done to Hamish and Ali. But the others have also done so well - just look at the grades of Anna's & Colin's & MaryAnns opponents.
Individual success does not come on its own and reflects well on everyone in the squad.
So what now?
Whether you scored 5.5 or less I would say enjoy the success, the games where you showed us how well you can play, but now you need to work out how to reproduce that form more consistently. Don't forget the lost games. An objective assessment will probably reveal that many of those games you were 'unlucky' in some way or other. They were lost not because of some deep and subtle play by your opponent but because you missed something relatively 'simple': something that you can easily understand outwith the heat and stress of the game itself.
Individual success does not come on its own and reflects well on everyone in the squad.
So what now?
Whether you scored 5.5 or less I would say enjoy the success, the games where you showed us how well you can play, but now you need to work out how to reproduce that form more consistently. Don't forget the lost games. An objective assessment will probably reveal that many of those games you were 'unlucky' in some way or other. They were lost not because of some deep and subtle play by your opponent but because you missed something relatively 'simple': something that you can easily understand outwith the heat and stress of the game itself.