10-09-2012, 03:47 PM
I really enjoyed following the Scottish teams via the live boards coverage and I don't think anyone should feel bad about the result. As Alan states the result of one board can affect placings by a huge amount in this type of contest.
The one thing which was noticeable to me was the number of winning/clearly better positions which we eventually lost seemed to be greater than the number of losing/clearly worse positions we managed to turn around?! Is this simply because we were up against very strong opposition? Our players don't practice/play with the increment time controls? Something else? Or am I just plain wrong in my initial assessment?!?
@Heather, unlucky : ( but well done anyway overall
I would like to know what the preparation was for the critical game though?
The one thing which was noticeable to me was the number of winning/clearly better positions which we eventually lost seemed to be greater than the number of losing/clearly worse positions we managed to turn around?! Is this simply because we were up against very strong opposition? Our players don't practice/play with the increment time controls? Something else? Or am I just plain wrong in my initial assessment?!?
@Heather, unlucky : ( but well done anyway overall
I would like to know what the preparation was for the critical game though?