Wednesday 26 October 2022

Germany Calling

AM flying to Berlin today to catch a train to Dresden for the European Chess Union's team seniors championship, which starts tomorrow.
I am part of England 3 in the 65+ tournament, which has 44 teams.
Our line-up of Stephen M Williams (1844), Colin Costello (1854), myself (1764) and captain Robert Kane (1738) sees us seeded 43rd.
There are nine rounds over nine days, with a relatively slow time limit of 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by 30 minutes to finish, with a 30-second increment throughout.
Matches are played over four boards, but each team can have five players, meaning someone misses out each round.
The full list of teams is at D.

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