Lots To Play For

GERMAN club team Lasker defend their 100% score in this afternoon's final round of the 65+ world senior team championship.

Their opponents are fellow compatriots Germany, who lie fourth with 10 match points from eight matches.

England 1, who are second with 14pts, face Swiss club side Riehen, who have 10pts like Germany but are placed sixth thanks to having fewer game points.

Third-placed Slovakia, on 12pts, play France, the other team on 10pts.

England 2, for whom I am playing, face Wales Silures. We are 18th, two places above our seeding, while Wales are 17th, also two places above their seeding, and ahead of us by virtue of having one more game point.

The venue - Hotel Izgrev

In the 50+ championship the United States have 13pts, leading Italy thanks to scoring half a game point more.

They are followed on 12pts by Iceland, who have the same game points as Italy, and England 1, who have one game point fewer.

None of the top four face each other today, and on paper England 1 have the easiest pairing, against China's women's team.