Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Summing Up Durrës

ENGLAND 5 were seeded 46th, but finished 37th, winning three matches, drawing two and losing four, with all nine matches against higher-seeded teams.

  37. England - 5 (RtgAvg:1881, Captain: Freeman, Richard / TB1: 8 / TB2: 17)
Bo.NameRtgFEDFideID123456789Pts.GamesRtgAvg
1Freeman, Richard C P1897ENG410349½½00½½½½1492139
2CMStokes, Michael1861ENG44254201½0110003,592039
3Spanton, Tim R1908ENG40480201111011½6,591983
4Marshall, Michael1859ENG1409956½½10000½½391950

Elo Changes
Freeman +40.6 (2096 performance)
Stokes +19.8 (1959 performance)
Spanton +58.4 (2149 performance)
Marshall -8.2 (1825 performance)

Players were not permitted to use their own pens during games, but at the end were allowed to keep an official Fide world championship ballpoint, so I have a new pen for my collection of chess writing implements

Full results of the 54-team 65+ championship, along with the 36-team 50+ championship, can be found at Chess-Results.com.


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