Saturday, 5 September 2026

Summing Up Crete


Front of the venue
England 3 were seeded 13th in the European 65+ team championship, but finished seventh.
Rk.SNoFED TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3 
11SLO
Slovenia972016266,528,5
22ENG
England 1980116254,528
33ITA
Italy971115241,526,5
45ISR
Israel 1942310118,517
512ISR
Maccabi Matnas Kiryat Yam950410100,518
68ENG
England 29333914218,5
713ENG
England 393339135,519,5
87SWE
Sweden 19414913517
96SUI
Switzerland 19333912817,5
109SUI
SG Riehen Switzerland9333911815,5
114FIN
Finland93248146,517,5
1211POL
Polish Amateurs9405898,517
1314SWE
Sweden 29324892,516,5
1410DEN
Denmark940589216
1515IRL
Ireland9225695,515,5
1616GRE
Ageless of Crete9306676,513
1718ISR
Israel 2903637511,5
1817ENG
England 4911736911
Annotation:
Tie Break1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)
Tie Break2: Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result (Chennai)
Tie Break3: points (game-points)
TEAM PERFORMANCE
Board   Player                               Score       Rating Change
1.         Tim R Spanton (2003)      +4=2-3*  +19.4
2.         Jon A Freeman (1950)      +0=6-3    -45.6
3.         John M Guilfoyle (1921)   +3=2-4     -8
4.         Edgar Wilson (1903)         +6=3-0   +54.2
*Included a win against a player without a Fide rating.

4 comments:

  1. There is some controversy about the SB system used. There is an article here https://www.chess.com/news/view/the-olympiad-tiebreaks-have-to-change-grandmasters-say
    It would be simpler just to use game points but Slovenia would still have finished first. However, England 3 would have finished above England 2.

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    1. Yes, one or two of us noticed that. I was thinking of speaking to Nigel Povah about the advisability of renaming England 3 and so-called England 2.

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  2. You did well. Congratulations!

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    1. Thanks v much. As usual, my play was something of a curate's egg - good in parts (I drew with a GM!), but stunningly bad at other moments (too many basic tactical and positional errors). However, overall, I gained elo, so I shouldn't complain.

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