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Istanbul Olympic Report Late Sunday. November 5 by GM Kevin Spraggett |
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Canada scored 2-2 against the team from Kyrgistan.
All four games were draws. Tomorrow is the
9th round.
Alex was somewhat better but couldn't find a knock out blow. I was somewhat inferior in the ending...so what is new? I drew relatively easily! Igor drew after an uneventful game. And Pascal drew with the black pieces without any problems.Our opponent's team actually stacked their boards: the best and highest rated players were on boards 3 and 4.Not much new apart from that. We saw Phil and Betty June today. The congress begins tomorrow.I spoke today with Stuart Ruben: the man who wrote the FIDE rule book. He explained to me that if one wants to go to the washroom when it is your move then one should ask the arbiter for permission. However, he added that in the case that occurred in the Olympiad the arbiter over reacted.
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