The 43rd Chess Olympiad comprising open and women’s tournaments is being held in Batumi, Georgia, from 23 September to 6 October 2018.
The total number of participants is 1,667, with 920 in the Open and 747 in the Women’s event. The number of registered teams is 185 from 180 nations in the Open section and 151 from 146 nations in the Women’s section.
The best place to watch it, I think, is the official website.
Outgraded on every board and probably as expected lost to Russia 1.5-2.5 – Kramnik was on board 3!
Fought hard in the final round v Kazakhstan to win 3.5-0.5 to finish 5th, England’s best result since 1996.
Gawain Jones entered a Q and R ending in which he was first worse and then lost , but somehow he won the R&P ending which followed
England performing very well so far. With 2 rounds to go they are joint second, 1 match point behind the leaders Poland. Today England play the second seeds Russia.
David Howell in particular has an exceptional score, an unbeaten 6.5 out of 8 on board 3 with some long determined games.
Today looks a pretty stiff test, to say the least!