Scotland at the Chess Olympiad

No surprises in the first two rounds we beat Burundi and lost to the Ukraine. I am pleased to say that we got a draw against the Philippines.

Round 1
Scotland 4 - Burundi 0
Round 2
Ukraine 4 - Scotland 0
Round 3
Philippines 2 - Scotland 2

A nice win by GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant against an opponent with a higher rating. GM Colin A. McNab managed a draw against a much stronger opponent.  FM Graham Morrison also managed a draw against a stronger opponent. IM Stephen R Burns-Mannion unfortunately lost in a rook, bishop vs rook, knight endgame that was advantageous to his GM opponent. I think that the team did really well against the Philippines who are a much stronger team. The Philippines in general is ranked 35 in the world since its average rating is higher than ours since their ten top ranked players are stronger. Scotland is rated at 60 in the world. Those are the current ratings from FIDE. The two countries ratings during the competition are lower being 37 and 63 respectively.
http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml

The results can be found at http://www.chess-results.com/tnr36795.aspx?art=20&fed=SCO&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000

If you want to go to the official Olympiad site you can do so here.

Scotland's next opponent is Kazakhstan I wish them good luck in their next match.