World Senior Team Championships ... Go Canada Go!!!

[Hal Bond]

Re: World Senior Team Championships ... Go Canada Go!!!

Great job team Canada! Big kudos to Deen Hergott on his fab 2441 performance.

[Victor Plotkin]

Re: World Senior Team Championships ... Go Canada Go!!!

A very solid performance by our team. Tough loss in the last round did not allow a top-5 finish. Unfortunately, most of the players are not-active last few years (except J.Hebert), but managed to perform close or above their rating. I really liked round-by-round line-up decisions, which was looking logical and fair.

This kind of tournament is interesting and enjoyable if you have a good chemistry and mutual respect among team players. I truly hope it was the case for Canadian team.

[Aris Marghetis]

Re: World Senior Team Championships ... Go Canada Go!!!

I love what this team achieved, and I hope they had a wonderful memorable experience! :)

[Hans Jung]

Re: World Senior Team Championships ... Go Canada Go!!!

Only five losses in the entire nine round event for the whole team! That is incredible!!! (and two of those losses to the legends Vaganian and Yusupov!!) Canada played like an all GM team. (and I also note that the Ross brothers were undefeated) Maybe we need to send them to the Olympics. Congratulations for an outstanding result.

[Peter McKillop]

Re: World Senior Team Championships ... Go Canada Go!!!

First the Rosses must meet the Selection Committee requirement of being inactive for a decade! :)

[Rene Preotu]

Re: World Senior Team Championships ... Go Canada Go!!!

First the Rosses must meet the Selection Committee requirement of being inactive for a decade! :)

Good one :o

[Tom O'Donnell]

Re: World Senior Team Championships ... Go Canada Go!!!

A very solid performance by our team. Tough loss in the last round did not allow a top-5 finish. Unfortunately, most of the players are not-active last few years (except J.Hebert), but managed to perform close or above their rating. I really liked round-by-round line-up decisions, which was looking logical and fair.

This kind of tournament is interesting and enjoyable if you have a good chemistry and mutual respect among team players. I truly hope it was the case for Canadian team.

I just got back.

Team chemistry was excellent. We originally decided to just alternate who would get the day off, but fatigue rather than illness was the ultimate arbiter.

The performances were generally good. I was a bit disappointed in myself, not so much for the two losses (the last one was dictated somewhat by the positions we had on the other boards), but failing to win at least two of the three games I drew was criminal. My games vs Brueggmann (who was 65 but looked like a phys-ed teacher) where I failed to win cost the team dearly.


In case anyone wants to create a team for next time some suggestions for a name:

Canuckleheads
Four feet under (50+); Five feet under (65+)
Grumpy Old Men
No Country for Old Men
Grumpier Older Menner

[Aris Marghetis]

Re: World Senior Team Championships ... Go Canada Go!!!

I just got back.

Team chemistry was excellent. We originally decided to just alternate who would get the day off, but fatigue rather than illness was the ultimate arbiter.

The performances were generally good. I was a bit disappointed in myself, not so much for the two losses (the last one was dictated somewhat by the positions we had on the other boards), but failing to win at least two of the three games I drew was criminal. My games vs Brueggmann (who was 65 but looked like a phys-ed teacher) where I failed to win cost the team dearly.


In case anyone wants to create a team for next time some suggestions for a name:

Canuckleheads
Four feet under (50+); Five feet under (65+)
Grumpy Old Men
No Country for Old Men
Grumpier Older Menner

Great post Tom, really happy for you guys!