Olympiad pairings

[Hans Jung]

Team Canada finished in 35th place in amongst some very respectable teams. A good result that speaks well for the future. They started the olympiad in 50th place.

[Hans Jung]

The Canadian women finished in the top 20! A great result. Congratulations to the entire team!!

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations to Mailli-Jade Ouellet for her 8.5 out of 11 score. Is that a medal winning result?

[Hans Jung]

Razvan 9th on top performance on board 4. Great result Razvan!

[Hans Jung]

Mailli-Jade Ouellet 13th highest performance on board one. Congratulations.

[Hans Jung]

India was the only team undefeated in the entire olympiad.

[Hans Jung]

The two top rating gains at the Olympiad were Gukesh -30 points and Erigaisi - 19 points. Erigaisi is number 3 in the world and less than 3 points below 2800. Gukesh is number 5 and less than six points from 2800.

[Frank Dixon]

Question: Is FM Hans Jung the first with over 10,000 posts on chesstalk!?

[Dilip Panjwani]

Question: Is FM Hans Jung the first with over 10,000 posts on chesstalk!?

And all of them written in good spirit! Hats off to you, Hans!!

[Hans Jung]

And all of them written in good spirit! Hats off to you, Hans!!

Thanks Dilip, Your whole family has been an avid support to me over the years.

[Hans Jung]

Question: Is FM Hans Jung the first with over 10,000 posts on chesstalk!?

Just a number Frank, just a number. Ive just enjoyed posting so much, as you would know, because you do too.

[Hans Jung]

https://en.chessbase.com/post/grivas...lympiad-2024-1 Shawn RL's loss against GM Navarra was one of two brilliancies annotated by GM Grivas from the Olympiad.

[Peter McKillop]

Question: Is FM Hans Jung the first with over 10,000 posts on chesstalk!?

The pre-2008 information is missing but he could well be. What's also amazing is that Wayne Komer and Gary Ruben, who've been gone for years, are both still ranked in the top six by numbers of posts.

[Bob Gillanders]

The pre-2008 information is missing but he could well be. What's also amazing is that Wayne Komer and Gary Ruben, who've been gone for years, are both still ranked in the top six by numbers of posts.

OMG, I am still in the #9 spot. Yikes.

[Erik Malmsten]

The pre-2008 information is missing but he could well be. What's also amazing is that Wayne Komer and Gary Ruben, who've been gone for years, are both still ranked in the top six by numbers of posts.

Did my posting of Jan 1, 2013 (11 years ago) include pre-2008 numbers?:

"There has been 602 posters on chesstalk with an average of 101 posts, skewed by the heavy users while 360, over half, have posted less than 10 times. Historically, there has been 113 posters with over 100 postings, last year 38 with 100, 20 with 50. This year slightly higher 43 with 100, 32 with 50. The top 7 maintain their placement as the biggest chesstalkers, while the next group passes the 1,000 postings mark. Maybe they should get a certificate.

TOP ALL-TIME POSTERS 2013
1 Gary Ruben 3,269
2 Egidijus Zeromskis 2,574
3 Hugh Brodie 2,227
4 Bob Armstrong 2,157
5 IM Jean Hébert 1,926
6 Kerry Liles 1,431
7 Vlad Drkulec 1,315
8 Felix Dumont 1,251
9 IA Larry Bevand 1,237
10 IA Aris Marghetis 1,081
11 Bob Gillanders 1,071
12 Zeljko Kitich 1,064
13 FA Christopher Mallon 1,019
14 FM/IA Jonathan Berry 999
15 Vlad Dobrich 923
16 FM Hans Jung 869
17 Kevin Pacey 858
18 Carl Bilodeau 814
19 Paul Beckwith 824
20 Roger Patterson 778"

Hans may have been a late starter, but, lately with links to chessbase, has risen to the top.