Germany announces Chess Olympiad teams for Dresden 2008
Arkadij Naiditsch and Elisabeth Pähtz lead the olympic team
Report by Chessdom
Friday, 11 July, national head coach Uwe Bönsch announced the nominees for the four Olympiad teams. Arkadij Naiditsch, the current German Champion Daniel Fridman, and Jan Gustafsson. The team is completed by Igor Khenkin and David Baramidze.
Female A-squad player Elisabeth Paehtz, Marta Michna and Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska lead on the women’s team. Melanie Ohme and Sarah Hoolt will join the Dresden 2008 squad as well.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What happen to Kritz?
Kritz got not nominated. It actually stirred up some discussion as to why the much older Khenkin got invited rather than Kritz. While Kritz’ rating is slightly lower then Khenkin’s he is young, abitious and has always been eager to compete for Germany. I’d like to have seen Kritz rather than Khenkin, too.
Regards,
DV