THE APPEALS COMMITTEE ORDERED THE GAME REPLAYED IN THE INTERESTS OF FAIR PLAY. And in the replay, GM Matamoros beat GM Sasikiran to secure Ecuador the Gold Medal!
Overall Medal Standings (after the pairs blitz):
1. China: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
2. Ukraine: 1 Gold, 2 Silver; 1 Bronze
3. Bulgaria: 1 Gold, 1 Silver;
4-5. Ecuador, Russia: 1 Gold each;
6. India: 1 Silver7-8. Greece, Singapore: 1 Bronze each.
Source: FIDE.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I think Ukraine must be at the top
Why does chess have to be the only sport in WMSG that has incidents and incometent arbiters and staff??
‘I think Ukraine must be at the
top’
Whoever made the ranking is biased and incompetent.
So many dumb things in the chess rules.
The problem is the rule makers, not the arbiters.
‘The problem is the rule makers, not the arbiters.’
I think the arbiters are the rulemakers. FIDE selects a few arbiters to write the rules for free, this is why the rules are so bad. Bear in mind that there are no professional abiters, only amteurs and thus patzers. The worst sort is the new batch of incompetent FIDE Arbiters (FA), who became such by passsing tests that little children can pass too.