All the rating favorite teams won round 1 by a 3-1 or 3.5-0.5 margin in the first round, with the exception of team USA. Host Kazakhstan held the US to a 2-2 tie.
Official website: http://astana2013.fide.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
All the rating favorite teams won round 1 by a 3-1 or 3.5-0.5 margin in the first round, with the exception of team USA. Host Kazakhstan held the US to a 2-2 tie.
Official website: http://astana2013.fide.com
M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 |
What the heck did the US do?
A tie is disastrous!?
What a terrible start for the US. Terrible. Disastrous is a kind word.