Chess
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I don't remember the last time the US won the chess Olympiad. Tomorrow is the key pairing imo. If the US can defeat Russia, I think US wins.
Pairings (scroll down a little)
http://chess-results.com/tnr232875.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=8&flag=30&wi=821
Pairings (scroll down a little)
http://chess-results.com/tnr232875.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=8&flag=30&wi=821
Well, US adopted (lured) two powerful players since the last Olympiad. Their top three players are currently in the top ten of FIDE's ratings list. That's a strong lineup. Go US!
I don't see the point of a team event in an individual sport, same in tennis....
The games are played individually unlike doubles tennis. The team score is tallied from individual results - this is the only "teamness" of it. Big difference.
I wish there was a chess relay the way there is in the Olympics. Maybe every ten moves, the players rotate into a different game on the team. it would be funny to watch if the clock is low on the switch
There is team strategy in that a player may take a draw when normally he wouldn't, and there is jockeying to get the right match-ups by the team captain (for example you might see US #1 and #2 switch against Russia because Nakamura has Kramniks' number). Otherwise, the game itself is almost identical as if it were played individually.
I think it is cool.
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I was referring to Davis and Federation cup in tennis...Similar events in Golf till it eventually backfired, case in point Rio Olympics...
Right, see the top players in the world list below.
I wouldn't call it adopted or lured in the case of Caruana, but probably yes in the case of So. Caruana is for all practical purposes as American as anyone in America I have ever seen.
