McCreadyandChess

Olympiad fever is keeping me awake… .

Laos will play Lesotho in round 4 of the 2022 Olympiad in Chennai (formerly known as Madras).

Regarding Lesotho, formerly their weapon of choice was most likely the spear. Whether that is still the case or what are they doing up there on that mountain in South Africa, apart from hide from lions, I also don’t know. Some chess is being played somewhere somehow yes, but that’s about all I can tell you.

If Laos can do well, it could overtake The Seychelles in the table -another great chess nation!

Of lesser importance, England will play Serbia and are favourites due to a slight rating advantage from top to bottom.

Current table, (which partially explains the pairings) can be found here:
http://chess-results.com/tnr653631.aspx?lan=1

You can tune into to Peter Leko and Peter Svidler on youtube easily enough, both of whom are remarkably gifted at showing you how far off from being a Grand Master you actually are -inadvertently of course.