Snowdrops lead against Veterans 7.5 to 4.5 after three rounds at Czech Coal Chess

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Hi Everyone,

Here's more news from the quaintly-named Snowdrops versus Veterans Coal Chess Match being held in Marianske Lazne in Czechoslovakia.

As tradition goes, once a year, a team of female chess players faces a team of chess legends of the 20th century. They are represented by Portisch, Hort, Velimirovic and Uhlman, while the ladies are Humpy, Cmilyte, Caoili and Olsarova. The two teams were tied after two rounds but the Veterans lost the third.

By the way, 'Snowdrops' refers to winter blossom Galanthus that flowers between January and April and heralds the coming of Spring and not snowflakes!

Round 2 results

1. Vlastimil Hort-Koneru Humpy 1/2-1/2

2. Wolfgang Uhlmann-Arianne Caoili 1-0

3.

Dragoljub Velimirovic-

Tereza Olsarova 1-0

4. Lajos Portisch-Viktorija Cmilyte 1/2-1/2

Round 3 results

1. Humpy Koneru-Lajos Portisch 1-0

2. Arianne Caoili-Dragoljub Velimirovic 1-0

3. Tereza Olsarova-Wolfgang Uhlmann 1-0

4. Viktorija Cmilyte-Vlastimil Hort 1/2-1/2

You can find an excellent report at www.chessbase.com. Read the previous chessblog.com report here on the event and first round.

Team results

	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8
Snowdrops	3	1	3.5
Oldhands	1	3	0.5
Total Snowdrops	3	4	7.5
Total Oldhands	1	4	4.5

Individual results

		O1	O2	O3	O4	O1	O2	O3	O4	Total
S1	Humpy Koneru	1		1			1/2			2.5
S2	Arianne Caoili		1/2		1	0				1.5
S3	Tereza Olsarova	1		1/2					0	1.5
S4	Viktorija Cmilyte		1/2		1			1/2		2.0
		S1	S2	S3	S4	S1	S2	S3	OS4
O1	Wolfgang Uhlmann		1			0		0		1
O2	Vlastimil Hort	1/2					1/2		1/2	1.5
O3	Lajos Portisch				1/2	0		1/2		1
O4	Dragoljub Velimirovic			1			0		0	1

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