Originally Posted by Firegoat7
Why do you believe this is true. He pretty much finished where his rating suggested he would finish? But of course most Australians think they are better then their New Zealand counterparts without much evidence to support the facts.
I believe this is true because I played him many times.
Originally Posted by Firegoat7
Possibly. In my opinion he deserved to be in the Olympiad team that year because he had some very impressive performances. However, The ACF did not select him because they prefer reputation over performance.
He already had a reputation of a very strong player. I am not sure which year you are talking about, but Chris was among top Australian players for quite some time.
Originally Posted by Firegoat7
I didn't know that. In what year was Chris an Australian Olympiad representative.
1986, 1988, 1998
OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess has stats on most Olympiads.
Originally Posted by Firegoat7
Do you want me to show you the game as proof?
We all punch above our weight sometimes, single good result (as I assume is the case) does not prove anything.
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