Both Moulthun and Max scored 7/10, and Moulthun had the teams top PR of 2541. Max made his first Olympiad extra special, scoring his second (and final IM) norm. Moulthun was close to a GM norm (needing a last round win), but even in missing out, he helped the team draw the match with Slovakia.
As a result, Australia finished in a tie for 19th position, one of the best finishes for the team since the 1970's.
Ly,Moulthun (2397) - Bogdanovski,Vlatko (2448)
Olympiad 1:04.25-0:00.02 (6), 03.09.2012
3 comments:
Go Moulthun! You make us Chinese/Australians proud!
Moulthun is of Cambodian extraction, not Chinese.
Technically speaking, the norm that Max got was the 3-rd and the 4-th, rather than the 2-d. He has one IM norm from 2 years ago, 1 GM norm from 1 year ago and another IM norm (that counts for 2) from the Olympiad. His GM norm can be used for both the IM title and the GM title.
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