After the hectic start to the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Teams Championship, days 2 and 3 have run a lot better. As I type this, round 11 (of 12) is in progress, with the team from Al-Ain looking well placed to win. With a small-ish field of 38 teams, all the top teams have played each other, so it is a question of avoiding any banana peels in the last 2 rounds.
However, tomorrow may well be the toughest chess day I've ever had to face. The Blitz section of the tournament has 5 sections of 8 teams, played as a RR, before the top 3 finishers (and 1 wild card) make the final. Seems to be fairly straightforward, except that there is only 20 minutes between each round. So it is likely to be non-stop collecting results, producing pairings, downloading team compositions and updating data, with no time to spare. If we (the arbiting team) get through this on schedule, we might be getting another GBoWR certificate in the post!
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