It turns out I am already losing track of the days. Today is the main arrival day for the Olympiad, and my main task is seeing which teams have/will arrive in time for the first round tomorrow. This task has been compounded by the visa difficulties that a number of teams have faced, which is either being semi-solved by appealing visa rejections, or by simply replacing team members with players who don't need a visa (aka the PNG method).
On the plus side, everybody is getting a Rubik's Cube (in the welcome pack). Hopefully these will be banned from the playing hall during the rounds, otherwise the Olympiad runs the risk of looking like a NSW Junior Chess Championship.
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