Almost halfway through the tournament

and the day started with a presentation by Dr Robert Hübner. 40 chess friends were in attendance and asked some really interesting questions. It was a very inspiring start into the day with some fascinating insights presented with Hübner's humour. The GM, who is said to be the strongest German chess player since Emanuel Lasker. Across his illustrious chess career he has achieved a whole load of things - for 17 consecutive years he was amongst the top 20 players in the world, in 1981 peaking on third place.

There were some very interesting games during today's round and no doubt that the extra hour of sleep was of advantage for the one of other player as every team was fighting for every half point. In the 50+ category Slovakia and England 1 are starting to break away a bit from the rest of the teams. Germany 3 is currently in the lead in the 65+ category but Sweden, Cercle d'Echecs de Strasbourg and Finland are right behind them.