Snowdrops Defeat Old Hands
The traditional Women's versus Veterans match sponsored by Czech Coal ran from 20-27 November in Marienbad.
The women's team (the "Snowdrops") beat the veterans team (the "Old Hands") by a fairly comfortable score of 18-14 after eight rounds.
The best individual performance came from top rated Humpy Koneru (pictured).
The final scores were:
| Snowdrops | Elo | 18.0 |
| Humpy Koneru | 2600 | 6.0 |
| Viktorija Čmilyte | 2514 | 5.5 |
| Tereza Olšarová | 2185 | 3.5 |
| Arianne Caoili | 2242 | 3.0 |
| Old Hands | Elo | 14.0 |
| Vlastimil Hort | 2473 | 5.0 |
| Dragoljub Velimirovič | 2425 | 4.0 |
| Lájoš Portisch | 2473 | 3.0 |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2412 | 2.0 |
Snowdrops Arianne Caoili (left) and Viktorija Čmilyte (right) in the Czech snow.
Picture from the official site. More photos here.
