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 | | Connolly, S. Smokina, K. Quinn, D. Partac, E. Shaughnessy, E. Agababeen, N. With the top half versus bottom half policy in round 1, the men, in the top half of the draw, got a relatively easy team while the women, in their bottom half, got a hard one and that was reflected in the results. |
 | | Mark Heidenfeld thought at first he he was better, then after a long think decided he was in fact worse, had his draw offer refused where upon his opponent threw away his advantage but still tried to win, so hard he almost lost, but a draw was the final outcome. |
 | | Connolly, S. Shabanaj, E. Quinn, D. Pasku, R. Shaughnessy, E. Gjergji, R. 0-3 for the women against a strong Albanian side isn't as bad as it sounds because the master plan is to engineer a swing upwards in the last round. |
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