CHINA WORLD TEAM OLYMPIAD CHAMPIONS Tromso, Norway — With 31.5 points from 40 games possible against the world’s best, the mighty sleeping chess giant China won the world team Olympiad today. China’s All Universe board three Yanghyi Yu had a monster Olympiad (2912 elo performance rating) …. also supplied the killer golden point today versus Jan Duda ….. Hungary notched silver,a full two match points behind with India a shocking out-of-nowhere bronze tiebreak winner atop Armenia/Russia … the Indian team, realizing they were a mere afterthought joke without towering world chess championship challenger V. Anand lowered the murderous boom today via three straight monster final round wins by Parimarjan, Sethurman, Sasikirian …The United States super chess theorist Grandmaster Sam “the money man” Shankland scored an unbelievable career best 9-1 for a gold medal individual board prize … Mr. Shankland’s great secret is, stated simply, curiosity … he really tries to make the chess pieces twist and shout, cry to mama … there is throughout an “I Investigate “ vibration … believing above all in the sheer power of chaos with a rock and roll soundtrack. The America player unfolds his great surprise … a truly astonishing chess future just around the bend.

— Jude Acers