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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> spike@rainier66.com <spike@rainier66.com> <br><b>…</b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>…<span style='color:black'>This year’s Olympics were cancelled, but there is a hell of a battle brewing between the US and China teams</span>….<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>This is how it has gone in the past 20 yrs. The middle column is the gold, 4<sup>th</sup> col is silver and 5<sup>th</sup> is bronze:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img width=603 height=482 style='width:6.2812in;height:5.0208in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D6A8BA.898ED130"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I think the yanks would take down China this year but oh what a struggle it will be. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Those numbers after the country name are the match points. Where two countries have the same number, the color of their medal is determined by how the teams did against each other. If they drew, there are other tiebreaks such as wins vs draws and that kinda thing. Top level chess scores reward taking risks for a win rather than playing for the safe draw.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The 2020 Olympiad is set to play in the spring. They might work out a video link a let them go at it remotely too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>