Sorry, I'd love to be reporting from Crete, Greece but unfortunately I am stuck in England, and am reporting as much as I can find online. I hear some brief news from my friends that are there but it is not much. I will try to find out more!

The ETC reports are good, Tom. Always nice to read round-by-round reports as the event's happening for a few teams, rather than just a big summary afterwards.

What's happening away from the chessboard, though? Is the venue any good? The beer? Unfortunately you've all been snowed in because of a freak blizzard and haven't stepped outside yet? The event's more than just the 64 squares. Some of us are reading this from the whole other side of the world, so where's the local colour? :-)