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Round 7
Venezuela 3.5 - 0.5 Canada
The qualification stage is over. Team Canada, being ranked 33rd at the start, finished in the 33rd place exactly, ahead of such higher-ranked teams from traditional chess countries as France and Belarus. (All results are provisional, pending Fair Play control.)
Thanks a lot to courageous players and the team officials for representing this country with distinction!
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Thank you as well to Richard Berube and the FQE for your work before, during and after the tournament. Richard led the team as team captain and also was instrumental in assembling the team. Thank you to the players for your fighting spirit. Thank you to Vadim Tsypin, the National Chess Federation of the Philippinse, FIDE and the members of the presidential board for helping Gilbert Perez quickly change federations to play in this event. I hope everyone enjoyed the experience provided by playing in this event.