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Coach RB Ramesh on Thursday took to social media to draw attention to the ordeal Indian players had to undergo on their way to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the Chess Olympiad.Should really appreciate the gentleman/woman who made the booking for Indian chess team to Chess Olympiad at Baku, Ramesh said in a Facebook post. Chennai to Delhi three hour flight. Eight hour halt in Delhi. Delhi to Dubai by Fly Dubai airlines, food, water not included in fare. Flight delayed by two hours after boarding. Three and a half hours halt at Dubai airport. Three hour flight to Baku. Almost 24 hours for travel time with no provision for food or water. Heartfelt thanks from Indian team...The All India Chess Federation (AICF) distanced itself from the matter, saying it had little to do with the arrangements. An AICF official told ESPN that the bookings were made by travel agency Balmer Lawrie on the instructions of the government.At the World Youth Chess Olympiad [held in Slovakia in July] too we had to travel by bus for six hours to reach the venue, Ramesh, who is accompanying the players, told ESPN from Baku. But in that case the venue wasnt too accessible from the airport.Womens team captain Vishaal Sareen, SP Sethuraman, Murali Karthikeyan, Vidit Gujarathi, Padmini Rout, Soumya Swaminthan and Pratyusha Bodda were among the chess players travelling from Chennai to Baku.Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who last participated in Olympiad in 2006, is giving it a miss this time too. It is considered to be among his least favourite events -- primarily due to its Swiss format that, unlike the round-robin format, has players or teams with equal points facing off against each other in every round. The Olympiad also applies the zero-tolerance rule, which essentially means any player who reaches even a few seconds late at the board loses the game.In all, 2,245 players from 176 countries will participate in the Chess Olympiad, which runs from September 1 to 14. The biennial tournament is considered one of the biggest events in the chess calendar. The Indian mens team, led by P Harikrishna, is seeded 11th while the women are seeded fifth.India had won its first Chess Olympiad medal, a bronze, in the last edition in 2014.Yeezy Shoes . The showiest items on Calgarys lot were forwards Mike Cammalleri and Lee Stempniak. Both will be unrestricted free agents this summer. Cheap Yeezy .2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. https://www.wholesaleyeezyauthentic.com/ .ca! Kerry, Two nights after the Scott-Eriksson incident in Buffalo, the Bruins returned home to play San Jose. 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On the par-4 18th, he hit his second shot to 4 feet. The three-time major champion hit 13 of 14 fairways and 16 of 18 greens.Im driving the ball well, said Singh, coming off a tie for 56th on Sunday in Connecticut in the PGA Tours Travelers Championship. Im hitting my irons good. Playing the regular tour, Ive been playing pretty decent out there too. I came here (and) obviously expected to play well, and I just played well today.Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jeff Gallagher, Michael Allen, Gene Sauers and Glen Day shot 68.The weather is good. Its perfect. Its hot, humid, Jimenez said. This heat is going to drain a lot from you and probably (make things) more difficult, not because the course is more difficult, but the situation for the players that will be there at the end of the weekend.Singh is winless in nine career starts on the 50-and-over tourEvery time I tee it up (in senior events), if I dont win, Im really disappointed, Singh said. So I put a lot more pressure on myself, and thats not very good. I force myself to play well over here instead of just playing. SSo my attitude this week is just go and play and see what happens.ddddddddddddSingh finished second this year in the PGA Tours Quicken Loans National in June, but missed the cut at the British Open and the PGA Championship. He said the dry, hard course at Scioto was a tough test.It was really firm, Singh said. Couldnt stop even a sand wedge. Nothing was spinning. If you missed a green, it was very difficult to get up and down.The hot, dry conditions arent supposed to last, with rain forecast Friday and Saturday.Defending champion Jeff Maggert had a 70. He won last year at Del Paso in California.The course is playing great, very difficult, Maggert said. Just every hole is demanding. You got to keep the ball on the fairway and pay attention to what youre doing around the greens, make sure youre giving yourself some opportunities to putt for birdies. Missing the greens here can really hurt you pretty bad too. Its a ball strikers course, and Im hitting the ball well. So hopefully, the putter will cooperate over the next three days, and I can finish it off with a good tournament.John Daly also shot 70.I actually hit the ball decent today, Daly said. I made a few putts, but nothing special. It was cool to play pretty much 16 holes bogey-free. I made a few 5- and 6-footers for pars as well, which helped. I had not been putting very good.Bernhard Langer opened with a 73. ' ' '