Read this.. I am not even giving you the offical UEFA handbook printout which states the same!

Point 12: Advise the referee should the need arise. Consult on fouls which the referee might not have been able to see

O and I do have plenty of free time... I am living my life the way I had always wanted... They love what you do and you won't work a day of your life...

If you like to send so many letters, you should join Amnesty International, it would do more good than harassing Mr Platini or anyone in the FIFA about referees.

The point is the opening line Naiditsch picked. It's the same line Smeets and Nakamura went for against Kramnik in Wijk earlier this year and both went away with an easy draw. If any given 2700 player wants to draw with white against the Berlin defense, that's the way they play it. You get an absolutely dull and symmetrical position, that no 2700 player is going to lose with white. I read somewhere that Aronian always feels a bit angry towards players, who just pick that drawing line and avoid the complicated endgames associated with the Berlin defense.

If every player plays consistently within a team, this is what can happen. All the same it would be difficult to back Germany to win it, with all the other mighty strong teams playing.

Just a fantastic effort by all the German team. It just shows how these lesser ranked players are dangerous and can 'pull off' a shock win when needed.

Again I'm disappointed by my own teams showing (England) who once again badly underachieved. Adams was in imperious form with the second highest rating performance behind Mamedjyrov. Our third board David Howell was in horrible form and scored a measly 0.5/5 and lost 23 rating points in 5 games. Nigel Short played under par and was rather brilliant or dreadful.

An amazing last round where any of 3 teams could have won it, but Germany somehow pulled off the shock win.

Ofc. But he probably did not expect Naiditsch to go for the dull short draw in a Team match.

And otherwise the Berlin is not that dull, it's just that one line. If Aronian wanted to draw, he would've played the Marhsall. But stuff like that happens.

To be clear I don't blame neither Aronian nor Naiditsch for that game.

Naiditsch played what he considered best for the team result, and the team title clearly says, that he did the right thing. Aronian was probably far from happy and he probably did not expect Naiditsch who has played fighting chess this tournament to take the short draw with white.

If this somehow could raise the interest of chess in Germany, which already have one of the strongest (semi-) professional leagues, that would be very good for chess.

As it happened, I met a random young German fellow on the pub Saturday and congratulated him on the victory, half jokingly, as I did not expect him to care at all, and rightly so: he just gave me a blank stare and a polite smile.