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Australia Chess Olympiad 2008 team update

Shannon Oliver replaces Irina Berezina

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The Australian women’s Olympic team has changed their top board player, the captain Andras Toth informed this weekend. Irina Berezina had to pull out and she will be replaced by Shannon Oliver.

Thus, the final teams for Australia are as follows:

Men: GM Zong-Yuan Zhao, IM David Smerdon, IM Stephen Solomon, GM Darryl Johansen, IM George Xie. Captain is FM Manuel Weeks.

Women: WIM Arianne Caoili, Giang Nguyen, WIM Laura Moylan, WIM Biljana Dekic, Shannon Oliver. Captain is IM Andras Toth.

More teams from the Dresden Olympiad at the Olympic teams 2008 page.

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