Nodirbek Abdusattorov

That's 'cause when we did the original drafts, it's like we were picking some of the best players in the world already.

It was, like, Firouzja, Abdusattorov, Gukesh.

They were, like, 2700s, uh, a- and plus.

Um, and then since then, yeah, we, like, moved further and further down the list.

Um, y- y- you're, like, not letting me do it? [laughs] Okay.

No.

You know what? I actually probably wouldn't give you Erdogmus for anyone other than Abdusattorov.

Yeah.

One's Sindarov, the, the, the... well, the finalist in the, in the, in the coming, uh, world championship, uh, match.

And then there's, uh, good old Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who was playing on first board and had a, well, an incredible score.

He did, he did, he did very well.

I mean, he, he was the, well, you could say the star of the, of the event.

Mm

... then Uzbekistan, both Nodirbek and Javokhir are in great form.

That means a lot.

But you could argue that perhaps their lower boards are a bit weaker.