Giorgadze did not arrive and Rodríguez came late, co Endesa forfeited at board #1 and were penalized with deduction of half of a point. The long-time team director, Mr. Carreño ("El Abuelo") decided to play even though his chess skills were quite bad. After two days it became apparent that he may not contribute to the result so it was less evil to forfeit at board #1 and at least let the remaining three to face weaker opposition. Yet forfeit cost another 0.5p penalty.