News.Az, Azerbaijan
Jan 5 2010
Azerbaijani, Armenian teams to play in world chess championship
Tue 05 January 2010 | 06:51 GMT Text size:
The matches of the first round of the world team championship in chess
will be held in Turkish Bursa today.
According to News.Az, the draw selected Armenia as a rival for the
current European champion in chess ` the team from Azerbaijan.
Further, our team led by Vugar Hashimov will have to play against the
teams of Turkey, India, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Brazil, Greece and the
United States. The contest consisting of nine rounds will end on 13
January.
Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Teymur Rajabov, Rauf Mammadov, Gadir Huseynov
and Nijat Mammadov will also play for the Azerbaijani team.
Vice-president of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation Faik Hasanov is the
deputy head arbiter of the world championship.
Elmir Aliyev
News.Az