Russian chess teams name squads for Baku Olympiad
By Trend
Russian chess team have named squads for the 42nd World Chess Olympiad to be held in Baku on September 1-13.
The Russian men’s team includes: Vladimir Kramnik (2808), Sergey Karjakin (2769), Alexander Grischuk (2754), Evgeny Tomashevsky (2731), Ian Nepomniachtchi (2740). Andrey Filatov is the captain of the team.
The women’s team includes: Alexandra Kosteniuk (2538), Valentina Gunina (2520), Aleksandra Goryachkina (2475), Natalija Pogonina (2484), Olga Girya (2452). Sergei Rublevsky is the captain of the women’s team.
--
Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!