Azerbaijan’s chess players to join World Championship
Azerbaijani chess players will compete in the World Cities Team Chess Championship to be held in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates on December 21-29,AzerTag state news agency reported.
The tournament will bring together 32 teams from Azerbaijan, Russia, Hungary, Germany, Ukraine and US. The Azerbaijani team will include 45 chess players.
The FIDE World Cities Championship shall be held at two-yearly intervals among teams representing cities with a maximum of one city per country. National federations are eligible to play with their national team members representing a city. There shall be 32 teams representing 32 countries in the FIDE World Cities Championship. The teams are made up of 4 players plus 1 reserve and 1 captain.
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