World Team Chess Championship will take place in Tsakhkadzor on April 18-29. 10 teams will compete for the champion’s title in a round-robin tournament.
The members of the teams are already known. The Armenian team includes Levon Aronian (2770 points), Gabriel Sargsyan, Sergey Movsisyan, Vladimir Hakobyan and Hrant Melkumyan.
With 2794 points Alexander Grischuk has the highest rating among the participants and he will head the Russian team, which will be comprised of Sergey Karjakin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Dmitry Jakovenko and Nikita Vitiugov.
Teams of Ukraine, china, Cuba, Hungary, U.S., India, Egypt and Israel will also take part in the championship.
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