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  • BAKU: Azerbaijani, Armenian teams to play in world chess champs

    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
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