Today, the 7th round will be played in Slovenia in Slovenia’s team championship.
Men’s team of Azerbaijan will meet with the command of the Netherlands. Our team has 9 points. We occupy 2nd place. Russia leads, in which 10 points. 9 points also have Ukraine, Spain, Armenia and the same Netherlands.
Netherlands – Azerbaijan
Anish Giri (2774) – Shakhriyar Mammadyarov (2765)
Yorden van Forest (2701) – Teymur Rajabov (2763)
Max Warmendham (2608) – Gadir Huseynov (2665)
Eric Van Dael (2594) – Nijat Abasov (2634).
Recall, the men’s team of Azerbaijan in the first six tours beat Italy (4: 0), Serbia (3: 1), Germany (2.5: 1.5), and also played a draw with Hungary, Russia and Armenia.
The women’s national team of Azerbaijan today will try to resist the leader to the Russian team. With 9 points, our chess players occupy the 3rd position, yielding only Russians (12 points) and Georgians (10).
Azerbaijan – Russia
Gunai Mamedzade (2459) – Alexander Goryachkin (2604)
Hana Balajeva (2369) – Katerina Lagno (2550)
Ulvia Fatalieva (2309) – Valentina Gunina (2480)
Govhar Bedullaeva (2278) – Polina Shuvalova (2515).
Azerbaijani chess players defeated Turkey (4: 0) and Sweden (4: 0), then Georgia lost (1: 3), defeated Germany (3: 1), played a draw with Ukraine (2: 2) and Won Italy (2.5: 1.5).