Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. B. Mammadov / The European Chess Championship starts in Crete on 28 October. The men's chess team of Azerbaijan will compete at the Championship with a full slate. The women's team will also compete with a full slate, however, Firuza Valikhanli and Mehriban Shukurova were not included in the women's team due to various reasons.
"Our men's team is rated third after the Russian and Ukrainian teams. Azerbaijan has every chance to win the medals," Fikrat Sideifzadeh, the coach of the Azerbaijani team, said.
"The Azerbaijani team included to the ten best teams can be appreciated as our success, Anar Allahverdiyev, the coach, said.
The players will compete by special composition. Tural Bakhishov, the Press Secretary of the Azerbaijani Chess Federation, informed about the final composition of the national collective team to Trend Agency.
Men:
1. Shakhriyar Mammadyarov
2. Teymur Rajabov
3. Vugar Qashimov
4. Gadir Huseynov
5. Rauf Mammadov
Women:
1. Zeynab Mamadyarova
2. Ilaha Qadimova
3. Turkan Mammadyarova
4. Nargiz Umudova
5. Khayala Iskandarova