FIDE World Team Championship: Lineups and group composition
The 12 teams for the FIDE World Team Championship in Jerusalem (November 19-26) have been confirmed. In the line-ups of the participating teams we find stars like Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Teymur Radjabov, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, along with up-and-coming prodigies like Javokhir Sindarov and Nihal Sarin, and illustrious veterans like Vasyl Ivanchuk and Alexei Shirov.This is the complete entry list: FIDE DELEGATES Alex Holowczak Chief Arbiter Alexey Root Press Officer Viswanathan Anand Commentator Almira Skripchenko Commentator ISRAEL Ilana David Captain Maxim Rodshtein player Tamir Nabaty player Avital Boruchovsky player Ilia Smirin player Evgeny Postny player Ori Kobo player POLAND Michal Bartel Captain Radoslaw Wojtaszek player Mateusz Bartel player Kacper Piorun player Bartosz Socko player Szymon Gumularz player Igor Janik player UKRAINE Yurii Gnyp Chief of delegation Oleksander Sulypa Captain Igor Kovalenko player Vasyl Ivanchuk player Andriy Volokytin player Kirill Shevchenko player Vitali Bernadskyi player Mykhaylo Oleksyenko player CHINA Wen Yang Captain & player Xu Xiangyu player Bai Jinshi player Lu Shanglei player Li Di player NETHERLANDS Jan Smeets Captain & player Anish Giri player Jorden Van Foreest player Lucas Van Foreest player Max Warmerdam player Robby Kevlishvili player FRANCE Jean-baptiste Mullon Captain & Chief of delegation Maxime Vachier-lagrave player Jules Moussard player Laurent Fressinet player Maxime Lagarde player Tigran Gharamian player INDIA Suri Vaibhab Captain Gujarathi Vidit Santosh player Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan player Sarin Nihal player Krishnan Sasikiran player Sethuraman Panayappan Sethuraman player Gupta Abhijit player SOUTH AFRICA Hendrink Petrus Du Toit Captain & Chief of delegation Kenneth Terence Solomon player Daniel John Cawdery player Daniel Barrish player Banele Fortune Mhango player UZBEKISTAN Husan Turdialiev Chief of delegation Ivan Sokolov Captain Nodirbek Yakubboev player Javokhir Sindarov player Jakhongir Vakhidov player Shamsiddin Vokhidov player Abdimalik Abdisalimov player Ortik Nigmatov player USA John Donaldson Captain Hans Niemann player Lazaro Bruzon player Alexander Onischuk player Varuzhan Akobian player Yuniesky Quesada Perez player SPAIN Javier Ochoa de Echagüen Chief of delegation David Martinez Captain Jaime Santos player David Anton player Alexei Shirov player Daniil Yuffa player Miguel Santos player AZERBAIJAN Nijat Abasov Captain Shakhriyar Mamedyarov player Teimour Radjabov player Rauf Mamedov player Aydin Suleymanli player Gadir Guseinov player Vugar Asadli player Under the exciting new format devised for this competition, the participant countries are split into two pools of similar strength, taking as a reference the rapid rating list for November 1st. The four best teams from each pool will advance to the knock-out stage, where they will play Quarter-finals, Semi-Finals, and Final, with each duel consisting of two matches between the teams. Group A Group B China Azerbaijan France India Netherlands Israel South Africa Poland Spain United States Ukraine Uzbekistan The time control will be 45 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 10 seconds per move starting from move 1. The event, organized by FIDE and the Israel Chess Federation with the support of the Israel Ministry of Sport and Culture, will be held at the Mount Scopus Hall in the Dan Hotel in Jerusalem. Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand and the seven-time French Women’s Chess Champion Almira Skripchenko will be the commentators. The Chief Arbiter for the event will be Alex Holowczak (ENG), with Alon Shulman (ISR) as his Deputy, and M S Gopakumar (IND) as Fair Play officer. You can read the complete regulations in the FIDE Handbook. Official website: worldteams.fide.com