Team Russia Enters Field of FIDE Online Olympiad
Our players to face Ukraine, Germany and the Czech Republic on 8 September.
The second FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 is entering its final phase. The tournament is being held on Chess.com, one of the biggest playing platforms. 153 teams have been taking part in the event. Each team consists of six players and six reserves, in a mixed format with a minimum of three female players and two junior players.
Representing the Russian team are:
Men: GM Alexander Grischuk, GM Daniil Dubov, GM Vladislav Artemiev, GM Vladimir Fedoseev
Women: GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, GM Kateryna Lagno, GM Valentina Gunina
Juniors: GM Andrey Esipenko and IM Volodar Murzin
Girls: IM Polina Shuvalova and WGM Leya Garifullina.
The team captain is GM Alexander Motylev.
The event includes two stages: the “Divisions stage” and the Play-off stage. The qualifying events finished on the 4th of September. Top Division, the decisive phase of the Online Olympiad, will see the strongest seeded and qualified teams from the 8th until the 10th of September. Forty teams are divided into four pools.
The Russian team’s rivals in Pool C will be Argentina, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Paraguay, Spain, and Ukraine.
On the first match day, Team Russia will face Ukraine, Germany, and the Czech Republic.
Three rounds (time control: 15+5) are played each day starting from 5 PM Moscow time.
Two best teams of each pool advance to knock-out stage (Play-off). The quarterfinals will be played on the 13th of September, the semi-final on the 14th of September, and the Final on the 15th of September.
Andrey Filatov, CFR President, Head coach of the Russian national men's chess team:
- I am very glad that FIDE decided to hold the Online Olympiad for the second year in a row because the chess calendar is not fully restored yet. As a reigning champion, the Russian national team feels extra responsibility before the start. We have strong opponents in our pool; however, our players are traditionally well-prepared and primed for victory. I wish the best of luck to our athletes!
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