Russia - China Match to Be Held in Moscow

The venue is Central Chess Club.

A traditional Russia - China match will be held in the Central Chess Club in Moscow on November 25-30. Men's and women's teams will take part in the competition. Each team consists of 6 members: 5 players and 1 coach. 

Line-up, men:

Russia: Vladimir Fedoseev, Alexandr Predke, Alexey Sarana, Andrey Esipenko, Maksim Chigaev.

China: Wen Yang, Lu Shanglei, Bai Jinshi, Xu Xiangyu, Xu Yinglun. 

Line-up, women: 

Russia: Polina Shuvalova, Margarita Potapova, Leya Garifullina, Alina Bivol, Dinara Dordzhieva.

China: Huang Qian, Ding Yixin, Zhai Mo, Zhu Jiner, Ning Kaiyu.

Coaches: China - Yu Shaoteng, Russia - Alexander Motylev and Vladimir Potkin. 

The matches will be played according to the Swiss system with fixed pairings in 5 rounds.

The match days: November 26-30. All games will begin at 3 p.m. (Moscow time). 

Time control – 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes to the end of the game + 30 seconds for each move starting from move 1. 

Chief arbiter – IA Boris Postovsky (USA).