11 August 2016

Russian National Teams for Baku Olympiad Announced

The Chess Olympiad will take place on September 1-14 in Azerbaijan.

The official website of the Chess Olympiad published the lineups of the participating teams. 

Russian men's team:

Vladimir Kramnik (2808)
Sergey Karjakin (2769)
Alexander Grischuk (2754)
Evgeny Tomashevsky (2731)
Ian Nepomniachtchi (2740)

Head coach and captain – RCF President, FIDE Vice-President Andrey Filatov.


Russian women's team:

Alexandra Kosteniuk (2538)
Valentina Gunina (2520)
Aleksandra Goryachkina (2475)
Natalia Pogonina (2484)
Olga Girya (2452)

Head coach and captain – Sergey Rublevsky.