Russian Teams Hold Training Camp Before World Championship in Astana

Preparations take place at Round Lake centre.

The Russian national teams are getting ready for the World Team Championships, which will take place in Astana on March 4-15. 

A training camp is being held at the Republican Olympic centre "Round Lake". On one of the days, the teams were joined by the "Match TV" camera crew, which is making a video plot.

The Russian team will be represented by Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk, Dmitry Andreikin, and Vladislav Artemiev. Captain is Alexander Motylev.

Our rivals will be the teams from Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, England, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Sweden, and USA. 

Kateryna Lagno, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Aleksandra Goryachkina, and Olga Girya will play for the Russian team. Captain is Sergei Rublevsky. 

The Russians will compete with the chess players from Armenia, China, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and USA.  

General sponsor of the Russian national chess teams is FGC UES. General partner of the Russian Chess Federation is PhosAgro.  

Photos by Vladimir Potkin and Alexander Motylev