World Team Chess Championship 2009 - 2010

From 5th until 14th January in Bursa, Turkey

The 2009 World Team Chess Championship is set to take place from 5th until 14th January in Bursa, the old capitol of Turkey. The event is organized by the Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) with the patronage of the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality.

The Federations qualified to participate in the Championship are Continental Champions - Russia, Brazil, India (replacing China) and Egypt, top three teams from the 2008 Chess Olympiad - Armenia, Israel and USA, two teams invited by the FIDE President's approval - Azerbaijan and Greece, and the host Turkey.

The tournament system is 9-rounds all-play-all. Time control for the event is 90 min/40 moves +30 min/end, with 30 seconds additional time per move, starting from move one.

Each team consists of six players (4 plus 2 reserves) and one captain. The organizer is providing all teams with full hospitality including lodging, accommodation and transport from the Istanbul airport. In addition, the players will receive daily honorarium, but under obligation to appear at the opening and closing ceremony. Draw offers during the first 30 moves are not allowed and zero tolerance rule will be in force.

China withdrew the team on a very late notice, but India accepted to jump in and complete the field. Indian team is not yet known. On a different subject, Russia tried to register Sergey Karjakin as a player under their flag, but the strict FIDE regulation did not allow it, thus the captain enlisted Dmitry Jakovenko.

Armenia:
Levon Aronian 2786
Vladimir Akopian 2700
Gabriel Sargissian 2676
Arman Pashikian 2656
Tigran Petrosian 2615
Tigran Kotanjian 2542

Israel:
Boris Gelfand 2758
Michael Roiz 2659
Ilia Smirin 2662
Emil Sutovsky 2666
Evgeny Postny 2650
Maxim Rodhstein 2650

USA:
Hikaru Nakamura 2715
Alexander Onischuk 2672
Yuri Shulman 2623
Varuzhan Akobian 2624
Robert L. Hess 2572
Ray Robson 2567

Russia:
Alexander Morozevich 2750
Alexander Grischuk 2736
Vladimir Malakhov 2706
Dmitry Jakovenko 2736
Evgeny Tomashevsky 2708
Nikita Vityugov 2694

Brazil:
Giovanni Vescovi 2648
Rafael Leitao 2621
Alexandr Fier 2653
Gilberto Milos 2603
Andre Diamant 2493
Darcy Lima 2504

Egypt:
Ahmed Adly 2583
Bassem Amin 2553
Mohamed Ezat 2472
Khaled Abdel Razik 2469
Imed Abdelnabbi 2447
Walaa Sarwat 2405

Azerbaijan:
Vugar Gashimov 2758
Teimour Radjabov 2748
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2719
Rauf Mamedov 2634
Gadir Guseinov 2625
Nidjat Mamedov 2617

Greece:
Vassilios Kotronias 2599
Ioannis Papaioannou 2628
Hristos Banikas 2615
Stelios Halkias 2573
Dimitrios Mastrovasilis 2569
Athanasios Mastrovasilis 2513

Turkey:
Kivanc Haznedaroglu 2497
Mert Erdogdu 2489
Mustafa Yilmaz 2468
Emre Can 2449
Baris Esen 2493
Burak Firat 2392

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