Azerbaijan against Netherlands and Russia at European Championships in Chess

Today, the 7th round will be played in Slovenia in Slovenia’s team championship.

Men’s team of Azerbaijan will meet with the command of the Netherlands. Our team has 9 points. We occupy 2nd place. Russia leads, in which 10 points. 9 points also have Ukraine, Spain, Armenia and the same Netherlands.

Netherlands – Azerbaijan

Anish Giri (2774) – Shakhriyar Mammadyarov (2765)

Yorden van Forest (2701) – Teymur Rajabov (2763)

Max Warmendham (2608) – Gadir Huseynov (2665)

Eric Van Dael (2594) – Nijat Abasov (2634).

Recall, the men’s team of Azerbaijan in the first six tours beat Italy (4: 0), Serbia (3: 1), Germany (2.5: 1.5), and also played a draw with Hungary, Russia and Armenia.

The women’s national team of Azerbaijan today will try to resist the leader to the Russian team. With 9 points, our chess players occupy the 3rd position, yielding only Russians (12 points) and Georgians (10).

Azerbaijan – Russia

Gunai Mamedzade (2459) – Alexander Goryachkin (2604)

Hana Balajeva (2369) – Katerina Lagno (2550)

Ulvia Fatalieva (2309) – Valentina Gunina (2480)

Govhar Bedullaeva (2278) – Polina Shuvalova (2515).

Azerbaijani chess players defeated Turkey (4: 0) and Sweden (4: 0), then Georgia lost (1: 3), defeated Germany (3: 1), played a draw with Ukraine (2: 2) and Won Italy (2.5: 1.5).