Men’s Team: (2004 showing – 4th place)
By rating – GMs Nakamura(*), Kamsky, Onischuk, Ibragimov(*), Kaidanov, and Akobian(*) – (Captain TBA)
Main competition for medals: Russia, Ukraine, England, Israel, India, Armenia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, China and Georgia
Women’s Team: (2004 showing – Team Silver medal + 3 individual medals [2 gold – 1 silver])
By rating – IM Zatonskih, IM Krush, WGM Goletiani(*) +1 more player TBA (probably WGM Baginskaite or WFM Abrahamyan) – Captain: GM Yury Shulman
Main competition for medals: China, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, India, Poland, Hungary, Armenia, France and Germany
The women’s team seems to be missing someone. Hmm who could it be? I don’t know.. can’t think of the name offhand. 🙂
How much does it cost to send both of our teams to Europe to play?
I have no idea. The biggest expense would be the players’ honorarium. I do not know what is in their contracts this year.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
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Players should be motivated, too, for a good result made! Should it be by individual wins and draws made, or a team result, I don’t know what’s best.
The men’s team has good chances for a medal. The women’s team has no chance. They won’t even finish in the top 5.