Astana to host fourth World Team Chess Championships
The world’s top chess players are expected to arrive in Astana for the fourth World Team Chess Championship which is scheduled to begin on March 2 in the Kazakh capital. Kazakhstan’s teams are to face off with China, Russia, Ukraine, the USA, India, France and other countries. Each team is made up of five players.
The Kazakh team comprises International Grandmaster Guliskhan Nakhbayeva, a silver medalist of a World Junior Championships, Zhansaya Abdumalik and notorious chess players Dinara Saduakasova, Madina Davletbayeva, and Gulmira Dauletova.
Madina DAVLETBAYEVA, KAZAKHSTAN NATIONAL CHESS TEAM:
– We are now preparing for the world championship. We know all of our opponents and the way they play.
Source: http://caspionet.kz
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
China will win.