Team captains named

The names of captains of the Azerbaijan men’s and women’s teams expected to participate in the 42nd World Chess Olympiad have been revealed. Men’s first team will be captained by Aleksey Dreev. Three-time Olympic champion with the Russian team (1992, 1994 and 1996), Dreev also became world champion among teams in 1997 and 2005.

Native of Baku Israeli grandmaster Emil Sutovsky and Azer Mirzoyev will be the captains of men’s second and third teams respectively.

Women’s first team will be captained by Fikret Sideifzade, while Sarkhan Guliyev and Rasul Ibrahimov will coach the second and third teams respectively.

The press service of the Baku Chess Olympiad reports that first teams are currently undergoing the final stage of preparations in Gabala.