The European Individual Chess Championship will start on April 7 in Katowice, Poland.
İdman.Biz reports that the Azerbaijan Chess Federation has released information about this.
It was stated that 502 chess players from 43 countries will participate in the prestigious competition.
Azerbaijan will be represented by 14 chess players at the European Championship. Aydın Suleymanli, Mahammad Muradli, Nijat Abasov, Read Samadov, Khagan Ahmad, Khazar Babazadeh, Shiroglan Talibov, Vugar Manafov, Shahin Veliyev, Umid Aslanov, Govhar Beydullayeva, Suleyman Suleymanli, Ali Zuganov, and Jeyhun Huseynzade will compete for our representatives in the continental championship.
The European Championship will grant qualification to the World Cup, which will be held next year.
It is reminded that the continental championship consists of 11 rounds. The competition will end on April 19.