Sport24.az
Azerbaijan's women's chess team will face Uzbekistan for a spot in the World Championship, which will be held in Linares, Spain. Sport24.az reports that this was announced by the press service of the Chess Federation.
The World Championship will feature the host country Spain, the top 4 teams from the last World Championship in 2023 – Georgia, France, Kazakhstan, USA, as well as China, Ukraine, Peru, Egypt, India and the FIDE team, selected by continent according to the world ranking.
The 12th ticket to the World Championship will be determined in the match between the teams of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. The qualifying match for the tournament will be held on November 1-2 in Baku at the "Dinamo" hotel.
The team that wins the rapid competition at the end of the two days will win a ticket to the World Championship.
The Azerbaijani national team will play in the match with this squad: Gunay Mammadzada, Gulnar Mammadova, Khanim Balajayeva, Govhar Beydullayeva and Ulviyya Fataliyeva. The captain of the team will be European champion Gadir Huseynov.
The chief judge of the Azerbaijan - Uzbekistan match is Faig Hasanov.
It should be noted that the World Cup will be held between November 18-23.
