Opening ceremony of World Teams Chess Championship is held in the Merinos Culture Center by the initiative of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality. It is reported that Azerbaijani and Armenian chess teams will have a match.
Teams from United States, Russia, Egypt, Brazil, Armenia, Israel, India, Greece, Azerbaijan and Turkey will play against each other to win the championship. The Championship started with an opening ceremony held in Merinos Culture Center.
Representatives from World Chess Federation, Turkish Chess Federation, President of Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, representatives from the countries that attend the championship and sportsmen attended to the ceremony.
President of Turkish Chess Federation and Deputy Chairman of World Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazici said that Turkey made important steps in the field of chess and developed in the last 9 years. "We teached 1,7 mln children how to play chess. We became an enormous federation with 42 thousand trainer and 250 thousand licenced sportsmen. During last five years, our sportsmen won 81 medals in the tournaments all over the world. Government and families supported these initiatives and now best chess teams in the world competes in Bursa."
It is reported that Azerbaijani and Armenian chess teams matched in the championship that has started today. On the other hand, other matches are announced as Turkey-United States, India-Greece, Russia-Brazil and Egypt-Israel.
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