Armenia will host World Team Championship 2015, according to FIDE’s official website. The event will take place from March 1 to 15.

The Women’s World Team Championship 2015 will also take place in Armenia in the same period.

The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent. It is played every two years. In chess, this tournament and the Chess Olympiads are the most important international tournaments for teams.

Armenia has won the team title in 2011 and hosted the event once before in 2001.

The European Individual Men’s Tournament as well will be held in Yerevan in March.

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