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.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sign Up for Our Newsletters

Get notified of the latest updates from MassisPost.

You May Also Like

Karabakh Authorities Suspend Mining Operations at Kashen Copper Deposit

STEPANAKERT — Nagorno-Karabakh authorities announced on Wednesday that mining operations at Kashen…

Impact of Ancient Nation Wins 2017 International Rubery Non-Fiction Book Award

A popular collection of facts on Armenian history and culture was recently…

Eighth Wounded Soldier Receives a House in Artsakh from the Tufenkian Foundation

STEPANAKERT — Gagik Petrosyan, a soldier wounded in the aftermath of the…

Three Armenians Re-Elected to Turkish Parliament

ANKARA — Three Armenians have been reelected to the Turkish Parliament as…