The FIDE World Team Championship 2022 will take place from 19 to 26 November in Jerusalem, Israel. It will be a twelve-team championship with China, France, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and Ukraine competing in Pool A, and Azerbaijan, India, Israel, Poland, USA and Uzbekistan competing in Pool B. The best ranked four teams of each pool will advance to the knock-out stage, where they will play Quarter-finals, Semi-Finals, and Final, with each duel consisting of two matches between the teams.
In the line-ups of the participating teams we find stars like Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, along with up-and-coming Uzbek and Indian prodigies like Javokhir Sindarov and Nihal Sarin, illustrious veterans Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexei Shirov, and the USA teenager who has been in the limelight for the last couple of months, Hans Niemann.
Teams compositions:
ISRAEL
Ilana David
Captain
Maxim Rodshtein
player
Tamir Nabaty
player
Avital Boruchovsky
player
Ilia Smirin
player
Evgeny Postny
player
Ori Kobo
player
POLAND
Michal Bartel
Captain
Radoslaw Wojtaszek
player
Mateusz Bartel
player
Kacper Piorun
player
Bartosz Socko
player
Szymon Gumularz
player
Igor Janik
player
UKRAINE
Yurii Gnyp
Chief of delegation
Oleksander Sulypa
Captain
Igor Kovalenko
player
Vasyl Ivanchuk
player
Andriy Volokytin
player
Kirill Shevchenko
player
Vitali Bernadskyi
player
Mykhaylo Oleksyenko
player
CHINA
Wen Yang
Captain & player
Xu Xiangyu
player
Bai Jinshi
player
Lu Shanglei
player
Li Di
player
NETHERLANDS
Jan Smeets
Captain & player
Anish Giri
player
Jorden Van Foreest
player
Lucas Van Foreest
player
Max Warmerdam
player
Robby Kevlishvili
player
FRANCE
Jean-baptiste Mullon
Captain & Chief of delegation
Maxime Vachier-lagrave
player
Jules Moussard
player
Laurent Fressinet
player
Maxime Lagarde
player
Tigran Gharamian
player
INDIA
Suri Vaibhab
Captain
Gujarathi Vidit Santosh
player
Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan
player
Sarin Nihal
player
Krishnan Sasikiran
player
Sethuraman Panayappan Sethuraman
player
Gupta Abhijit
player
SOUTH AFRICA
Hendrink Petrus Du Toit
Captain & Chief of delegation
Kenneth Terence Solomon
player
Daniel John Cawdery
player
Daniel Barrish
player
Banele Fortune Mhango
player
UZBEKISTAN
Husan Turdialiev
Chief of delegation
Ivan Sokolov
Captain
Nodirbek Yakubboev
player
Javokhir Sindarov
player
Jakhongir Vakhidov
player
Shamsiddin Vokhidov
player
Abdimalik Abdisalimov
player
Ortik Nigmatov
player
USA
John Donaldson
Captain
Hans Niemann
player
Lazaro Bruzon
player
Alexander Onischuk
player
Varuzhan Akobian
player
Yuniesky Quesada Perez
player
SPAIN
Javier Ochoa de Echagüen
Chief of delegation
David Martinez
Captain
Jaime Santos
player
David Anton
player
Alexei Shirov
player
Daniil Yuffa
player
Miguel Santos
player
AZERBAIJAN
Nijat Abasov
Captain
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
player
Teimour Radjabov
player
Rauf Mamedov
player
Aydin Suleymanli
player
Gadir Guseinov
player
Vugar Asadli
player
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The time control will be 45 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 10 seconds per move starting from move 1. The event, organized by FIDE and the Israel Chess Federation with the support of the Israel Ministry of Sport and Culture, will be held at the Mount Scopus Hall in the Dan Hotel in Jerusalem. Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand and the seven-time French Women’s Chess Champion Almira Skripchenko will be the commentators.
