The 12 teams for the FIDE World Team Championship in Jerusalem (November 19-26) have been confirmed.
In the line-ups of the participating teams we find stars like Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Teymur Radjabov, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, along with up-and-coming prodigies like Javokhir Sindarov and Nihal Sarin, and illustrious veterans like Vasyl Ivanchuk and Alexei Shirov.This is the complete entry list:
| FIDE DELEGATES | |
| Alex Holowczak | Chief Arbiter |
| Alexey Root | Press Officer |
| Viswanathan Anand | Commentator |
| Almira Skripchenko | Commentator |
| 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 |
Under the exciting new format devised for this competition, the participant countries are split into two pools of similar strength, taking as a reference the rapid rating list for November 1st. The four best teams from 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.
| Group A | Group B |
| China | Azerbaijan |
| France | India |
| Netherlands | Israel |
| South Africa | Poland |
| Spain | United States |
| Ukraine | Uzbekistan |
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.
The Chief Arbiter for the event will be Alex Holowczak (ENG), with Alon Shulman (ISR) as his Deputy, and M S Gopakumar (IND) as Fair Play officer.
You can read the complete regulations in the FIDE Handbook.
Official website: worldteams.fide.com
