Azerbaijani Chess Player Wins Bronze At Fide World Rapid Team Championship
Date
8/29/2023 7:55:26 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
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Azerbaijani chess player Gunay Mammadzade has won a bronze medal
at FIDE World Rapid Team Championship held in Dusseldorf,
Germany.
Mammadzade is a member of the Indian "Team MGD1" club, which
finished third with 18 points in the competition, Azernews reports.
As part of "Team MGD1" Mammadzade scored 3 points in 4
games.
The first two places in the world championship were taken by the
teams "WR Chess" (22 points) and "Freedom" (20 points).
Note that Azerbaijani chess player holds the titles of
International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) through the
International Chess Federation (FIDE). She is a two-time
Azerbaijani women's national champion, which she achieved in 2017
and 2019.
The chess player has represented Azerbaijan at the Chess
Olympiad, the World Team Chess Championship, and the European Team
Chess Championship, winning both team and individual bronze medals
at the latter in 2019. Mammadzada has a peak FIDE rating of 2483
and has been ranked as high as No. 18 in the world among women.
The FIDE World Rapid Team Championship is a team tournament in
chess, played under rapid time controls and organized by the
International Chess Federation (FIDE) in collaboration with WR
Logistics GmbH.
The FIDE World Rapid Team Championship follows the Swiss system
with 12 rounds. The tournament rules ensure inclusivity, diversity,
and fair representation by requiring each team to include at least
one female player, and at least one player in each team, who has
not achieved a FIDE Standard, Rapid, or Blitz Rating of 2000 Elo
points or be unrated.
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