Thursday, February 29, 2024

Back to Ithaca

Wadim Alexandrowitsch Rosenstein, deus ex machina of the team which last year brought to the WR Group the world title of the inaugural FIDE World Rapid Team Chess Championship, announced today that the team will defend its title next August, featuring the same lineup except for Wesley So, who will be substituted by five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

The team which will defend the WR’s honour are listed as pictured above, top to bottom, left to right: Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vincent Keymer, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk, Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi, Jan Gustafsson (Trainer), Magnus Carlsen, Wadim Alexandrowitsch Rosenstein, and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Playbill: Wadim Alexandrowitsch Rosenstein.

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