July 23, 2020 - 15:50 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is participating in the first-ever Online Chess Olympiad organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE), with teams from 163 countries set to battle over a virtual chess board between July 25 and August 30, FIDE announced on Thursday, July 23.
Each team will consist of six players, in a mixed format with a minimum of three female players and two junior players.
The event is FIDE’s response to the postponement of the “traditional” Chess Olympiad, which was planned to take place between Moscow and Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) in August, 2020. Involving more than 3,000 participants, the event was rescheduled to 2021, shortly a...