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The match is organized by the Russian Chess Federation with the support of the Volga Group, the official partner of the men's national chess team of Russia, and UES Federal Grid Company, the general sponsor of Russia’s national chess teams.
Men: Ian Nepomniachtchi, Dmitry Yakovenko, Daniil Dubov, Dmitry Andreykin and Maxim Matlakov. Coaches: Alexander Motylev and Vladimir Potkin.
Women: Valentina Gunina, Natalia Pogonina, Anastasia Bodnaruk, Alexandra Goryachkina, and Ekaterina Lagno. Coaches: Sergey Rublevsky and Alexander Ryazantsev.
Men: Wang Yue, Yu Yangyi, Lu Shanglei, Wen Yang and Zhou Jianchao. Coach: Yu Shaoteng
Women: Tan Zhongyi, Shen Yang, Guo Qi, Ding Yixin, and Lei Tintsze. Coach: Yu Shaoten.
The matches are hard fought but from 30 games only ten (four in the men's event, six in the women's event) were decided - and in each of these ten games White won.
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Wang Yue
One of the decided games was the encounter between Lu Shanglei and Dmitry Andreikin in round two which turned into a veritable slugfest with lots of interesting tactical motifs.
Lu Shanglei
Dmitry Andreikin
Yu Yangyi
The Chinese coach Yu Shaoteng
Ekaterina Lagno
Aleksandra Goryachkina
Vlalentina Gunina (left, with Black) before her game against Tan Zhongyi
Ding Yixin
Guo Qi
Valentina Gunina
Natalia Pogonina
Anastasia Bodnaruk
Photos: Russian Chess Federation
