World Team Rosters Announced - China & Russia front runners for Gold
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MEN’S TEAMS
Azerbaijan
- Arkadij Naiditsch
GM, 2732 - Rauf Mamedov
GM, 2703 - Eltaj Safarli
GM, 2681 - Gadir Guseinov
GM, 2664 - Nijat Abasov
GM, 2630 - Fikret Sideifzade – Captain
IM, 2391
Egypt
- Bassem Amin
GM, 2710 - Ahmed Adly
GM, 2611 - Abdelrahman Hesham
GM, 2448 - Adham Fawzy
IM, 2447 - Mohamed Emad Abdelnaby
IM, 2444 - Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko – CaptainÂ
GM, 2592
England
- Michael Adams
GM, 2705 - Gawain Jones
GM, 2689 - Luke McShane
GM, 2663 - David Howell
GM, 2689 - Jon Speelman
GM, 2504 - Malcolm Pein – CaptainÂ
IM, 2313
Russia
- Sergey Karjakin
GM, 2753 - Ian Nepomniachtchi
GM, 2771 - Alexander Grischuk
GM, 2771 - Dmitry Andreikin
GM, 2725 - Vladislav Artemiev
GM, 2709 - Alexandr Motylev – Captain
GM, 2644
India
- Adhiban Baskaran
GM, 2689 - Sasikiran Krishnan
GM , 2678 - Sethuraman Panayappan
GM, 2651 - Aravindh Chithambaram Veerappan
GM, 2601 - Surya Sekhar Ganguly
GM, 2636 - Srinath Narayanan – Captain
GM, 2572
Iran
- Maghsoodloo Parham
GM, 2666 - Firouzja Alireza
IM, 2618 - Idani, Pouya
GM, 2604 - Tabatabaei M. Amin
GM, 2590 - Ghaem Maghami Ehsan
GM, 2540 - Sokolov Ivan – CaptainÂ
GM, 2590
KazakhstanÂ
- Rinat Jumabayev
GM, 2604 - Murtas Kazhgaleyev
GM, 2587 - Anuar Ismagambetov
GM, 2545 - Denis Makhnev
IM, 2495 - Petr Kostenko
GM , 2466 - Pavel Kotsur – Captain
GM, 2527
China
- Liren Ding
GM, 2812 - Yangyi Yu
GM, 2764 - Xiangzhi Bu
GM, 2731 - Hua Ni
GM, 2683 - Yi Wei
GM, 2733 - Jun Xu – Captain
GM, 2487
SwedenÂ
- Nils Grandelius
GM, 2679 - Erik Blomqvist
GM, 2483 - Hans Tikkanen
GM, 2518 - Axel Smith
GM, 2487 - Linus Johansson
IM, 2479
USA
- Dariusz Swiercz
GM, Â 2655 - Alex Onischuk
GM, 2647 - Samuel Sevian
GM, 2642 - Aleksandr Lenderman
GM, 2637 - Zviad Izoria
GM, 2603 - William John Donaldson – Captain
IM, 2412