The European Men's Chess Championship begins today in Eforie Nord, Romania.
13 Azerbaijani chess players - Aydin Suleymanli, Nijat Abasov, Mahammad Muradli, Read Samedov, Ahmad Ahmadzadeh, Misratdin Isgandarov, Vugar Manafov, Shiroglan Talibov, Khagan Ahmad, Elmar Atakishiyev, Shahin Valiyev, Suleyman Suleymanli and Umid Aslanov - will compete in the competition, Idman.biz reports.
20 tickets to the World Cup will also be awarded at the European Championship.
A total of 376 chess players from 40 countries are participating in the competition.
Round 1
Rishi Vijayakumar (Scotland) - Aydin Suleymanli
Yonatan Uritsky (Israel) - Nijat Abasov
Mahmoud Muradli - Aleksandr Manea (Romania)
Ruslan Ponomaryov (Ukraine) - Suleyman Suleymanli
Jaime Santos (Spain) - Shahin Valiyev
Umid Aslanov - Konstantin Lupulescu (Romania)
Ahmed Ahmadzade - Fred Behrend (Luxembourg)
Matei-Theodor Dodoi (Romania) - Misratdin Iskenderov
Read Samedov - Vahan Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Vugar Manafov - Gunes Anacak (Turkey)
Shiroglan Talibov - Dragosh-Olivar Minescu (Romania)
Elmar Atakishiyev - Aleksandar Atanasov (Bulgaria)
Khagan Ahmad - Vlad Albu (Moldova)
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