Today, the 43rd World Chess Olympiad will be held in Batumi.

In the men’s tournaments 185 national teams from 183 countries will participate, and in women’s tournament – 151 teams from 141 countries. Georgia, as an organizing country, will compete with 3 teams.

It should be added that the men’s national team of Armenia is the 8th among the participant teams (2688) and the women’s team (2353) is the 12th.