September 19, 2011 - 15:28 AMT
Yerevan-hosted Armenia-Russia chess match date changed

Armenia’s and Russia’s chess federations came to an agreement that the planned meeting of the two squads in Yerevan will take place in the spring of 2012.

It was reported earlier that Yerevan hosted matches would take place on October 15-20 this year, armchess.am reports.

The tournament will be held in Scheveningen system according to which all the participants of one squad play only against the participants of the other squad. Each player of the squad A alternately plays against each player of the squad B. Each player’s results of squads A and B are then concluded.

The sequence of games with partners and color of figures is determined by a draw.