The Chess Olympiad will start today

The 45th Chess Olympiad will start today in Budapest, Hungary.

The first round will start at 17:00 Armenian time.

The Armenian men's national team is represented by GM Haik Martirosyan, GM Shant Sargsyan, GM Gabriel Sargissian, GM Robert Hovhannisyan and GM Karen Grigoryan. The head coach of the team is GM Arman Pashikian.

The Armenian women's national team is represented by IM Lilit Mkrtchian, WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan, GM Elina Danielian, IM Anna Sargsyan and WIM Susanna Gaboyan. The head coach of the team is GM Zaven Andriasian.

Today our men's team will compete against the Malta team, and the women's team will compete against the Trinidad and Tobago team.

You can follow the games here.

We wish good luck to our teams.