On September 10 in Baku starts World Chess Cup with the participation of 128 artists. This tournament is one of the most important competitions of the World Chess Federation (FIDE.)
The prize Fund of the World Cup (Chess World Cup-2015) totals 1.6 million US dollars.
The two finalists of the World Cup will get a ticket to the tournament contenders for the world title.
The tournament, which will be held at the Fairmont, will be attended by players from Armenia - Levon Aronyan, Gabriel Sargsyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Grant Melkumyan, as well as ethnic Armenians from the United States Samuel Sevian and Varuzhan Hakobyan. Competitions are held according to the cup system - the "loser is eliminated."
The tournament begins with the 1/64 finals, and then till the finals, which will take place on October 5. -06D-
Politics
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Azerbaijan called on Armenia to abandon provocative actions and choose between completing the normalization process or continuing a path of confrontation, after a diplomatic clash at the Francophonie Summit in France earlier this week.
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A group of MPs have appealed to Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov to reconsider relations with the US and denounce defence cooperation agreements.
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President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on awarding Presidential scholarships to students admitted to higher educational institutions of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2024-2025 academic year.
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New Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Russia Rahman Mustafayev was received by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on 4 October.
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