Canada's Olympic Teams

[Hal Bond]

The Chess Federation of Canada is pleased to announce that we will be sending both our National Team and our Women's Team to the Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk. I would like to thank Ilia Bluvshtein for his tireless efforts to date as our Olympic Co-Ordinator. Our team compositions are as follows:

National team:

Board 1: Mark Bluvshtein,

Board 2: Thomas Roussel-Roozmon,

Board 3: Leonid Gerzhoy,

Board 4: Artiom Samsonkin,

Reserve: Nikolay Noritsyn.

Captain: Yura Ochkoos. In accordance with CFC Handbook, Yura as a Captain has determined the board order.



Women’s team:

Board 1: Yuanling Yuan,

Board 2: Dina Kagramanov,

Board 3: Iulia Lacau-Rodean,

Board 4: Yelizaveta Orlova,

Reserve: Dalia Kagramanov.

Captain: William Yuan. William will be responsible for logistics for the Women’s team. The team composition for each round will be selected by Yura. Yura has also determined the board order for the Women’s team.