Ukrainian Women's National Team To Play Without Lagno

Время публикации: 26.07.2014 17:55 | Последнее обновление: 28.07.2014 13:42

According to Chess-Results, up to now Ukrainian Women's national team had four players announced: Anna and Mariya Muzychuk, Anna Ushenina and Natalia Zhukova. From the interview the president of the Ukrainian chess federation Viktor Kapustin gave Chess-News, we assumed a place was left for Kateryna Lagno as far as her transfer into Russian chess federation was protested. Recently the issue was settled and it's clear that Lagno will represent Russia already at the Tromso Olympiad. Thus, the 5th player has been announced in the Ukrainian team, that is Inna Gaponenko.

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