FNTR Committee bureau already approved the members of select team for participation in Europe Championship (13-20 of September, Stuttgart).
Following sportsmen will represent our country in the team games by men: Aleksey Smirnov (team captain), Fedor Kuzmin, Igor Rubtsov, Mikhail Paykov and Kirill Skachkov; by women: Svetlana Ganina (team captain), Irina Kotikhina, Elena Troshneva, Anna Tikhomirova and Yana Noskova. In personal games Alexander Shibaev will take place of Paykov, and Anastasiya Voronova will take place of Ganina.
 
During the World Cup, which will be carried on 16-18 of October in Moscow, in according to bureau decision and sport principle the champion of Russia-2009 Aleksey Smirnov will appear.