"Arkady Naydich was admitted to the Azerbaijani national team in 2015. Naydich was among the most elite chess players in the world at that time."
The statement came from Mahir Mammadov, vice-president of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation, speaking about the departure of German chess player Arkady Naydich from the Azerbaijani national team.
The federation official reminded that there is an unofficial "2700s" chess club: "This club includes those with a rating above 2700. In the history of Azerbaijani chess, the" 2700s club "includes first Teymur Rajabov, then Vugar Hashimov and Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Rauf Mammadov was included. Arkadi Naydich was once a member of the Azerbaijani national team. There are very few members of the 2800s club. Only Shahriyar Mammadyarov from Azerbaijan entered it. He used to be second in the FIDE rankings with 2816 points. "The club and the club" 2700s "include Rajabov and Mammadyarov."
Mammadov attributed Naydich's exclusion from the list to his long-term failure in chess: "We had no obligation to include him in the national team at all times. We told Naydich that he was in the top five, including you, among Azerbaijani chess players." "If you can, you will be involved in the national team and receive a pension accordingly. We have women's and men's national teams receive certain pensions. Naydich was not included in the list of retirees and was left out of the national team, as he fell below the top five in the last two years."
"Arkady has already resigned from the national team. He is a very nice man and a chess player. We are very pleased to cooperate with him. He also played a role in the national team of Azerbaijan becoming the European champion in 2017. The vice-president recalled that Naidich did not participate in the 2019 European Championship. "Naydich's time in the Azerbaijani national team can be considered successful. But the reality is that he does not belong to the national team and wants to return to the German team. He expressed this desire and we did not hinder, because our cooperation has always been remembered with good impressions."
(Report)
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