Nicat Abasov, the captain of the Azerbaijani national team participating in the World Chess Olympiad to be held in Uzbekistan, has spoken about the team's preparation process and goals.

Offsideplus.az presents the grandmaster's thoughts.

Abasov noted that the national team's recent training camp took place in Basqal, emphasising that they will compete for the best results in a tournament featuring strong opponents such as China, India, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and the USA. The grandmaster highlighted that luck plays a significant role in such challenging competitions.

Touching on the development of young talents, Nicat Abasov praised Haqan Ahmad, with whom he has been working since June, for achieving the first norm for an international grandmaster in the Turkish Super League, expressing confidence that he will soon attain this title.