Legendary International Grandmaster Vasyl Ivanchuk is leading the training process of the Turkmenistan national team at the camp in Antalya, Turkey, as part of preparation for the upcoming 45th World Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary this September, the electronic newspaper Golden age reports.

Leading chess players are participating in the training camp. Among them are International Grandmaster Meylis Annaberdiyev, International Master Saparmyrat Atabayev, current women's national champion and FIDE Candidate Master Meryem Agajanova, 2023 women's champion and FIDE Master Lala Shohradova, her sister Leyla Shohradova and others.

Vasyl Ivanchuk won four World Chess Olympiads, twice as member of the USSR team (1988, 1990) and twice with the Ukrainian team (2004, 2010). He was a finalist in the 2001-2002 FIDE World Championship, World Rapid Champion (2016) and World Blitz Champion (2007), took second place in the world ranking three times (July 1991, July 1992 and October 2007).

The Chess Olympiad in the Hungarian capital will take place from September 11 to 22, 2024.