Chess: Morocco's Hamdouchi in World Championships

Moroccan Hicham Al-Hamdouchi will vie for the world cup in chess to be held October 10-20 in Haidar Abad in India.

Hamdouchi, the sole African champion to appear in the edition, seeks to rank in the world top 100.

World chess players, including India's Fischandan Anand (seeded No 3) and Russia's Alexandre Marzovich and Ukraine's Facile Evenchoc (seeded No 1), are vying for this year's trophy.

Indian Anand is winner of last year's cup.