13th World University Chess Championship

The 13th World University Chess Championship is set to take place from 17th to 24th August at the Park Hotel Diament in Katowice, Poland.

The Championship is organized by the Polish Chess Federation and FISU, and will be held in two sections – Men and Women.

Each national federation is entitled to register up to 8 players in total. Both sections will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system.

Participants (Men – top seeds):

1 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2658
2 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2628
3 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2625
4 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2611
5 GM Bukavshin Ivan RUS 2604
6 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2595
7 GM Belous Vladimir RUS 2578
8 GM Tomczak Jacek POL 2562
9 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2560
10 GM Olszewski Michal POL 2555
11 GM Bernasek Jan CZE 2536
12 GM Yu Ruiyuan CHN 2534
13 GM Krejci Jan CZE 2531
14 IM Roganovic Milos SRB 2517
15 GM Batchuluun Tsegmed MGL 2513
16 IM Lou Yiping CHN 2466
17 IM Barbosa Evandro Amorim BRA 2446
18 FM Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM 2421
19 IM Munkhgal Gombosuren MGL 2418
20 Klekowski Maciej POL 2383