All-Russian Summer Universiade
The 4th All-Russian Summer Chess Universiade is taking place on 1-6th July at the Nezhmetdinov Chess School in Kazan.
The tournament format is 7-round Swiss in Open and Girls sections with the time control 60 min + 5 sec. The players from the same teams will not be paired one against another.
There will be individual and team medals. Winners in the team standings are decided by the highest number of points scored by all team members.
Each team consists of 2 boys and 2 girls. A total of 15 teams are competing.
Top rated players (Open):
GM Lysyj Igor 2686
GM Bukavshin Ivan 2603
GM Belous Vladimir 2584
IM Moiseenko Vadim 2475
IM Chekhov Sergei 2465
IM Arslanov Shamil 2407
IM Gritsenko Andrey 2403
Top rated players (Girls):
WGM Kovanova Baira 2399
WFM Saulina Varvara 2226
WFM Gvanсeladze Anna 2205
WFM Travkina Anastasia 2200
WFM Rjanova Valery 2127
Why no foreigners?
Everyday is chess in Russia..