GM Sanan Sjugirov (Russia) and WIM Klaudia Kulon (Poland) are champions of the 13th World University Chess Championship 2014 that took place from 17th to 24th August 2014 at the Conference Center of the Park Hotel Diament Katowice in the splendid city of Katowice, Poland.
The top seeded Russian player GM Sanan Sjugirov shared first place in a three-way tie with GM Karen Grigoryan(Armenia) and GM Ivan Bukavshin (Russia) on 6,5 points each.
WIM Klaudia Kulon became a Polish star winning the Women’s Section with the impressive 8,5/9 points result. She finished with 8 victories and 1 draw, playing at performance 2699 and adding the amazing 69 (!) points to her rating.
The nearest followers ended far away behind, sharing second place on 6 points each. IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul(Mongolia) took the silver on superior tie-break score, WGM Yixin Ding (China) grabbed the bronze, while WGM Marta Bartel (Poland) remained fourth.
Men’s Section final standings (top finishers):
1 GM SJUGIROV Sanan RUS 2658 6,5
2 GM GRIGORYAN Karen ARM 2595 6,5
3 GM BUKAVSHIN Ivan RUS 2603 6,5
4 GM SWIERCZ Dariusz POL 2611 6
5 GM BATCHULUUN Tsegmed MGL 2513 6
6 GM SHIMANOV Aleksandr RUS 2625 6
7 GM ANDRIASIAN Zaven ARM 2628 6
8 GM OLSZEWSKI Michal POL 2555 6
9 GM BELOUS Vladimir RUS 2584 6
10 GM YU Ruiyuan CHN 2534 5,5
11 KLEKOWSKI Maciej POL 2383 5,5
12 GM PIORUN Kacper POL 2560 5,5
13 GM BERNASEK Jan CZE 2536 5
14 GM KREJCI Jan CZE 2531 5
15 IM LOU Yiping CHN 2466 5
16 GM TOMCZAK Jacek POL 2562 5
17 CHEN Peng CHN 2198 5
18 IM MUNKHGAL Gombosuren MGL 2418 5
19 STANKOVIC Milos SRB 2416 5
20 FM PETROSYAN Tigran S. ARM 2421 5
Women’s Section final standings (top finishers):
1 WIM KULON Klaudia POL 2301 8,5
2 IM MUNGUNTUUL Batkhuyag MGL 2410 6
3 WGM DING Yixin CHN 2449 6
4 WGM BARTEL Marta POL 2359 6
5 WIM TOMNIKOVA Lidia RUS 2216 5,5
6 WFM GEVORGYAN Maria ARM 2130 5,5
7 WIM FOMINYKH Maria RUS 2296 5,5
8 WFM LACH Aleksandra POL 2190 5,5
9 WIM TERAO Juliana Sayumi BRA 2222 5,5
10 WGM ZHANG Xiaowen CHN 2375 5
Amazing.