Welcome to Guimarães! Yesterday morning occurred the technical meeting. Eugen Fleisher, FISU Technical Committee responsible, remembered to all the participants the rules of the game. The member of the Medical Committee present, Kadirhan Sungurolu, warned that anti doping tests...
Wang Yue and Batkhuyag Munguntuul win World University Chess Championship
Wang Yue and Batkhuyag Munguntuul win World University Chess Championship The 11th World University Championships in Zurich finished with an incredibly combative 9th round. “Grandmaster draws” seemed to be forbidden and almost every game finished in a decisive result....
Wang Yue secures WUC title with one round to go
Wang Yue secures title with one round to go With an impressive display of mental power-play the 23-year-old Chinese grandmaster Wang Yue has clinched the World University Championship 2010. The student of communication sciences at Nankai University showed admirable...
Wang Yue learns fast and takes the lead
Wang Yue learns fast and takes the leadReport by Richard Forster Tournament favourite Wang Yue (23, Elo 2732) first had a rough time in round 5 of the World University Chess Championship in Zurich. His opponent Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa (21,...
World University Chess Championship
World University Chess Championships: Status Quo maintainedTwo long fights between the leaders, but no decision – after round four nobody was left with a clean score in the World University Chess Championships in Zurich. Ilya Khmelniker from Israel had...
11th World University Chess Championship
11th World University Chess ChampionshipPublished by Chessdom The 11th World University Chess Championship started on Sunday morning September 5th, 2010 in Zurich, Switzerland, with a splendid musical opening ceremony. Bernhard Burkhardt (President of the Organising Committee), Hassan Chick (FISU...
World University Chess Championship 2010
General Information The International University Sports Federation (FISU) holds World University Championships in a number of disciplines, among them since 1990 also in chess. FISU grants the right to hold the championship to an organizer in a country whose...
World University Chess Championship
Swiss representative Monika Seps (copyright ASVZ/Hansjörg Egger, 2010) World University Chess Championship Press release / Zurich, 16.8.2010 Eleven grandmasters and nine woman grandmasters at the World University Chess Championship in Zurich Less than a month before the start of...