The 2022 FISU World University Chess Championship was played from 12-17 September at the University of Antwerp Hof van Liere, Belgium. The event was played in Open and Women’s sections separately, with participation of around 70 players from 15 countries. The participants competed in classical and blitz tournament, and the best teams were announced combining results of the best federation’s players in the two events.
FM Arash Daghli won the classical event in the Open section as he scored unbeaten 7/9 points. Four players tied for the second place with tiebreak criteria determining the medalists. GM Igor Janik clinched silver, GM Jingyao Tin was bronze, IM Mahdi Gholami Orimi came fourth and IM Yovann Gatineau finished the event in the 5th place. Scroll down for rankings of all sections and tournaments

WIM Fiona Sieber won the Women’s classical event with the score of 6.5/9 points. Sieber was half a point ahead of the group of five players who tied for the second place. FM Anastasia Avramidou had best tiebreaks criteria to win silver medal, WIM Anna Kubicka claimed bronze, WIM Julianna Terbe was fourth, WFM Katarzyna Dwilewicz was fifth and WGM Julia Antolak came sixth. Scroll down for final rankings

After nine played rounds, two players tied for the top in the Blitz Open tournament. GM Yingyao Tin had better tiebreaks and clinched gold, while GM Igor Janik won silver. FM Arash Daghli and IM Dimitris Alexakis tied for the third place, with tiebreak criteria favoring FM Arash Daghli who came bronze. Scroll down for final rankings

WIM Alicja Sliwicka clinched the Women’s Blitz event scoring 6.5 points to be the sole Winner of the tournament. Five players tied for the second players with tiebreak criteria favored WFM Honorata Kucharska and WIM Mobina Alinasab who won silver and bronze medals (respectively). WIM Julianna Terbe was fourth, FM Anastasia Avramidou came fifth, and WFM Katarzyna Dwilewicz finished sixth.

Combining the results of the three best players in the Women’s and Open’s classical events, the team of Iran was the best FISU World University Team with score of 19 points. Poland was second with 18.5 points, and Germany came third with 17 points.
According to combined results of the three best players of Blitz tournaments, Poland clinched gold as the best Team with 20 points, Iran came second with 18.5 points, while France won bronze with 15 points. Scroll down for final rankings


Final standings – FISU World University Chess Championship 2022 Open section (Classical time control):
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | FM | Daghli Arash | IRI | 2446 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 49 |
2 | GM | Janik Igor | POL | 2533 | 6.5 | 0 | 48 | 52 |
3 | GM | Tin Jingyao | SGP | 2561 | 6.5 | 0 | 47 | 52 |
4 | IM | Gholami Orimi Mahdi | IRI | 2428 | 6.5 | 0 | 43 | 47 |
5 | IM | Gatineau Yovann | FRA | 2368 | 6.5 | 0 | 38 | 41 |
6 | IM | Alexakis Dimitris | GRE | 2464 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 46 |
7 | FM | Molenda Marcin | POL | 2374 | 5.5 | 0 | 49 | 53 |
8 | IM | Agibileg Uurtsaikh | MGL | 2441 | 5.5 | 0 | 47 | 51 |
9 | FM | Eugene Floryan | FRA | 2397 | 5.5 | 0 | 40 | 44 |
10 | IM | Blahynka Martin | CZE | 2378 | 5.5 | 0 | 40 | 43 |
11 | FM | Lee Qing Aun | SGP | 2262 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 48 |
12 | FM | Niermann Tristan | GER | 2289 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 46 |
13 | FM | Karas Marek | SVK | 2233 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 44 |
14 | FM | Hollan Martin | CZE | 2355 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 44 |
15 | FM | Chylewski Patryk | POL | 2291 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 41 |
16 | Lou Vincent | SUI | 2229 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 39 | |
17 | Leeb Simon | GER | 2267 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 42 | |
18 | FM | Stijve Theo | SUI | 2392 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 37 |
19 | Nyola Wasswa Mark | UGA | 1680 | 4.5 | 0 | 33 | 36 | |
20 | Nemeth Zalan | IRL | 2249 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 42 | |
21 | FM | Sivakumar Ashvin | SGP | 2185 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 42 |
22 | Allison James | RSA | 1734 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 42 | |
23 | Mahlangu Sello | RSA | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 42 | |
24 | Verbovsky Michal | SVK | 2055 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 37 | |
25 | CM | Tan Jun Hao | SGP | 1796 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 36 |
26 | Butzen Robin | BEL | 2063 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 35 | |
27 | Martin Nico | RSA | 1746 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 34 | |
28 | Van Dijck Bjarne | BEL | 2080 | 3.5 | 0 | 33 | 35 | |
29 | Almeida Ygor De Souza | BRA | 1739 | 3.5 | 0 | 33 | 34 | |
30 | De Block Yordi | BEL | 2100 | 3.5 | 0 | 32 | 34 | |
31 | Matovu Abel | UGA | 1929 | 3.5 | 0 | 29 | 30 | |
32 | Musasizi Emmanuel | UGA | 1978 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 40 | |
33 | Boudry William | BEL | 2109 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 41 | |
34 | De Paula Luan Araujo | BRA | 1768 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 33 | |
35 | Wagner Gerald | RSA | 1742 | 2.5 | 0 | 30 | 31 | |
36 | Bitarinsa Arthur | UGA | 1659 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 25 |
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Final standings – FISU World University Chess Championship 2022 Women section (classical event):
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | WIM | Sieber Fiona | GER | 2280 | 6.5 | 0 | 45 | 49 |
2 | FM | Avramidou Anastasia | GRE | 2320 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 51 |
3 | WIM | Kubicka Anna | POL | 2229 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 50 |
4 | WIM | Terbe Julianna | HUN | 2275 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 49 |
5 | WFM | Dwilewicz Katarzyna | POL | 2132 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 45 |
6 | WGM | Antolak Julia | POL | 2387 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 47 |
7 | WFM | Kucharska Honorata | POL | 2207 | 5.5 | 0 | 45 | 48 |
8 | WIM | Sliwicka Alicja | POL | 2240 | 5.5 | 0 | 43 | 47 |
9 | Arnhold Steffi | GER | 2121 | 5.5 | 0 | 43 | 46 | |
10 | WIM | Alinasab Mobina | IRI | 2335 | 5.5 | 0 | 43 | 47 |
11 | WIM | Alboredo Julia | BRA | 2263 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 45 |
12 | WFM | Sankova Stella | SVK | 2067 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 45 |
13 | WFM | Djidjeli Sarah | FRA | 2070 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 44 |
14 | Paktinat Zhina | IRI | 1888 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 39 | |
15 | WFM | Terbe Zsuzsanna | HUN | 2196 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 42 |
16 | WFM | Naran-Erdene Naranbaatar | MGL | 2055 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 41 |
17 | Tsivelekidou Evgenia | GRE | 1943 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 40 | |
18 | WFM | Azali Tannaz | IRI | 2061 | 4.5 | 0 | 36 | 39 |
19 | Weis Olga | GER | 2039 | 4.5 | 0 | 36 | 37 | |
20 | Nemcova Karin | CZE | 2091 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 37 | |
21 | Pellicoro Nathalie | SUI | 1895 | 4.5 | 0 | 30 | 31 | |
22 | Tomasi Elise | FRA | 2003 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 41 | |
23 | Meszarosova Eva | SVK | 1960 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 42 | |
24 | Saayman Anais | RSA | 1229 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 31 | |
25 | WFM | Vanduyfhuys Daria | BEL | 2064 | 3.5 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
26 | Nabacwa Allen Kyolaba | UGA | 1454 | 3.5 | 0 | 33 | 33 | |
27 | WFM | Mak Tsz Wing Cora | RSA | 1611 | 3.5 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
28 | WIM | Du Plessis Anika | RSA | 1586 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 40 |
29 | Ahereza Joan | UGA | 1459 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 32 | |
30 | Shaw Laurie Ann | RSA | 1412 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 29 | |
31 | WFM | Nansubuga Gloria | UGA | 1531 | 1.5 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
32 | Mukisa Glory Bbumba | UGA | 1105 | 0.5 | 0 | 30 | 31 |
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Final standings – FISU World University Chess Championship 2022 Open section (blitz time control):
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | GM | Tin Jingyao | SGP | 2409 | 7.5 | 1 | 48 | 51 |
2 | GM | Janik Igor | POL | 2456 | 7.5 | 0 | 47 | 50 |
3 | FM | Daghli Arash | IRI | 2225 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 47 |
4 | IM | Alexakis Dimitris | GRE | 2473 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 52 |
5 | FM | Sivakumar Ashvin | SGP | 2090 | 5.5 | 0 | 45 | 49 |
6 | IM | Gholami Orimi Mahdi | IRI | 2363 | 5.5 | 0 | 42 | 44 |
FM | Lee Qing Aun | SGP | 2001 | 5.5 | 0 | 42 | 44 | |
8 | IM | Gatineau Yovann | FRA | 2183 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 43 |
9 | FM | Hollan Martin | CZE | 2406 | 5.5 | 0 | 40 | 44 |
10 | FM | Molenda Marcin | POL | 2059 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 49 |
11 | Boudry William | BEL | 2122 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 48 | |
12 | FM | Eugene Floryan | FRA | 2397 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 47 |
13 | IM | Agibileg Uurtsaikh | MGL | 2205 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 36 |
14 | FM | Chylewski Patryk | POL | 2105 | 4.5 | 0 | 45 | 49 |
15 | Martin Nico | RSA | 1689 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 40 | |
16 | FM | Karas Marek | SVK | 2272 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 37 |
17 | CM | Tan Jun Hao | SGP | 1797 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 36 |
18 | FM | Stijve Theo | SUI | 2257 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 35 |
19 | Van Dijck Bjarne | BEL | 2054 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 33 | |
20 | Nyola Wasswa Mark | UGA | 1725 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 32 | |
21 | Musasizi Emmanuel | UGA | 2039 | 3.5 | 1 | 40 | 43 | |
22 | De Block Yordi | BEL | 2015 | 3.5 | 0 | 32 | 34 | |
23 | Lou Vincent | SUI | 2039 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 42 | |
24 | Nemeth Zalan | IRL | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 37 | |
25 | Matovu Abel | UGA | 1902 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 35 | |
26 | Wagner Gerald | RSA | 1749 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 30 | |
27 | De Paula Luan Araujo | BRA | 1814 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 33 | 35 | |
28 | Mahlangu Sello | RSA | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 33 | 35 | |
29 | Verbovsky Michal | SVK | 1940 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 27 | 29 | |
30 | Butzen Robin | BEL | 1887 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 35 |
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Final standings – FISU World University Chess Championship Women’s section (blitz time control):
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | WIM | Sliwicka Alicja | POL | 2154 | 6.5 | 0 | 34 | 42 |
2 | WFM | Kucharska Honorata | POL | 1883 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 45 |
3 | WIM | Alinasab Mobina | IRI | 2006 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 48 |
4 | WIM | Terbe Julianna | HUN | 2059 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 46 |
5 | FM | Avramidou Anastasia | GRE | 2183 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 46 |
6 | WFM | Dwilewicz Katarzyna | POL | 1907 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 41 |
7 | WFM | Naran-Erdene Naranbaatar | MGL | 1712 | 5.5 | 0 | 31 | 38 |
8 | WIM | Kubicka Anna | POL | 2072 | 5.5 | 0 | 27 | 34 |
9 | WGM | Antolak Julia | POL | 2037 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 46 |
10 | Paktinat Zhina | IRI | 1674 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 40 | |
11 | Tomasi Elise | FRA | 1942 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 47 | |
12 | WFM | Azali Tannaz | IRI | 1749 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 47 |
13 | WFM | Vanduyfhuys Daria | BEL | 1784 | 4.5 | 0 | 33 | 42 |
14 | Pellicoro Nathalie | SUI | 1878 | 4.5 | 0 | 30 | 37 | |
15 | Meszarosova Eva | SVK | 1857 | 4.5 | 0 | 24 | 31 | |
16 | WFM | Terbe Zsuzsanna | HUN | 2122 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 49 |
17 | WFM | Sankova Stella | SVK | 1869 | 3.5 | 0 | 32 | 40 |
18 | WFM | Djidjeli Sarah | FRA | 1910 | 3.5 | 0 | 30 | 39 |
19 | Ahereza Joan | UGA | 1562 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 34 | |
20 | WIM | Du Plessis Anika | RSA | 1586 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 35 |
21 | Nabacwa Allen Kyolaba | UGA | 1516 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 34 | |
22 | WFM | Nansubuga Gloria | UGA | 1484 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 36 |
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