The 13th World University Chess Championship is taking place on 18-24th August 2014 in Katowice, a city in Southern Poland.
The event is split into two sections – Men’s Tournament consisting of 46 players from 16 different countries and Women’s Tournament including 26 players from 18 federations.
All the participants were born between 1st January 1986 and 31st December 1996.
4 players lead the Men’s Section on 4/5 points each: GM Ruiyuan Yu (China), GM Ivan Bukavshin (Russia), GM Jan Bernasek (Czech Republic) and GM Karen Grigoryan (Armenia), while local WIM Klaudia Kulon is a sole leader in the Women’s Tournament with perfect 5/5 score. You can see full standings at the end of the article!
More about the International University Sports: The World University Sports (WUC) are part of the sporting events of the International University Sports Federation. Alternating with the Summer and Winter Universiades, they are organized every even-numbered year.
Enjoy the picturesque report and Round 6 LIVE VIDEO below! Special thanks to the Deputy President Mr. Łukasz Turlej for providing photo and video materials!
WIM Klaudia Kulon leads the Women’s Tournament with perfect 5/5 score
WIM Jovana Eric
Top seeded IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul is on third position after 5 rounds
WIM Maria Fominykh
Men standings after 5 rounds:
1 GM YU Ruiyuan CHN 2534 4
2 GM BUKAVSHIN Ivan RUS 2603 4
3 GM BERNASEK Jan CZE 2536 4
4 GM GRIGORYAN Karen H. ARM 2595 4
5 GM SWIERCZ Dariusz POL 2611 3,5
6 GM SJUGIROV Sanan RUS 2658 3,5
7 GM SHIMANOV Aleksandr RUS 2625 3,5
8 IM MUNKHGAL Gombosuren MGL 2418 3
9 IM LOU Yiping CHN 2466 3
10 GM BATCHULUUN Tsegmed MGL 2513 3
11 CHEN Peng CHN 2198 3
12 KLEKOWSKI Maciej POL 2383 3
13 GM ANDRIASIAN Zaven ARM 2628 3
14 GM KREJCI Jan CZE 2531 3
15 FM SPALIR Jernej SLO 2243 3
16 GM OLSZEWSKI Michal POL 2555 3
17 IM GERGACZ Attila HUN 2374 3
18 GM TOMCZAK Jacek POL 2562 3
19 GM PIORUN Kacper POL 2560 3
20 CARLOS ARRIAGA Jesus Roberto MEX 2118 3
21 GM BELOUS Vladimir RUS 2584 3
22 STANKOVIC Milos SRB 2416 3
23 FM PETROSYAN Tigran S. ARM 2421 3
24 IM BARBOSA Evandro Amorim BRA 2446 2,5
25 FM TOMAZINI Zan SLO 2371 2,5
26 IM NENEZIC Marko SRB 2430 2,5
27 GALMANDAKH Badrakh MGL 2264 2,5
28 FM GAEHLER Marco SUI 2315 2,5
29 FM GRANDADAM Nicolas SUI 2307 2,5
30 FM GARCIA GUERRERO Isaac Antonio MEX 2300 2
31 FM GLOOR Roger SUI 2364 2
32 KOBAYASHI Atsuhiko JPN 2089 2
33 FM NURI Kambez SUI 2322 2
34 FM WYSS Jonas SUI 2276 2
35 KISHIKAWA Kazuma JPN 0 2
36 TANAKA Toshiki JPN 1848 2
37 OLIVEIRA Fernando Henrique BRA 2178 1,5
38 BORNHEIM Darren RSA 1792 1,5
39 CHETTIAR Evasan RSA 1869 1,5
40 CM AYALA PENA Eduardo Azael MEX 2190 1,5
41 MAFANYA Kulasande RSA 1847 1,5
42 KATSUTA Yuki JPN 1917 1
43 MALGIE Avikaar SUR 1829 1
44 SIKIVOU Taione FIJ 1817 1
45 FRIJDE Joel SUR 1696 0,5
46 HARDWARSINGH Vishay SUR 1596 0,5
Women standings after 5 rounds:
1 WIM KULON Klaudia POL 2301 5
2 WIM GASIK Anna POL 2229 4
3 IM MUNGUNTUUL Batkhuyag MGL 2410 3,5
4 WFM KHLICHKOVA Tatiana RUS 2232 3,5
5 WIM FOMINYKH Maria RUS 2296 3,5
6 WIM TOMNIKOVA Lidia RUS 2216 3,5
7 WGM DING Yixin CHN 2449 3,5
8 SUN Xinyue CHN 2042 3
9 WFM GEVORGYAN Maria ARM 2130 3
10 WGM ZHANG Xiaowen CHN 2375 3
11 OREHEK Spela SLO 2035 2,5
12 WGM BARTEL Marta POL 2359 2,5
13 WFM LACH Aleksandra POL 2190 2,5
14 SHIBATA Misaki JPN 1592 2,5
15 WIM TERAO Juliana Sayumi BRA 2222 2
16 WIM ENKHTUUL Altan-Ulzii MGL 2300 2
17 WIM ERIC Jovana SRB 2201 2
18 WFM DOGODKINA Julia RUS 2210 2
19 WCM ROSAS RODRIGUEZ Carmen Meliss MEX 1807 2
20 HEINATZ Maria SUI 1889 2
21 WFM MARECKOVA Martina CZE 2107 2
22 WIM GARCIA MORALES Ivette Ale MEX 2113 1,5
23 ROTHEBARTH Ana Vitoria De Pau BRA 2042 1,5
24 TLALE Seadion RSA 0 1,5
25 FUKUYA Natsumi JPN 0 1
26 ARAI Yuki JPN 0 0
