The 27th Summer Universiade event is taking place on July 6-17 2013 in Kazan, Russia. Once again, chess has been included among the 27 sports that will be featured.
The strong tournament features players from 37 different countries. Among them, we can find 24 GMs and 19 IMs. Three members of the 2700-club are in the lineup: Dmitry Andreikin, Evgeny Alekseev and Wesley So.
After four rounds, seven players share first place with 3.5/4 points. The Chinese representatives are doing a good job as three out of the seven are from the Oriental country – Zhou Jianchao, Li Chao and Ma Qun. Interestingly, they have not been paired against each other in the fifth round.
The biggest surprise in the leading pack is Georgian IM Gaioz Nigalidze, who arrived only as the 26th seeded player with an Elo rating of 2498. He has already defeated two GMs with an Elo over 2600.
Favorites Andreikin and Alekseev are lagging behind with only 2.5 points.
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Wesley So
Standings after 4 rounds:
| 1 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | UKR | 2576 | 3.5 |
| 2 | GM | Li Chao B | CHN | 2686 | 3.5 |
| 3 | IM | Nigalidze Gaioz | GEO | 2497 | 3.5 |
| 4 | GM | So Wesley | PHI | 2708 | 3.5 |
| 5 | GM | Zhou Jianchao | CHN | 2572 | 3.5 |
| 6 | GM | Andriasian Zaven | ARM | 2620 | 3.5 |
| 7 | GM | Ma Qun | CHN | 2584 | 3.5 |
| 8 | GM | Durarbayli Vasif | AZE | 2549 | 3.0 |
| 9 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2620 | 3.0 |
| 10 | GM | Moranda Wojciech | POL | 2570 | 3.0 |
| 11 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2665 | 3.0 |
| 12 | IM | Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian | ROU | 2396 | 3.0 |
| 13 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2657 | 3.0 |
| 14 | FM | Stanciu Alexandru-Ovidiu | ROU | 2346 | 3.0 |
| 15 | GM | Margvelashvili Giorgi | GEO | 2548 | 3.0 |
| 16 | GM | Tomczak Jacek | POL | 2564 | 2.5 |
| 17 | IM | Atabayev Maksat | TKM | 2460 | 2.5 |
| 18 | GM | Baryshpolets Andrey | UKR | 2544 | 2.5 |
| 19 | IM | Tazbir Marcin | POL | 2561 | 2.5 |
| 20 | GM | Bulski Krzysztof | POL | 2534 | 2.5 |
| 21 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2647 | 2.5 |
| 22 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | UKR | 2620 | 2.5 |
| 23 | GM | Amin Bassem | EGY | 2650 | 2.5 |
| 24 | IM | Anton Teodor | ROU | 2438 | 2.5 |
| 25 | GM | Abasov Nijat | AZE | 2498 | 2.5 |
| 26 | IM | Petenyi Tamas | SVK | 2480 | 2.5 |
| 27 | FM | Nguyen Van Hai | VIE | 2353 | 2.5 |
| 28 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | RUS | 2714 | 2.5 |
| 29 | GM | Perez Ponsa Federico | ARG | 2488 | 2.5 |
| 30 | IM | Atabayev Yusup | TKM | 2431 | 2.5 |
| 31 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | RUS | 2727 | 2.5 |
| 32 | FM | Munenga Douglas D | ZAM | 0 | 2.5 |
| 33 | FM | Abdyjapar Asyl | KGZ | 2400 | 2.5 |
| 34 | IM | Lapcevic Milos | SRB | 2403 | 2.5 |
| 35 | IM | Mammadov Zaur | AZE | 2437 | 2.5 |
| 36 | FM | Ferreira Jorge Viterbo | POR | 2401 | 2.5 |
| 37 | IM | Mazur Stefan | SVK | 2409 | 2.5 |
| 38 | IM | Rzayev Bahruz | AZE | 2429 | 2.0 |
| 39 | IM | Ibarra Chami Luis Fernando | MEX | 2482 | 2.0 |
| 40 | IM | Munkhgal Gombosuren | MGL | 2406 | 2.0 |
| 41 | GM | Batchuluun Tsegmed | MGL | 2517 | 2.0 |
| 42 | GM | Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan | MGL | 2516 | 2.0 |
| 43 | FM | Pham Chuong | VIE | 2365 | 2.0 |
| 44 | IM | Farid Firman Syah | INA | 2396 | 2.0 |
| 45 | Haitbayev Hayrulla | TKM | 2088 | 2.0 | |
| 46 | FM | Meskovs Nikita | LAT | 2372 | 2.0 |
| 47 | IM | Sarenac Ivan | SRB | 2410 | 2.0 |
| 48 | FM | Esenov Annaberdi | TKM | 2255 | 2.0 |
| 49 | CM | Olebile Thato | BOT | 2108 | 2.0 |
| 50 | FM | Martins Vinicius Tine | BRA | 2391 | 2.0 |
| 51 | FM | Tologontegin Semetey | KGZ | 2370 | 2.0 |
| 52 | Zulkifli Muhd Syazwan | MAS | 2063 | 2.0 | |
| 53 | FM | Gaehler Marco | SUI | 2317 | 2.0 |
| 54 | IM | Jurcik Marian | SVK | 2512 | 1.5 |
| 55 | Schaerer Julian | SUI | 2294 | 1.5 | |
| FM | Gantner Matthias | SUI | 2270 | 1.5 | |
| 57 | FM | Kantans Toms | LAT | 2343 | 1.5 |
| 58 | IM | Nestorovic Nikola | SRB | 2461 | 1.5 |
| 59 | Galmandakh Badrakh | MGL | 2203 | 1.5 | |
| 60 | Markov Mikhail | KGZ | 2305 | 1.5 | |
| 61 | CM | Nanjo Ryosuke | JPN | 2299 | 1.5 |
| 62 | Mohamad Ervan | INA | 2207 | 1.5 | |
| 63 | Mooketsi David | BOT | 1847 | 1.5 | |
| 64 | Kalnins Kristaps | LAT | 2269 | 1.5 | |
| 65 | IM | Hesham Abdelrahman | EGY | 2375 | 1.5 |
| 66 | Giron David | GUA | 2062 | 1.5 | |
| 67 | Garcia Fuentes Sergio Mig | GUA | 2181 | 1.5 | |
| 68 | Akunov Maskat | KGZ | 1882 | 1.0 | |
| 69 | CM | Gumpo Thabo | BOT | 2015 | 1.0 |
| 70 | FM | Hajbok Robert | ROU | 2367 | 1.0 |
| 71 | FM | Wyss Jonas | SUI | 2270 | 1.0 |
| 72 | Fernandes Carlos A. | ANG | 2122 | 1.0 | |
| 73 | IM | Soares Erikson Roberto Mauric | ANG | 2193 | 1.0 |
| 74 | Nayan Ahmad Fadzil | MAS | 2102 | 1.0 | |
| 75 | Caetano Hugo Zanotti Mendonca | BRA | 2152 | 1.0 | |
| 76 | FM | De Mey Juan Pablo | ARU | 1951 | 1.0 |
| 77 | CM | Kokome Oaitse | BOT | 1931 | 1.0 |
| Chaulagain Purushottam | NEP | 1923 | 1.0 | ||
| 79 | Rajapakse R M C M | SRI | 2075 | 0.5 | |
| 80 | CM | Abrantes Persson | MOZ | 2017 | 0.5 |
| 81 | Hwang Sungjae | KOR | 1830 | 0.5 | |
| 82 | Sato Kaname | JPN | 2038 | 0.0 | |
| 83 | Khennous Fares | ALG | 1880 | 0.0 | |
| Malgie Avikaar | SUR | 1773 | 0.0 | ||
| Elisha Thabo | ZIM | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 86 | Lee Hwichul | KOR | 0 | 0.0 | |
