Chess

While the bridge competition ended with Poland eventually prevailing over France in a tight race for gold, both the men and women chess tournaments crowned players that were not among the clear favourites.   Full of confidence and showing solid and convincing play that left him unbeaten during the whole tournament, Anesh Daghli (Iran, picture) […]

The 2022 FISU World University Championship Mind Sports (12-17 September) has started in the 16th-century Hof van Liere building, located in the heart of the University of Antwerp City Campus (Belgium).   While 16 teams have registered for the bridge competition, several grandmasters (GM) and international masters (IM) are participating in the chess tournament.    […]

  FISU Vice-President and World University Championship Committee Chair Marian Dymalski“On behalf of the International University Sports Federation I would like to congratulate all on the completion of the 2020 FISU World University Championship in Mind Sports,” said FISU Vice-President and World University Championship Committee Chair Marian Dymalski upon the completion of this inaugural event, […]

BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND  — It’s all come down to this, title day for the student-athlete Bridge and Chess competitors of the FISU World University Championship Mind Sports.  

Day 3 of the FISU World University Championship Mind Sports was all about cementing spots in the knockout stages.   In chess, 75 teams were competing for 16 spots, while in bridge, the top eight teams qualified through to the quarterfinals.   Stanisław Golebiowski, Sports Manager Bridge, Organising Committee of the 2020 WUC Mind Sports […]

BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND  — Catch all the live action from the world’s best university chess and bridge players during the first day of the knockout stages at the FISU World University Championship Mind Sports.