Press release / Zurich, 11.3.2010
Zurich to host the World University Chess Championship 2010
From 5 to 11 September the strongest male and female chess-players from all over the world will be fighting for top honours in the 11th World University Chess Championship. The Academic Chess Club Réti, which is organising the event, is expecting that up to 150 participants from over 25 countries will enter the contest, to be held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Many international masters and grandmasters between 18 and 28 years of age will fight for individual and team medals. The tournament will comprise nine rounds and will be played in accordance with the Swiss System.
Two years ago in Novokuznetsk, Siberia, the Russian hosts dominated all classes. This year the organisers, supported by the Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV) and the Academic Sport Federation Zurich (ASVZ), feel certain that the outcome will be much more open.
The World University Chess Championship is held under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU). The organising club, the Academic Chess Club Réti in Zurich, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary next year. It is one of the four largest clubs in Zurich and has an ambitious team in the Swiss League. In 2009 many of the greatest champions and legends in the history of the game participated in the Zurich Chess Club’s 200-year jubilee. This year, some of the strongest champions of the future will be in Zurich.
For more information on the World University Chess Championship, please see www.wucc2010.ch.
WUCC 2010 is an event of the FISU: www.fisu.net
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