Team China 1 became the 2020 FISU World University Mind Sports Online Champion, the event that brought together 551 student-players from four continents and 40 countries. The champions won all the matches in both the qualification stage and play-offs losing just a single individual game.
In the semifinals, China 1 routed the top-seed Armenia 3.5-0.5, whereas Ukraine beat Belarus 3-1.
After three games in the final were drawn the captain of team China Lei Tingije (silver medalist of the World Rapid Chess Championship) defeated a member of the Ukrainian Olympic Team, Iulija Osmak, and secured gold for her squad.
In the match for third place Armenia prevailed over Belarus thanks to a nice victory by Shant Sargsyan over IM Mihail Nikitienko and took home bronze.
Few minutes before the final FIDE Vice President Lukasz Turlej paid a visit to the virtual studio and spoke about the importance of chess in schools and universities. As chess supervisor of the event, Mr. Turlej said it was a big success and praised FISU and Polish University Sports Federation for organizing the Mind Sports Online. He also expressed confidence that chess is getting stronger and stronger in the family of university sport.
