The 2022 FISU World University Chess Championship will take place from 12-17 September at the University of Antwerp Hof van Liere, Belgium. The event is played in Open and Women’s sections separately, with participation of 71 players from 15 countries.

Both tournaments will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds of increment per each move, starting from the move one.

GM Jingyao Tin, GM Seyed Khalil Mousavi, GM Igor Janik, IM Evgenios Ioannidis and IM Dimitris Alexakis are the top seeds of the Open tournament, while WGM Julia Antolak, WIM Mobina Alinasab, FM Anastasia Avramidou, WIM Fiona Sieber and WIM Julianna Terbe headline the Women’s competition. Scroll down for starting rank list of players

Starting rank list of players – FISU World University Chess Championship 2022 Open section:

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Starting rank list of players – FISU World University Chess Championship 2022 Women’s section:

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