Tournament

FIDE World University Team Chess Championship 2026 (Finals) — Pool A

The FIDE World University Team Chess Championship 2026 Finals bring four university teams to Almaty for the Pool A round robin from 4-6 August. Follow the team race, check the pairings and standings, download the round PGNs, and replay the games.

Dates
4-6 August 2026
Location
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Format
4-team Round Robin

Pool A

Players

  • GM Nesterov, Arseniy
  • GM Makarian, Rudik
  • GM Lobanov, Sergei
  • IM Nakada, Akira
  • IM Garifullina, Leya
  • FM Chan, Luis
  • WIM Wang, Ellen
  • FM Li, Jackie
  • Zheng, Marco Le Lun
  • Gao,Mingze
  • Jin, Derek
  • WFM Fan, Chloe
  • Zhang, Haoxu
  • Zheng, Ryan
  • Yin, Davin J
  • Kasper Halevy
  • Li, Zechen
  • Liu, Jiachen
  • Xing, Jiacheng(SD)

Standings

  1. Makarian, Rudik — 6
  2. Garifullina, Leya — 5.5
  3. Nesterov, Arseniy — 5.5
  4. Lobanov, Sergei — 5
  5. Jin, Derek — 4
  6. Nakada, Akira — 4
  7. Fan, Chloe — 3.5
  8. Zhang, Haoxu — 2.5
  9. Li, Jackie — 2
  10. Wang, Ellen — 2
  11. Yin, Davin J — 2
  12. Gao,Mingze — 1.5
  13. Li, Zechen — 1
  14. Zheng, Marco Le Lun — 1
  15. Zheng, Ryan — 1
  16. Chan, Luis — 0.5
  17. Kasper Halevy — 0.5
  18. Liu, Jiachen — 0.5
  19. Xing, Jiacheng(SD) — 0

Rounds

Sources