Chess festival KNURE
On October 28, the Department of Physical Education and Sports of KNURE together with the Sports Club “IT-Leader” held a traditional chess tournament dedicated to the Day of the Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics!
This year the competition brought together true fans of intellectual sports: 61 participants registered for the tournament, and 35 chess players reached the end of the competition!
Representatives of the university management took part in the festive event:
Larisa Karpova – vice-rector for scientific and pedagogical work, professor;
Anastasia Chuprina – vice-rector for scientific and pedagogical work, professor.
The tournament was solemnly opened by Larisa Karpova and the head of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Natalya Didyuk, wishing the participants a fair fight, bright games and victories!
A special atmosphere of the event was created by the leading chess festivals – Anastasia Naboka (PZPI-24-1) and Dmitry Protsenko (ITSHI-23-1), who made the tournament even more emotional, dynamic and festive!
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Among the girls:
І place – Elizaveta Sharova (EK-26-1).
ІІ place – Margarita Sytnik (PZPI-24-5).
ІІІ place – Ekaterina Gotsulyak (IPZM-26-1).
Among the guys:
І place – Nikita Gladky (VPVSS-26-1).
ІІ place – Daniil Safonov (KIUKI-24-4).
ІІІ place – Vladislav Perepust (ITSHI-23-2).
Among scientific and pedagogical workers:
The winner was Sergey Khlamov, associate professor of the MST department!
Special thanks to the chief judge of the competition – candidate master of sports in chess, captain of the KNURE national team Yaroslav Ship (ITINF-24-1) for professional judging, organization and conduct of the tournament.
We are also grateful to his assistants:
– Ivan Tokarev (KNT-23-1), player of the KNURE chess team;
– Daria Lazareva – for assistance in holding the competition.
The chess tournament once again proved that KNURE is not only high technology, science and innovation, but also a university that values intellectual development, sportsmanship, perseverance and the ability to achieve goals!
We sincerely congratulate the winners and thank every participant, organizer, judge and volunteer who participated in the preparation and holding of this wonderful holiday!
Happy KHNURE Day! New games, confident moves and victories!

