Chess at the 2011 Summer Universiade

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Chess was contested at the 2011 Summer Universiade from August 15 to August 21 at the Meihua Hall of the Shenzhen Conference and Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, China. Men's and women's individual and mixed team competitions were held. [1] It was the first time that chess was included in a Universiade. [2]

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Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3126
2Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)0101
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0101
4Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  (GEO)0011
Totals (4 entries)3339

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's individual [3] Li Chao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Wang Hao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Wang Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Women's individual [4] Tan Zhongyi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Huang Qian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Mixed team [5] [6] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Li Chao
Tan Zhongyi
Wang Hao
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
Martyn Kravtsiv
Iurii Vovk
Olha Kalinina
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  (GEO)
Nino Batsiashvili
Maka Purtseladze
Luka Paichadze

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