KPI Spartakiad 2024. Chess tournament

One of the most anticipated events of student life - Spartakiad 2024 - has started in Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The competition for the title of the best, strongest and smartest faculty of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute started with a chess tournament.

🎥 The KPI team won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in chess among students!

From May 10 to 12, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the Ukrainian Chess Championship among university students. This is the first tournament of this level in many years. It was initiated by Kyiv polytechnics and supported by the Ukrainian Chess Federation, the Committee for Physical Education and Sports of the Ministry of Education and Science, and the NGO Kyiv Chess Federation. 

XVIII Summer Universiade of Kyiv in chess

The KPI team defended the title of Kyiv Rapid Chess Champion, which it has held since 2016, at the city chess championship among university student teams under the program of the XVIII Summer Universiade of Kyiv.

Chocolate Chess

Arsen Piskor, a freshman of E.O. Paton Institute of Materials Science and Welding, produced chocolate chess figures on his draft. Each chess figure took about 40 g of chocolate.

In this way, the inventive young man decided to motivate his girlfriend to play chess - and he succeeded.

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