- 16 February 2017
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NEFU students have won the Russian Drafts Championship
Photo: from the archive of the participants
NEFU student Nurguyana Azarova has shown the best results in the Drafts Championship of the Russian Student Sports Union. Student of the university Sergey Sidorov took the second place. The competition was held from 10 to 12 February in Yaroslavl.
As a result, NEFU team became the undisputed champion. "The students have shown excellent results. Their opponents were the masters of sports, and NEFU team was only the candidate. This proves the high level of skills of athletes", said Director of NEFU Center for Intellectual Sports and Games Yury Nikiforov. - Our students were excellent".
Additionally, students-chess players of the Federal University participated in the International Cup of the Russian State Social Chess University Moscow Open -2017, which was held from January 26 to February 6 in Moscow. NEFU second team took the fifth place, the first team took the fifteenth place. Over 1500 participants from 31 countries attended Moscow Open-2017 Cup.