On October 18 and 19, the Faculty of History and Law hosted the qualifying stage of the inter-faculty rapid chess tournament. The chess tournament was dedicated to the All-Russian Chess Olympiad in 1920.
The All-Russian Chess Olympiad was held from October 4 to October 24, 1920 in Moscow. Later, this tournament was acknowledged as the first USSR Championship. 16 participants from 8 cities took part in the Olympiad, including five masters: A.A. Alekhine, B.M. Blumenfeld, G.J. Levenfish, A.I. Rabinovich and I.L. Rabinovich. Throughout the tournament, A.A. Alekhine was in the lead, who became the first champion of Soviet Russia (12 points); P.A. Romanovsky took 2nd place (11 points; awarded the title of master); G.J. Levenfish took 3rd place (10). The format of the game has become rapid, a type of chess game with limited time for reflection, where each player is given more than 10 minutes for the entire game, but less than an hour.
The chess tournament at the Faculty of History and Law was organized and conducted on the initiative and with the assistance of Deputy Dean I.V. Filatova by 2nd year student Viktor Reznik (POio-22 group). His groupmate Vasily Ulyanov actively helped him with the tournament.
The qualifying stage of the tournament – on October 18 (main day) and 19 (reserve reserve day) – was attended by 10 students, including 8 students of 1-3 courses of Faculty of History and Law – Veliyev Anar (POio-12), Chekryshkin Dmitry (POio-12), Tachetdinov Lenar (POII-13), Babitsky Andrey (POio-22), Vasily Gordienko (POio-22), Maxim Seredochny, Maria Fedotova (POII-23), Evgeny Chernyshev (POip-31) and 2 2nd year students of the Natural Geography Faculty – Olga Manokhina (POgb-21) and Victoria Manokhina (POgb-21). All participants of the tournament were divided into two subgroups A and B. Viktor Reznik served as the tournament host and chief referee, Vasily Ulyanov as the referee. The qualifying rounds were held in the presence of fans – students of the 1st– 4th courses of Faculty of History and Law and an invited guest - Associate Professor of the Department of History, Philosophy and Law V.V. Ivanov.
According to the results of all qualifying games, Andrey Babitsky (1st place), Olga Manokhina (2nd place), Maxim Seredochny (3rd place) became the winners.
The Dean's office expresses special gratitude to Valery V. Savchuk, a teacher of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Physical Culture and Sports Disciplines, for his help in organizing the tournament.