Unipd wins the Italian University Team Chess Championship
09.03.2026
The University of Milan - Bicocca, which won the title in 2025, hosted this year's edition of the CUI, the Italian University Team Chess Championship, on Saturday March 7.
The University of Padua claimed the 2026 title among 20 university teams from all over Italy: Ancona, Bologna, Chieti, Genoa, Milan (Bicocca, Bocconi, Humanitas, Polytechnic, San Raffaele, Statale), Padua, Pavia, Cattolica Piacenza, Pisa, Rome Sapienza, Polytechnic of Turin, Trento, Varese, and Venice Ca' Foscari.
"There are no particular strategies in a chess sense per se: each of us played our systems and our repertoire as if we were competing in an individual tournament," commented team captain Jacopo Gennari on behalf of the team. "The real team strategy comes into play when one needs the courage to take risks to secure a result that ensures victory for the team, or at the same time knowing how to be satisfied with a draw when pride would prefer a personal victory. Both of these qualities were present among us, and I believe it is this team spirit that helped us achieve our result."
Unipd triumphed over the best Italian universities, defeating Milan Bocconi in the final and winning the title that had narrowly eluded them in previous editions. Milan Bicocca came in third place. This victory mirrors the successes of 2022 and 2023, which were held online.
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