Ural State Mining University has been crowned champion of the inaugural FIDE World University Team Championship Finals, defeating Saint Louis University in Sunday’s final in Almaty. The final day of competition brought the championship down to its two decisive encounters: Ural State Mining University against Saint Louis University for the title and Kazakh National University of Sports against The University of Texas at Dallas for third place. Before the start of play, the ceremonial first move was made by Tursynzada Kuangaliyeva, Rector of the Kazakh National University of Sports, officially opening the final day of the championship. After five days of competition, only four of the original sixteen universities remained, with the championship title and the final place on the podium to be d