European University Games postponed
European University Sports Association would like to announce that the upcoming edition of the 5th European Universities Games will not be held in Belgrade this July.
Despite the hard work of the local Organising Committee, EUSA and all the partners, taking into account the current pandemic situation regarding COVID-19, after much analysis and deliberation, a decision has been made that the event in Serbia cannot safely take place in the scheduled period between July 14-27, 2021.
27th February 2021 9:34
2021 Championship - Live!
Fixtures and Results
Today is the day! The tournament standings and details are available on chess-results.com and will be updated as the tournament progresses.
Live Games
Don't forget you can follow all the live action on chessbomb.com too!
Blitz Tournament
As ever, the late night blitz tournament is available on chess.com.
You can also stay up to date with the results of the 2021 Championship by following @bucachess!
27th February 2021 9:34
2021 Championship - Entry
The registration form for the 2021 Championship is now available! The deadline for entries is the start of the Technical Meeting (19:00 on 22nd February).
The latest 2021 Tournament regulations are also available to view.
Please send your entries to !
15th January 2021 8:57
The 2021 Championship is going online!
The tournament format and regulations for the 2021 BUCA Team Championships is now available to view.
The event will be held on Saturday 27th Feburary on chess.com. More details to follow soon!
15th December 2020 17:21
2020 Championship - Live!
Stay up to date with the results of the 2020 Championship here and follow @bucachess for live tweets!
Fixtures and Results
Links to fixtures will be available online 30 minutes before the start of play.
Championship | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Table |
Plate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Table |
Bowl | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Table |
Shield | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Table |
Live Games
Don't forget you can follow all the live action on chess24.com too!

Blitz Tournament
As ever the Late Night Blitz Tournament kicks off at 22:00 and is also streaming live on chess24.com
21st February 2020 17:10
2020 Championship - Entry
The entry information for the 2020 BUCA Team Championships is now available to view.
The event will be held over the weekend of 22/23 February 2020, returning to the Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport.
The deadline for entry, after which a late fee applies, is 31st January 2020.
28th October 2019 8:37
2019 Nankai University Invitational
To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the founding of Nankai University, an invitational tournament is being played. The teams participating are:
- Harvard University
- Japan (united)
- Moscow State University
- Nankai University (host team)
- Princeton University
- St. Louis University (two teams)
- University College London
- University of Missouri
- University of New South Wales
- University of Oxford
- Universityof Sydney
Good luck to all those participating, especially UCL and Oxford!
9th October 2019 12:42
2019 European University Chess Championship
The 2019 Men's European University Chess Championships were held in Budapest at the weekend and won convincingly by Ural State Mining University.
Well done to the three British Universtiy teams taking part; Warwick, UCL 1, and UCL 2. A special mention should go to UCL 2 who outperformed the other British teams with a spectacular 9½/18 to finish joint 6th!
Full results can be found on chess-results.com.
29th July 2019 12:43
2019 Championship - Games
All of the recorded games from the event are available to download.
Championship | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | All |
Plate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | All |
Bowl | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | All |
Fantastically there's also the collection of games from the late night blitz touranment!
Photos from the weekend are also available to download. If you want us to add yours to the album, let us know!
1st March 2019 15:06
2019 Championships - Dates
BUCA is pleased to announce that the 2019 Team Championships will be helf on the 23rd-24th February 2019 at the Telford Park Inn. Get your teams ready!
16th August 2018 23:42