As we reported earlier, on December 17-20 this year, the Republican Intellectual Olympiad among university students was held in Tashkent. In it, the National University of Uzbekistan took 3rd place in the team and was awarded the President’s prize – 1 billion soums.

Umida Omonova, a student of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Intellectual Technologies who defended the honor of our university in the chess competitions among women held within the framework of this intellectual Olympiad, the world champion among juniors in the rapid and blitz disciplines, won the first place with 500 points and was awarded a cash prize of 30 million soums.

It should be noted that this victory of Umida Omonova had an impact on our university’s 3rd place in the team standings.

For information, Umida Omonova, a student of the National University of Uzbekistan, is a well-known Uzbek chess player. He is a 10-time champion of Uzbekistan in his age category among children and teenagers, schoolchildren. Since 2016, he has been a member of the Uzbekistan junior national team. The winner of a number of Asian chess championships and the World Chess Olympiad. FIDE Master of Sports (2019). She is the youngest female master in the history of Uzbekistan to win this title. Laureate of the Zulfiya State Prize (2021). Junior World Rapid and Blitz Champion (2022). He is currently an athlete-student of the International Chess Academy of the Chess Federation of Uzbekistan.

Information service of NUUz