”Nicolae Testemitanu” University team becomes triple chess champion

The chess team of Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy won first place at the 2023 National University Chess Championship. The competition was contested between six higher education institutions, the medical students achieving this result for the third consecutive year.

The university chess champions are: Iurie Noroc and Daniel Glinca, fourth-year resident doctors, Ciprian Rudic, fourth-year student at Faculty of Medicine No. 1, and Valentina Rotaru, first-year student at the Faculty of Stomatology.

"It is the most coveted victory of Nicolae Testemitanu University at the National Chess Championship. The University representatives managed to achieve a decisive victory in the last round of the competition and climb the first step of the podium", said Iurie Noroc. The resident doctor also mentioned that this was the last competition for him and his colleague Daniel Glinca because this year they are completing their residency studies. "We fulfilled our mission with honor, and we passed the baton to the medical students who have passion for playing chess with an open heart," stated the young doctor.

 According to coach Svetlana Miron, our team members demonstrated high intellectual qualities and mastery in the chess game, which allowed them to achieve the best result.

The National University Chess Championship took place on the premises of the Republican Chess and Checkers Club in the city of Chisinau, on March 14-16, current year.

 Congratulations to our medical students - faithful promoters of Nicolae Testemitanu University!