08/08/2018 The Traditional international open tournament in Moscow, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was won by physicists. On the day of the open tournament 19 athletes-students, staff, alumni of Lomonosov Moscow state university (MSU), other Moscow universities and students from China participated. This event is originally dedicated in memory of the Hiroshima Nagasaki Atomic bomb victims of 1945, after the United States air force bombed the two cities during 6-9 August of the same year.
The Tournament was first organized in 2015 by IPPNW-Russia and the Russian Pugwash Committee, PNND joined later. The two favorites of the tournament, both graduate students of physical faculty Igor Danilovich and Semyon Korolyov, became longtime friends-rivals. Eventually, Korolyov proved to be the better and won the final.
"Bronze" medals were presented to the visitor-student of the Moscow High School (University) of Economics (HSE) Yaroslav Yevseev and MSU Math-Student Mikhail Belov.
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