Lviv State University of Physical Culture
Lviv State University of Physical Culture

Lviv State University of Physical Culture - is as institute working on preparation of specialists in physical culture and coaches as well. It's located in Lviv (Ukraine). It was founded in 1946 as Lviv Technic school of physical culture - and only later, as institute of physical culture. Since 1974 here operates section of chess specialization (for the first time in Ukraine) 

More than 20 GM's can be found among the students of university: Vassily Ivanchuk, Aleksander Beliavsky, Mikhail Gurevich, Vitaly Golod, Yuri Kruppa, Aleksandr Shneider, Andrei Maksimenko, Alexandre Sulypa, Mikhail Kozakov, Orest Gritsak, Martyn Kravtsiv, Felix Levin, Irina Levitina, Anna Muzychuk, Mariya Muzychuk, Irina Chelushkina, Natalia Ruchieva, Angela Borsuk, Kateryna Matseyko.