Chess competitions have been in the Universiade in 2011 and 2013 as an optional sport.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2011	Li Chao	Wang Hao	Wang Yue
2013	Wesley So	Zaven Andriasian	Li Chao

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2011	Tan Zhongyi	Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul	Huang Qian
2013	Zhao Xue	Ju Wenjun	Tan Zhongyi

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2011	China Li Chao Tan Zhongyi Wang Hao	Ukraine Martyn Kravtsiv Iurii Vovk Olha Kalinina	Georgia Nino Batsiashvili Maka Purtseladze Luka Paichadze
2013	China Li Chao Ju Wenjun Zhao Xue	Russia Anastasia Bodnaruk Maxim Matlakov Anastasia Savina	Poland Klaudia Kulon Wojciech Moranda Jacek Tomczak

Last updated after the 2013 Summer Universiade

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	5	2	4	11
2	Philippines (PHI)	1	0	0	1
3	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
7	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	6	18

• International Chess Federation