By now, it’s practically a tradition: every year, we host a Christmas tournament. But this year, on December 4th in HG E41, there was a twist—a new time control of 3+2! How would this shake things up? Well, 38 players were about to find out. Now, normally, I’d take you through a dramatic account of… Read more: Christmas Tournament 2024

The fifth edition of Polychamps, the yearly chess match between ETH Zürich and EPFL, promised to be an exciting one. With the score tied at 2-2 in prior editions, this match wasn’t just about bragging rights (or well, maybe it was). Would ETH reclaim the lead, or would EPFL get their third consecutive win and… Read more: Polychamps V

Yesterday, we had the amazing opportunity to attend an exclusive VIP event organized by Julius Bär, featuring none other than David Howell, Anish Giri, Judit Polgár, and Shreyas Royal. Thirteen of our players got to join, and we had a great time meeting our chess heroes and interacting with them in person. Phrases like “this… Read more: Play The World’s Grandmasters – Julius Bär

On the 6th of November, we organized our variant tournament of the semester, this time on the schedule: bughouse. 14 teams participated in this casual tournament with no stakes whatsoever except to have some fun. In a tournament consisting of 6 rounds that was marked by its many blunders (bughouse does that to you), the… Read more: Bughouse Tournament

This October Tournament was one of our most intense yet! 49 players gathered to compete in a seven-round Swiss tournament, each vying for not only for the chocolate prizes but also the coveted spots in the upcoming Julius Bär event. Eight people would be able to participate in that event, featuring grand masters like Judit… Read more: Julius Bär Qualification Tournament 2024

A new year, a new tournament. And not just any tournament… The qualifier for the fifth edition of the Polychamps was set to take place on October 2nd, 2024. The top three players, along with the highest-ranked woman, would secure a spot in the Polychamps to face off against EPFL and help us reclaim the… Read more: Polychamps Qualification Tournament 2024

The final summer casual of this semester break had to be held indoors, but that didn’t stop us from organizing a small yet exciting tournament! Fourteen players participated, and only four rounds of chess were all that stood between them and eternal victory. Before diving into the exciting matches that were played in the tournament,… Read more: Summer Tournament 2024

What a day! 62 players joined us today for an amazing tournament on a sunny and beautiful day 🙂 9 rounds of chess would decide who could bring home the titles of ETH Chess King and Queen. One thing was certain: it was not going to be easy to win this tournament. No less than… Read more: ETH Chess Championship 2024

We were very happy to see that 38 people, spread over 19 teams, joined us today for our first chess variant tournament we ever organized! It was our first hand-and-brain tournament and a very successful one at that! Goal of the tournament: having fun, everything else (yes, even winning) was secondary 🙂 Therefore, rather than… Read more: Hand-and-Brain Tournament

Today was the third Easter Tournament our Chess Club organised, and as usual for these tournaments the prize were very cute (and delicious) chocolate bunnies. However, in contrast to all our previous tournaments, we had additional prizes for the Underdog (most unexpected tournament performance) and the Beater-of-Odds (most unexpected game win/draw). These prizes are a… Read more: Easter Tournament

The first tournament of 2024 followed our standard format of 7 rounds with a 5+3 time control. Over 40 people took part in this exciting and smoothly unfolding tournament, with a big thank you to all our participants for the amiable vibes and great chess. We hoped you enjoyed it! This tournament featured a couple… Read more: Start-of-Semester Tournament

33 people took their place during the first round of our Christmas tournament this year, all ready for a seven round tournament with a 5+3 time control. Each of them was ready for a pleasant evening with lots of genial moves, interesting openings and, of course, the occasional blunder. With a lot of very good… Read more: Christmas tournament

On November 21, 2023, we organized our first chess tournament with a longer 10+0 time control. Thirty players joined the event, which began at 18:15, with the promise of Lindt chocolates as prizes setting a lively and competitive atmosphere. The tournament kicked off smoothly, with the top five players winning the first two rounds without… Read more: November Tournament

On the 11th of November, the chess battle between ETHZ and EPFL took place, and what a match it was! Both teams sent their strongest players for OTB games, with half of the players having an Elo rating higher than 2100. The venue, Forum Rolex at EPFL, was prepared and made ready as the matches… Read more: Polychamps IV

Today, our first tournament of the semester took place, and what an event it was! We were joined by 44 participants in a high-stakes competition. The top three players, along with the highest-ranking woman, earned a spot for the upcoming Polychamps match against EPFL on November 11th. As the tournament started, all players had aspirations… Read more: Polychamps IV Qualification

We were excited to be invited to the “Open Air Tournament,” an event featuring 16 chess clubs from the region. To determine the players who would represent SKETHZ at this team tournament, we organized one last tournament after the semester. Our games were timed at 5+0, which added to the excitement with lots of close… Read more: Open Air Tournament

On Saturday, May 20th the first edition of the ETH Chess Championship took place in the Alumni Pavillon, with the titles of ETH Chess King and ETH Chess Queen at stake. This has been an exciting event with 73 participants. The competition was tough with no less than 5 titled players! Before the break, only two… Read more: ETH Chess Championship

Right before the holiday break, 42 chess enthusiasts gathered together to play 7 rounds of high quality 5+3 blitz games. It was an intense battle with a clear podium separated from the rest of the field with 6 points each. Fittingly, Sinan, Daniel and Jan could take home a chocolate Easter bunny for their great… Read more: Easter Tournament

We started the semester of with a very exciting tournament and we where happy to see more than 40 people enjoy the game of chess 🙂 We hope everyone enjoyed the experience and to see everybody next time! The tournament stayed very thrilling in the end, with 5 people ending with a score of 5/6… Read more: February Tournament

With all the boards set up and all the players primed and ready, the third edition of Polychamps was carried out in the ETH Dozentenfoyer on Saturday, November 5th with a great view over the city of Zurich, the lake and the snowy mountains on the horizon. This also meant that for the first time… Read more: Polychamps III

We are glad to announce that the third installment of the battle against EPFL – the Polychamps – will take place again this semester on Saturday, November 5! It will be in a hybrid format: online and over the board. The online part will be a Lichess Blitz competition open to everyone as in previous… Read more: Polychamps III – Announcement

To determine the players representing ETH at the third edition of Polychamps, we organized this qualification tournament. Starting at 18:30 on Tuesday, 11 October, we played 7 rounds of 5min+3sec Blitz games. With 25 boards ready to go, we were overwhelmed by the sheer amount of students ready to play. Amazingly, and tragically and the… Read more: Polychamps Qualification Tournament

To determine the players representing ETH at the third edition of Polychamps, we will organize a qualification tournament. The team for the polychamps will consist of 8 players, 6 of which will be decided during this tournament the two remaining spots will be attributed as wildcards. The tournament will start at 18:30 on Tue. 11.10… Read more: Polychamps Qualification Tournament Announcement