Events we organised
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. Read more…
This month’s team battle started on October, 4th and was a great success! A total of 20 ETH players participated and helped to secure the win against the other 21 teams. Lead by the players Tubbie, Zebra_11 and hereticwasp, we could secure first place five points ahead of second place Read more…
Following last year’s success, we decided to reiterate the Polychamps, the annual chess confrontation between the EPFL and ETHZ. It took place on the 3rd of May 2022. The format was mostly the same a lichess team battle arena in 5’+3”. However, the number of participants was limited to 75 Read more…
To celebrate the end of the semester, we organized one last blitz tournament on the 31 of May in the HG. As the first players joined in and registered for the tournament, they proceeded with a few warm up games. Soon though 24 players would have joined the tournament and Read more…
On Tuesday 13th of April, we gathered for a laid-back tournament in the HG. With a time control of 5+3, we manage to squeeze seven rounds that evening. But it seems that wasn’t quite enough to decide a clear winner as two players finished on top with six points. However, Read more…
After our first tournament a few weeks ago, we organized a second tournament for chess lovers at ETH on Tuesday. On this chilly evening, it was great to see about 30 players gather around in a transformed seminar room for playing 8 rounds of good old chess. The first rounds Read more…
After long months of online chess, we finally got the opportunity to play over the board and meet in person. About 16 players showed up to play this mini tournament. On Tuesday 28.09.2021 we held a small chess tournament at ETH. The 16 players that showed up where of very Read more…
On the 3rd of December, between 13:00 and 22:00, come join the GECo (Gaming and Entertainment Community at ETH) on their Board Game Days for a lot of board games fun! In addition to the (huge) collection of games that GECo proposes, SKETHZ will introduce a few chess variants (chess960, Read more…