Events we organised
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 players had scored Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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…