POLYCHAMPS VII
EPFL 3 - 3 ETHZ
Who will take away the win?
7th of November 2026
Siemens Auditorium at ETH (Zürich)
and online
The tournament
On Saturday the 7th of November, all the players of ETH Zürich and EPF Lausanne will once again face off in a highly competitive chess match, the
POLYCHAMPS VII
The match has a unique hybrid format where the top 8 players of each university will play a classically time controlled team match in Zürich. A blitz lichess arena opposing all chess enthusiasts of both universities will be played online at the same time. It is free to join and open to all levels for members of ETHZ and EPFL. Details on registration will be communicated later. The specific rules are described on the rules page. All the action will be live streamed and commented on Twitch.
Schedule
- 12:00-13:15 Lunch for players and guests
- 13:15-13:30 Beginning of broadcast, opening speeches and start of games
- 13:30-17:30 OTB games
- 14:30-16:00 Online tournament
- 17:30-18:00 Award Ceremony
- 18:00-19:00 Apéro with guests and sponsors
Teams
Team ETHZ
FM Noah Fecker 2345
Vincent Lou 2194
Olivier Tschopp 2069
Hongwei Zheng 2037
Ramona Golsta 1946
Sevda Reding 1827
Aditya Eswaran 1617
Ved Bhatawadekar 1602
Team EPFL
FM Jakub Chyzy 2328
Lorenzo Bardone 2225
Raphael Erne 2152
Markus Fasching 2072
Colin Moesching 1926
Thomas Hetier 1794
Samantha Bélaz Antonio 1780
Veronique Bogouslavskii 1633
Livestream
You can watch the livestream. Our main commentator will be...
Organisers
This tournament is organised jointly by Schwarzer König (ETHZ) and La Dame Blanche (EPFL).
