POLYCHAMPS IV

EPFL 5 - 4 ETHZ

EPFL WINS!

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11th of November 2023

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Thanks to everyone who participated and spectated, see you next year!


The tournament

On Saturday the 11th of November, all the players of ETH Zürich and EPF Lausanne will once again face off in a highly competitive chess match, the

POLYCHAMPS IV

The match has a unique hybrid format where the top 8 players of each university will play a classically time controlled team match in the world renowned Rolex Forum on the EPFL campus. 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 can be found below. The specific rules are described on the rules page. All the action will be live streamed and commented on Twitch.

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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

The Teams

Team ETHZ

  • IM Theo Stijve 2332

  • FM Noah Fecker 2387

  • Kirill Zaitsev 2242

  • Vincent Lou 2174

  • Oliver Angst 2094

  • Anna Adzic 1908

  • Sofia Li 1307

  • Ana Marija Vego

Team EPFL

  • FM Niels Willems 2372

  • Damien Ribière2221

  • Julien Joly 2218

  • Oriol Saguillo 2182

  • Samuele Bisi 2070

  • Benedict Wasserfallen 1853

  • Victoria Tokplo 1646

  • Sophia Pheng 1128

Online participants

42

ETHZ

81

Total

39

EPFL

Livestream

You can re-watch the livestream. We thank once again our main comentator Grand Master Robert Fontaine.

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Organisers

This tournament was organised jointly by SKETHZ (ETHZ) and La Dame Blanche (EPFL). We thank our sponsors Julius Bär and The ETH Rat for their support.

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