POLYCHAMPS V
EPFL 2 - 2 ETHZ
Who will take away the win?
16th of November 2024
Alterszentrum Kluspark
and online
The tournament
On Saturday the 16th of November, all the players of ETH Zürich and EPF Lausanne will once again face off in a highly competitive chess match, the
POLYCHAMPS V
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
The Teams
Team ETHZ
IM Theo Stijve 2398
FM Noah Fecker 2345
Kirill Zaitsev 2247
Thomas Allard 2066
Anna Adzic 1908
Subramanian Ramasubramanian 1894
Max Newsome 1669
Ana Marija Vego
Team EPFL
FM Niels Willems 2400
Damien Ribière 2223
Raphael Erne 2173
Ferran Rocamora Martorell 2096
Linus Roesler 1936
Sander Miesen 1861
Victoria Tokplo 1646
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Livestream
You can watch the livestream. Our main commentator will be Grand Master Romain Édouard.
GM Romain Édouard
Commentator- France
- Rating: 2540
- Professional Chess Player
- Author of The Chess Manual of Avoidable Mistakes.
Organisers
This tournament is organised jointly by SKETHZ (ETHZ) and La Dame Blanche (EPFL). We thank our sponsor ASK Réti for their support.