POLYCHAMPS IV
EPFL 5 - 4 ETHZ
EPFL WINS!
IV-Mind Clash
Full report Swisschess article
11th of November 2023
EPFL Rolex Forum
and online
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.
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
Livestream
You can re-watch the livestream. We thank once again our main comentator Grand Master Robert Fontaine.
GM 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.