Chlausblitz 2.12.2024 - Save the date !
Unser traditioneller Weihnachtsspecial, das Chlausblitz, findet dieses Jahr am 2. Dezember statt. 🎅
Spiel mit ! Wir haben auch immer leckere Weihnachtsguetzlis 🍪
Our traditional Christmas special, the Chlausblitz, takes place on 2nd of December. 🎅
Join us ! We will also have delicious Christmas cookies 🍪
Registration at Chessmanager
Halloween special blitz
Arthur organized a Halloween special blitz, with spooky decor 👻, treats and tricks🍬
Game analysis and blitz evening
We analyzed our SMM games and played blitz with our friend Codrut from Bucharest. The first team succeded in staying in NLB!
Open-air team blitz in Seebach - Nimzos double win
Gold 🥇 and Silver 🥈 for both Nimzo power-teams at the Seebach open-air team blitz !
Pfingstgambit in Horb
Thomas Heerd played a very nice tournament in Horb, Germany. From start rank 10 he reached final rank 5! Here are his impressions.
Felix Schwab is the new club champion
At our annual general assembly on May 13th we discussed many news, re-elected the board, and celebrated the year’s best performances. Felix is our new club champion!
Bundesturnier 2024
10 Nimzos participated in the Bundesturnier 2024.
Brilliant 5th place for Alister Smith in the Hauptturnier 2!
Sweet revenge for Christoph Drechsler over long time adversary Bruno Kamber.
Urs Rimann ist gestorben
umgezogen / relocated
Thanks: Randi, Matej, René and friendly Tom (facility manager)
Blitzkrieg in Winterthur
Arthur Tönz wins the 3rd Winterthur Blitz-Open with 10.5/13 points and no loss. What a performance!
Chlausblitz 2023
Wir spielten 9 Runden 5+0-Blitz und wurden von Arthur und seiner Partnerin mit elsässischen und moldauischen Weinen sowie mit Wiehnachtsguetzli verwöhnt.
Playing blitz in the land of wine
Whenever I’m travelling, I’m looking for chess opportunities. On my last travel to Moldova, I played a blitz tournament. I thanked them for the welcome with many blitz rating points. #talentedkids
Nimzowitsch wins team blitz tournament in Seebach
Sacha, Arthur, Miran and Thomas cruised to victory in the 2nd team blitz tournament in Seebach. One more trophy for the club!
A star at the chess board
Our dear friend Aly Cha visited us on the 12th of June with a very special guest, an Emmy-awarded Hollywood star. Can you guess who?
Christoph did it again
Zum dritten Mal gewinnt Christoph Drechsler den Titel des Zürcher Stadtmeisters.
Swiss Railwaymen champion 2023
Arthur Tönz is Swiss Railwaymen champion 2023
Gut besuchte GV 2023
33 gut gelaunte Mitglieder waren im neuen Spiellokal anwesend. Passend zum ersten Sommertag wurden acht Melonen und zwei Ananas für hervorragende Leistungen verteilt. Vorne rechts ist der Früchtestand des gleich dreifach ausgezeichneten Arthur Tönz zu sehen. Neben ihm die weiteren Mitglieder des Vorstands, welche alle einstimmig wiedergewöhlt wurden (von links nach rechts Heinz Vifian, René Rüegg, Adrian Unterluggauer und Randi Andersen).
Bild: Beat Zaugg.
Club championship 2022: Arthur Tönz defends title
Felix’ rook trick
A nice little combination played by Felix Schwab in the 6th round of SGM
Schachausboot - Chesshouseboat
Adrian Unterluggauer played a quite unique tournament while on vacation in India. He tells us about his experience