Chess explained.
How competitions are built, what counts in training, and how the sport is organised in Switzerland.
- Chess in Switzerland
What exactly is the SJEM?
The Swiss youth individual championship is the only one of the four national championships in which nobody plays for a team: five categories, four qualifying weekends, and a points table that fills the final.
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What exactly is the SGM?
The oldest of the three Swiss team championships and the least known: 275 teams in five leagues, seven Saturdays a season. The top league plays eight boards a match, the bottom one four.
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What exactly is the SJMM?
The Swiss Youth Team Championship runs over five Saturdays, on four boards, in four categories — and it does not rule the SMM out. Both in the same year is allowed.
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What exactly is the SMM?
The Swiss Team Championship is the federation’s largest competition: 349 teams across six leagues, from National League A down to League 4. Here is how it is built.
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