An evening where the person across from you isn't afraid of you
Dentists, assistants, hygienists, technicians, front desk, practice owners. The problem is big, the whole field is in view, and nobody asks you to “just take a quick look”.
There are two ways in. Come on your own - to a regular club night, where people are already playing. Book your own tournament - a private one: for the whole practice, at a congress or trade show, for a professional celebration, or as a match against another practice.
If you're a doctor in another specialty, you probably want chess for doctors - this page is about the practice and its team.
No open tournament yet · private ones on request
We haven't scheduled a public tournament for dentists yet, and we won't make up a date: the schedule lives in the app, and when one is announced, it will appear there. What we can put together any time is a private tournament for your practice- it doesn't have to wait for the general calendar. If you just want a game, the club already runs regular chess evenings in Moscow.
A dentist's working day is very narrow: a tiny field, precise movements and a person in the chair who is scared. A chess evening changes three things about that.
All day your attention is locked on a field a few centimeters wide. At the board the problem is finally big: all sixty-four squares in view at once, and none of them moves.
Your opponent came of their own accord, isn't bracing for anything and expects nothing from you. In a job where the other side is nearly always nervous, that's an unusually pleasant change.
No complaints and no "could you just take a quick look". Across the board people ask about your opening, not about implants.
We won't promise that chess keeps your fine motor skills sharp or saves you from fatigue - there's nothing to back that up, and it's not our business anyway. We promise exactly what happens: a few games, real people and an evening you won't want to leave after half an hour.
General dentists · prosthodontists · oral surgeons · orthodontists · pediatric dentists
Dental assistants · hygienists · nurses · front desk
Dental technicians · CAD/CAM · milling centers
Practice owners and managers · clinical directors · residents and dental students
Nobody asks for your specialty at the door. At the board, neither years in practice nor your job title will help you.
Three kinds of people end up side by side at these evenings: those who play every day, those who last played in dental school, and those who open a chess app between patients. All three go home happy, and here's why.
Pairings follow the Swiss system: after the first round you're matched with people at your own level and keep playing them. Beginners don't get crushed, and strong players don't get bored.
The only requirement is knowing how the pieces move. If you're a bit rusty: how the pieces move, the rules of chess, tactics for beginners.
Pick your city, see what's on and sign up in two taps. No forms, no rating.
On your own or with the whole practice. Boards and clocks are ours, and you don't need to know anyone in advance.
A few blitz games under the Swiss system. The app picks your opponent by strength, not alphabetically.
Points and tiebreaks are counted automatically and results show up straight away. Sometimes it turns out the assistant beats the prosthodontist.
Pairings and standings are handled by the Vibe Chess app using the bbpPairings engine under FIDE rules. How the system works - the Swiss system.
After a day behind loupes and a microscope, a problem you take in whole, from arm's length.
Nobody's running late for their slot, rescheduling or calling the front desk. Two hours you don't have to clear with the chair schedule.
Dentists, assistants, front desk and technicians at the same tables - a rare setting where everyone is on equal terms.
People from other practices and labs you usually only run into on training courses.
The one place where a mistake costs you a game, not a remake at your own expense.
A first place and a club rating that carries over from one evening to the next.
No need to wait for the general calendar. We put together a private tournament for a particular practice, congress or celebration: we arrive with boards and clocks, host the evening and run the pairings and standings. You bring the people, the room and the date.
A private evening for the whole team: dentists, assistants, front desk, technicians. Anywhere from eight people to a hundred.
Your team against a team from another practice, or against a dental lab. The score adds up across every board.
A chess area or an evening tournament at a dental congress, trade show or practice open day. People drop by and play between talks.
A tournament for Dentist's Day, the practice's anniversary or a residents' graduation - as part of the program, not instead of it.
We reply the same day and tell you what we need from you and what it costs for your headcount.
A format of its own: two teams sit down opposite each other. Two practices, a practice against a dental lab, or against a supplier - a match with a team score and a winner.
We balance the line-ups by strength so the match isn't over by move three. Inside one practice, “dentists vs. assistants” works well: the score is usually closer than the dentists expect.
We can help you find the other team as well - just let us know you're up for it.
Set up a match between practicesA tournament as part of a company event - corporate tournaments. Tournaments between companies in the same sector - industry tournaments. The same format for other professions - for doctors, for programmers, for finance professionals, for entrepreneurs, for lawyers, for engineers, for data analysts, for economists, for architects and designers, for academics and lecturers, for marketers.
Yes, and most people aren't. All you need is to know how the pieces move. From the second round on, the Swiss system pairs you with opponents at your own level, so one-sided games are rare.
No. No rating, no title and no tournament experience required. Your club rating appears by itself after your first game.
Probably the neighboring one suits you better: it's about hospitals, departments and night shifts. This one is about the practice and its team. The evenings themselves are shared, so you're welcome at any of them.
Yes, most people do. Over the evening you'll play several people and end up chatting with them along the way.
You should. That's exactly what makes a practice tournament work: the whole team ends up at the tables, and at the board there are no job titles and no chairside pecking order.
Usually two to two and a half hours of play. A blitz game takes about ten minutes, and there are five to seven rounds.
Yes, the start time is up for discussion: a private tournament fits around the practice's schedule, not the other way round.
Yes, and it's one of the most common requests. All it takes is a corner with a few tables; the rest is on us: boards, clocks, a host and the scoring. It works both as a drop-in "sit down and play" area and as a full evening tournament.
No date has been set yet. The schedule lives in the app: open it, choose your city and you'll see the club's upcoming evenings, and once an industry tournament is announced, it will be listed there too. You can come to a regular evening right now.
Nothing. We bring boards, clocks and scoresheets. The app for pairings and standings is free, and you don't have to install it in advance.
Two hours you don't have to clear with the chair schedule
There's no date yet for a public dentists' tournament, and we're not inventing one. Open the app: it lists the upcoming evenings, and that's where an industry tournament will show up. A private one for your practice we can put together any time.
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