An evening when the only decisions you make are for yourself.
Surgeons, internists, anesthesiologists, diagnosticians, dentists, residents. A real board, a clock and two hours in which your move decides only your own game - not somebody's life.
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 medics only: a department, a clinic, a conference, or two teams facing each other.
No open tournament yet · private ones on request
We haven't scheduled a public tournament for doctors 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 clinic or department- 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 doctor's working day is made of decisions and conversations, and by the evening you've run out of both. Chess slots in neatly for three reasons, and none of them is about health benefits - we run tournaments, we don't treat anyone.
Several short games in one evening, each against someone new. A real board, a clock and quiet at the table.
Conversation starts by itself across the board - and it isn't about patients. Twenty minutes over a game do more than an hour at a buffet.
At the end of the night there's a standings table and a first place. Doctors, it turns out, really don't like losing.
And one more thing you can't say about most corporate entertainment: chess needs no kit, no fitness and no voice. After a 24-hour shift, that counts for a lot.
Surgeons · anesthesiologists · trauma surgeons · OR nurses
Internists · cardiologists · neurologists · endocrinologists · pediatricians
Radiologists · ultrasound · lab staff · pathologists
Dentists · department heads · chief physicians · residents and med students
Nobody asks for your specialty at the door. If you work in medicine, that's enough.
Three kinds of people end up side by side at these evenings: those who play every day, those who last played in med school, and those who open a chess app at night on call. 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, no doctor's notes.
On your own or with colleagues. 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. After that, stay as long as you like.
Pairings and standings are handled by the Vibe Chess app using the bbpPairings engine under FIDE rules. How the system works - the Swiss system.
Two hours where your decisions affect nothing but your own game. After a shift, that works better than you'd expect.
Nobody has to talk at the board. If you spend all day talking to people, that alone is worth the trip.
Colleagues from other hospitals and clinics you'd never cross paths with on your rota.
With no fallout. Losing a game is just losing a game.
Two to two and a half hours. Arrive late, leave early: the tournament will cope.
A standings table, 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 clinic, department or conference: 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 just for your own people: a department, a clinic or the whole hospital. Anywhere from eight people to a hundred.
Your team against a team from another hospital or medical center. The score adds up across every board.
A chess area or an evening tournament at a congress, conference or hospital open day. People drop by and play between talks.
A tournament for graduation, a department anniversary or Medical Workers' Day - 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 from two different hospitals or medical centers sit down opposite each other. Not a staff party inside one institution, but a proper match.
We balance the line-ups by strength so the match isn't over by move three. The same format works inside one hospital too: department against department, surgery against internal medicine, residents against department heads.
We can help you find the other team as well - just let us know you're up for it.
Set up a match between clinicsA tournament as part of a company event - corporate tournaments and chess team building. How tournaments between companies in the same sector come together - industry tournaments. The same format for other professions - for programmers, for finance professionals and for entrepreneurs, for lawyers, for engineers, for data analysts, for economists, for dentists, for architects and designers, for academics and lecturers, for marketers.
Probably the neighboring one: dental practices have their own track, where the tournament is built around the whole team - dentists, assistants, front desk and technicians. This page is about hospitals and departments. The evenings themselves are shared, though, so you're welcome at any of them.
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.
Yes. The tournament runs in rounds, and joining in the second or third is easier than it sounds: the app simply pairs you from the next round. Leaving early is fine too - the games you've played still count.
Yes, most people do. There's no need to work the room: your opponent changes every round, so over the evening you'll end up talking to several people just in passing.
Yes. The team plays inside the general tournament, and results can be totted up separately to see whose department scored more. If you'd rather have a private tournament just for your own people, that's a different format: drop us a message.
Usually two to two and a half hours of play. A blitz game takes about ten minutes, and there are five to seven rounds.
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 a tournament for doctors is announced, it will be listed there too. You can come to a regular evening right now.
Yes, and there's no need to wait for the general schedule. We bring the boards and clocks, host the evening and handle the pairings and standings; you provide the people, the room and the date. The format works for anywhere from eight people to a hundred.
Yes, that's a format of its own: two teams sit down opposite each other, and the points from every board add up to a team score. We balance the line-ups by strength so the match isn't a whitewash. If you don't have an opposing team, we'll help you find one.
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 when you answer only for your own game
There's no date yet for a public doctors' tournament, and we're not inventing one. Open the app: it lists the upcoming evenings, and that's where a tournament for medics will show up. A private one for your clinic we can put together any time.
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