Chess sessions on Mondays

We meet every Monday (except on holidays), any other exceptions will be posted to Instagram. We start at 17:30 and play until approximately 19:00, sometimes later. So far these Monday gatherings have been structured around playing casually, often with a chess-clock on a mobile app. In the near future we intend to re-purpose some of these Mondays into more organised training – see Coaching and lessons below. Those that still wish to play chess as usual may do so.

Coaching and lessons

The standard structure of a chess lesson is that a strong player shows his own game or tactical puzzles which the group will then learn something from. The person responsible for the lesson will go through his thoughts and hopefully everyone will leave with some new insights! Due to the differences in skill, the lessons may be split into groups depending on the situation. Ideally the participants already have a somewhat decent tactical ground so if your chess.com rating is somewhere around 800-2000 then you will likely follow what’s going on. Players below this rating band are welcome too, just be prepared to accept that there will be moments where you wonder what the hell these people are yapping about…

On a serious note I believe everyone can get something out of it – just the insight into the thought process of a stronger player will likely serve as guidance for how to think in your own games!

Lessons will be announced on Instagram.

Lesson info & sign up

Tournaments

We will organise a chess tournament in Nymble on the 14th of May 2026. Besides that we try to organise a few tournaments per year as well as friendly matches against other universities. The button below takes you to the information page of any future tournaments.

View tournament info

FAQs

What level do I have to be in order to join?

The KTH chess club is open to all levels – most of our players are currently unrated in terms of FIDE rating (ELO) while our better players have an official ELO of around 2000 or more.

Of course! We are looking to expand the club, even members who are not always present contribute to the club just by coming along!

Membership for KTH Chess Club is currently is FREE.

Sign up here!

Hell yeah, the more people you bring the better, hopefully we will get more boards soon to support the growing number of members.

We have initiated a dialogue with the Stockholm Chess Federation and intend to apply for a membership which will grant us the status of a “proper” chess club. In a few months you can hopefully play ELO-rated tournaments. The application involves some administrative inconveniences hence the long interim period.

No problem! THS has a rule regarding the percentage of external students but we are at no risk of exceeding any limit at the moment so if you’re from any other university or even if you aren’t studying you are welcome to join! We expect external members to be within a reasonable age range considering that this is a university club; if you are between 17-35 this will not be a problem.

Note: the board reserves the right to approve or decline any external prospective member, primarily for the purpose of ensuring that the long term goal of maximum 50% external members is sustainably maintained.

We play in Nymble. There is a wide range in skill level among our members so hopefully you will find someone to challenge on equal terms! We also organise tournaments and chess lessons, see above.

Yes, currently the lessons are free of charge.

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