"Chess is at a historic moment," says Jesper Hall, one of the people behind the festival. "It is one of the world's oldest games, but at the same time one of the fastest growing cultural phenomena, not least online. Chessparty is an attempt to bring all that energy together in a meeting between chess enthusiasts of all levels."
Chessparty also brings together everyone, from international stars to curious beginners, in a festival format that combines competition, entertainment and learning.
Participants include several of the world's most famous chess players, from chess legends such as Judit Polgár, Magnus Carlsen, who is participating online, Pia Cramling and Nils Grandelius, to the new generation of chess personalities such as Gotham, who will be giving his successful show on Saturday, Andrea Botez and Anna Cramling. In addition, there will be an attempt to set a world record for the largest chess lesson, a chess comedy show with the Swedish comedy group ‘Just Want To Be Cool’ and a family show focusing on chess magic.
Of course, there will also be lots of different tournaments, with ‘Tusenmannaschacket’ (Thousand Man Tournament) as the flagship event. This is a time handicap tournament that gives all players the chance to compete for the first prize of 4,600 Euros.
Chessparty is also being organised in conjunction with Schackfyran, one of the world's largest school chess competitions, and the district final for Stockholm will have 8,000 participating children.
“Bringing together children's chess, amateur players and the international elite in Sweden's largest indoor arena is a new approach, but I really believe in the meeting between online players and traditional chess”, says Jesper Hall.
Want to know more about Chessparty? Full information is available here.
And here is GothamChess telling you all about it
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