Faculty clubs: Try the chess club, for example

On Tuesday, September 23, a rapid chess tournament was held at the U Kachničky student club. Thirty-seven students from BUT, MUNI, and MENDELU participated, and teachers and graduates were also represented. Two qualified referees (both from FIT) supervised the tournament. The winner was Oleksii Shelest, also a student at FIT BUT.

This was not the first time such a tournament had been held at our faculty, and it was no coincidence. Competitions at Kachnička have been held regularly over the past five years. The events have had a great impact and success. For example, this year's third annual Interfaculty Team Tournament attracted two dozen four-member teams to Kachnička. It is certainly pleasing that the cup for the winners returned to home turf (the first year was dominated by the FIT VUT "A" team, and in the second year, the FSI VUT "A" team took first place). Our chess players also represent VUT in the online global University Chess Championship.

Why our faculty and chess tournaments? We have a lot of chess players, and since last academic year, FIT has also had its own Chess Club. This year, it is again led by a very experienced chess player and coach (one of the few in the Czech Republic with a 2nd class chess coach license), Bc. Ondřej Havelka. The chess club offers lectures on chess theory and demonstrations of interesting games. Of course, there is always time for the game itself, with experienced players helping less skilled players with tactical/strategic insights or by finding the right moves in a given position. The purpose of the chess club is to help players improve their chess skills and to bring together the chess community (not only) at FIT.

The club meets every third week of the semester (starting this week) on Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Small Hall R211. You really don't have to be a chess master – the club is also suitable for beginners who will learn the basics of the game, master their first chess tactics, and understand the importance of piece coordination. Advanced players will enrich each other with tactics and insights from other players through games and subsequent analysis.

If you are interested, please contact the club organizer, Mr. Martin Benovič (xbenov00@stud.fit.vut.cz).