Kvibergspelen is a weekend chess tournament in Göteborg, Sweden. Kviberg is a district in Göteborg. The format is eight round Fide-Swiss. Four rounds of rapid (traditionally 15min+5s/move) are played on Friday evening, followed by two rounds of 90min+30s/move on Saturday and another two rounds of 90min+30s/move on Sunday. The tournament is divided in two. There is an open tournament and Lilla Kvibergspelen; which roughly translates to the small Kviberg games. It’s a tournament for players with below 1750 Elo (STD and RPD) and notably has a somewhat different schedule compared to Kvibergspelen.

Prioritet Serneke Arena, Krutvägen 2 – Göteborg, has always been the venue for Kvibergspelen. It is a very modern facility with lots of space and a good conference area where all the chess is played (Also indoor skiing is possible which is not so common). The hotel in the same building always provides reasonable room prices as well meaning participants don’t usually have to look far for accommodation. The most current invitation (in Swedish) can be found on www.kvibergspelen.se (left column). English invitation (2024) can be found here Kvibergspelen 2024 English invitation

In terms of the story behind the tournament. The Swedish Chess federation wanted a series of fairly large chess tournaments spread throughout the calendar year. A sort of Swedish Open-tournament Grandprix was started for this reason. Standards were also set, with for example there being a requirement to suggest a decent hotel nearby and to have decent class boards etc. Kvibergspelen was first played in the spring of 2017, followed by spring 2018, spring 2019, autumn 2019 (the tournament switched slot in the GP calendar to autumn), Kvibergspelen 2020 and 2021 were unfortunately cancelled due to the effect of the coronavirus had on public gathering regulations and the society as a whole. The tournament came back autumn 2022 and was also held autumn 2023. Past results.

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