​"Whereas tech drinks optimise for alcoholics, tech games optimise for high-IQ crowds." 🧠

​​​You're invited to a Tech Chess Tournament with a crowd of high signal founders, operators, & investors, presented by Techgames.xyz.

• ​​​If you're a statistically literate techy who also finds beauty in abstraction, you probably LOVE games. 🧠

• ​​​Perhaps you also worked very hard this week and now you're looking to relax. 🔥

​​​If this sounds like you, we want YOU to come. 🫵🏽

​​What to expect?

• ​​Swiss-style tournament: 5+2

• ​​Curated tech crowd - We're running high-signal gaming events for you to recharge AND find the best allies to boost the odds of your venture's success.

​​​Games + elite tech crowd = Max-ROI 👾

​​​Our theses?

1. ​​​We believe the best founders, operators, and investors in the world are great gamers (e.g. Demis Hassabis with Chess, Reid Hoffman with Catan, Zuckerberg with Poker, etc).

2. ​​​Games attract the strongest allies you can imagine (e.g. future co-founder, hire, partner, investor).

​​Regular attendees?

​​​✅ T1-investors (Sequoia, Bessemer Ventures, a16z, Dawn Capital, etc)

​​​✅ Operators with evidence of exceptional abilities (early at now unicorns, Olympiad winners, etc)

​​​✅ VC-Backed founders ($1M-$100M+ raised)

​​​Who this event is NOT for?

​​​❌ Consultancies/agencies

​​​❌ Sales people

​​​​​​👉 Apply to join by filling out the RSVP form.

​​​Peter Thiel - Founder @ Paypal, Founders Fund, Palantir
Peter Thiel grew up as a nationally ranked chess prodigy with a peak USCF rating of 2199 - just one point shy of National Master. He still actively plays.

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​​​🫂 About our Hosts & Sponsors:

​​​🎤 ​Remy Messadene is an exited founder, Oxford PhD dropout, and the creator of TechGames.xyz — the world’s largest network of curated tech games for elite founders and investors. He’s hosted 200+ high-ROI events for 10,000+ attendees across London, NYC, and SF — from rooftop Catan battles to underground poker nights. Remy sees startups as games, and TechGames as a magnet for the smartest minds in tech. He believes tech games have the potential to be the most bonding, recharging, and ROI-positive format for exceptional operators — where insight, energy, and serendipity compound through play