SK Rockaden is the biggest chess club in Sweden, founded 1921 at Södermalm in central Stockholm, where the club spent most of its first forty years. In 1961 the club moved to the southern suburb Högdalen and in 1993 to its present location in the southwestern suburb Hägerstensåsen in the borough Hägersten-Liljeholmen. SK Rockaden currently has got more than 800 members.
Since the 1972/73 season SK Rockaden plays in the Swedish national premier league, Elitserien i schack,"Elitserien i schack" and have won Elitserien and its predecessor Lag-SM (National Team Championship) 27 times since its inception in 1951: 1957–1959, 1980, 1982, 1984–1986, 1992–1998, 2001,"Elitserien 2000-01", Sveriges Schackförbund 2004,"Elitserien 2003-04", Sveriges Schackförbund 2005,"Elitserien 2004-05", Sveriges Schackförbund 2008,"Elitserien 2007-08", Chess-Results 14 March 2008 2009,"Elitserien 2008-09", Chess-Results 15 March 2009 2014,"Elitserien 2013-14", Chess-Results 9 March 2014 2016,“Elitserien 2015-16”, Sveriges Schackförbund 2021,“Lag-SM 2021”, Sveriges Schackförbund 2023,"Elitserien 2022-23", Sveriges Schackförbund 2024"Elitserien 2023-24", Sveriges Schackförbund 2025"Elitserien 2024-25", Sveriges Schackförbund and 2026."Elitserien 2025-26", Sveriges Schackförbund
SK Rockaden has represented Sweden 19 times in the European Club Cup, arranged by the European Chess Union: 1980/81, 1983/84, 1985/86, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000,"16th European Club Cup 2000 Neum / Bosnia", Chess-Results 30 September 2000 2001,"17th European Club Cup 2001 Chania / Greece", Chess-Results 30 September 2001 2005,"21st European Club Cup 2005 St. Vincent, Aosta / Italy", Chess-Results 24 September 2005 2008,"24th European Club Cup 2008 Halkidiki / Greece", Chess-Results 26 October 2008 2014,"30th European Club Cup 2014 Bilbao / Spain" , 20 September 2014 2016,"32nd European Club Cup 2016 Novi Sad / Serbia", Chess-Results 14 November 2016 2022,"37th European Chess Club Cup 2022 Mayrhofen, Tyrol / Austria", Chess-Results 2023"38th European Chess Club Cup 2023 Durres / Albania", Chess-Results 2024"39th European Chess Club Cup 2024 Vrnjacka Banja / Serbia", Chess-Results and 2025."40th European Chess Club Cup 2025 Rhodes / Greece", Chess-Results SK Rockaden reached the semifinal in 1986 and the quarter-final in 1993.
Since the 1980s SK Rockaden has been represented by, among others, Grandmasters Ulf Andersson, Lars Karlsson, Erik Blomqvist, Jaan Ehlvest, Vassily Ivanchuk, Eric Lobron, Peter Heine Nielsen, Viktorija Čmilytė, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Arturs Neiksans, Bartosz Socko, Johan Salomon and Jonas Buhl Bjerre as well as Internationell masters Jonas Barkhagen, Robert Bator, Roland Ekström, Thomas Engqvist, Christer Hartman, Erik Hedman, Emil Hermansson, Patrik Lyrberg, Anders Olsson, Jung Min Seo, Mats Sjöberg, Hampus Sörensen, Edvin Trost, Richard Wessman and Michael Wiedenkeller.
For example, when the club won the 2004 championship they included "Super GM" Vassily Ivanchuk, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, GM Eric Lobron, GM Ulf Andersson and GM Lars Karlsson. When they represented Sweden in the European Club Cup in 2005 their team consisted of one Grandmaster, five International Masters, and a FIDE Master.
Since the beginning of the 1980s SK Rockaden has been Sweden's leading club for junior players. The club has won the National Junior Team Championships Juniorallsvenskan (for players up to 20 years old) 17 times since its inception in 1987: 1990, 1992–1995, 1997–1998, 2005-2010, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2022.“Juniorallsvenskan 2022”, Sveriges Schackförbund The club has also won the National Cadet Team Championships Kadettallsvenskan (for players up to 16 years old) 20 times since its inception in 1987: 1987-1990, 1992, 1994–1998, 2000, 2003-2008, 2012-2013 and 2016.“Kadettallsvenskan 2016”, Sveriges Schackförbund
References
SK Rockaden, Stockholm – Official homepage