The Chess960 World League is now underway! A big thank you to all the teams participating in the first year of the league!

Here is where you can find all the key information:
Chess960 World League Guide
Chess960 WL2012 Pairings and Results
Chess960 WL2012 Team Representatives
Chess960 WL2012 Match Problems
Chess960 World League Suggestions

Here is the 2012 Schedule: Round Pairings announced by

  Challenges                        Accepted by                   Matches started by    
1 January 3  2012                January 7 2012                January 12, 2012
2 February 14 2012              February, 18, 2012           February 23, 2012
3 March 20 2012                  March 24 2012                  March 29, 2012
4 May 1 2012                       May 5, 2012                     May 10, 2012
5 June 5 2012                     June 9 2012                     June 14, 2012
6 July 17 2012                     July 21 2012                    July 26, 2012
7 August 21 2012                  August 25 2012                 August 30, 2012
8 October 2 2012                 October 6, 2012              October 11, 2012

In the Round 1 pairings listed below, the first team named sends the challenge. Please fill out the New Team Match form with the following details:

Match Name: Chess960 WL2012 R1: [your team] vs. [opponent's team]
Game Type: Chess960
Days per Move: 3 days
Players per Team: Min 1, No Max
Concurrent Games per Opponent: 2
Check Games are RATED

The challenges for Round 1 should be accepted by January 7, 2012 and rosters locked by January 12, 2012. If your team is on the right in the list below, and you have not received a challenge by January 7, 2012, please issue a challenge to your opponent, and try to get in contact with their representatives.

If you notice that the other team has players who are also playing in other Chess960 World League matches in that round, please inform your opponent's admins before you lock your roster. Please encourage all players in your group to sign up for the match by posting an announcement in the Group Notes or group forum. If you notice problems with admins not responding, low rated players being excluded, etc., please report them in the match problems thread. If you have suggestions on how the Chess960 World League format could be improved, you can post them to the Chess960 World League Suggestions thread.

And without further ado, here are the Round 1 pairings:

Round 1 Pairings
Team Russia vs Team Catalonia
Team Romania vs Team Finland
Team USA 960 Chess vs Chess Team Holland
Team Indonesia vs Team Malaysia
Team Iran vs Team of the Czech Republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Egypt Chess960
Team England vs Team Ukraine
Team Australia vs Team Azerbaijan
Team India vs Team Bulgaria
Team Poland vs Indian Marauders
Team Italia vs Team Kazakhstan
Team Sweden vs Srbija tim
Team Greece vs Team Mexico
Team Turkey vs Team Bangladesh
Team Macedonia vs THE ALBANIANS
Team Canada vs Ecuador
Team Slovakia vs Team Nigeria
Team Armenia Team Georgia
Team Brazil vs Team MonteNegro




Best of luck to all teams, have fun and play fair!