2023 Offseason Mini Leagues Results
2024 USTCL Offseason Update: Mini-League Signups (and 2023 Trophies!)
With all matches for the 2023-24 season underway, we find ourselves at another offseason! Thanks once again to all team admins who make this league possible; your efforts continue to push the league to new levels. Here are a few quick announcements:
Offseason Mini-Leagues
We will be running the U1400 and U1600 mini-leagues again this year! This year, teams may sign up for both mini-leagues, if they wish. If you want to sign up for one of the mini-leagues, please leave a comment on this announcement by April 17th. Leagues may be split into tiers based on participation levels.
Now, here's a summary of last year's Mini-Leagues. Congrats to Team Oregon (U1400) and Team Indiana (U1600) who were the champions of last year's leagues! Trophies can be found at the end of this announcement.
| U1400 | OR | AZ | LA | PA | CA | HI | TB | Pts | Rk |
| OR | 59-45 | 29.5-20.5 | 52.5-27.5 | 21-11 | 27.5-8.5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| AZ | 45-59 | 31.5-42.5 | 64-24 | 16-8 | 18.5-11.5 | +40 (175-135) | 3 | 2 | |
| LA | 20.5-29.5 | 42.5-31.5 | 9-17 | 15-3 | 18-16 | +8 (105-97) | 3 | 3 | |
| PA | 27.5-52.5 | 24-64 | 17-9 | 9.5-6.5 | 17.5-14.5 | -51 (95.5-146.5) | 3 | 4 | |
| CA | 11-21 | 8-16 | 3-15 | 6.5-9.5 | 16-10 | 1 | 5 | ||
| HI | 8.5-27.5 | 11.5-18.5 | 16-18 | 14.5-17.5 | 10-16 | 0 | 6 |
| U1600 | IN | AL | SD | MN | Pts | Rk |
| IN | 31-15 | 37-17 | 14.5-11.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| AL | 15-31 | 26-22 | 32.5-11.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| SD | 17-37 | 22-26 | 31-11 | 1 | 3 | |
| MN | 11.5-14.5 | 11.5-32.5 | 11-31 | 0 | 4 |
New Teams for 2024-25
If you're an admin of a state team interested in joining the league for the 2024-25 season, please message @ImperfectAge or myself. Please note that we won't officially confirm teams until around May, but your chances of joining the league are definitely higher if you express interest earlier.
If your team is interested, we recommend considering the following criteria:
- Only one team in the league per state
- Have at least 50 members
- Have at least 2 active admins in this group, in case one drops off
- Have played in at least 2 daily matches in the past year with 3 boards or more
If you don't meet all of the above criteria, but are still interested, please reach out anyway and we can help you out!
General Resources
As a reminder, we have some resources scattered around the group. If you're unfamiliar, check them out!
- All about the US Team Chess League group: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/for-all-the-newly-accepted-members-to-this-group
- USTCL Rules & Regulations (including Team Filtering Guidelines): https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/us-team-chess-league-rules-regulations
- Team Admin Best Practices: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/team-admin-best-practices
- USTCL Standings (periodically updated): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1awU5dX4KwRcQo6fhJVQQE4U2Se5yPLXzM3T7iCUJGNg/edit?usp=sharing
2023 Mini-League Trophies
