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Round 8 Varsity

Round 8 Varsity

BigTenChess
| Apr 9, 2015

Hey guys, sorry for the tardiness.  BTCL round 8 is this Saturday, April 11th! The season is starting to wind down, which means each match gains more and more importance!  Remember team heads, a few things: make sure players are online and ready...

Round 7 JV

Round 7 JV

BigTenChess
| Mar 27, 2015

BdWhiteBlack 1. Richman, Jonothan (5.5,2078) vs Vogel, Steven (4.5,nnnn) 2. Bommannan, Ozzy (5.5,1725) vs Xu, Jingshu (4.5,1726) 3. Henderson, Tommie (4.0,1183) vs Waechter, Mark (4.5,1764) 4. James, Jefferson (4.5,1663) vs Kanoria, Kushagra (...

Round 7 Varsity

Round 7 Varsity

BigTenChess
| Mar 27, 2015

Hey everyone, sorry about the wait on posting pairings. A note to all of the heads: try to post results as soon as they occur to avoid any confusion. It's easiest for everyone.  With that being said, here are the round 7 varsity pairings! The fir...

Round 6 JV pairings

Round 6 JV pairings

BigTenChess
| Feb 27, 2015

Hey everyone,  The JV pairings for round 6 are here! Match is at the usual noon tomorrow, February 28th, with the same old 90 minute 5 second delay time control. Please try to be online and ready at least 15 minutes ahead of time to avoid chaos a...

BTCL Round 6 Varsity pairings

BTCL Round 6 Varsity pairings

BigTenChess
| Feb 26, 2015

Hey everyone,  Due to conflicting schedules, we pushed last week's match back a week to this Saturday, February 28th. The race for first is very tight, with Illinois sitting atop the standings. There's a four way tie for second between Minnesota,...

Round 4 VARSITY Pairings

Round 4 VARSITY Pairings

BigTenChess
| Feb 4, 2015

Hey all!  After that long hiatus, it sure is good to be back in action! Our next round is this Saturday, February 7th at the usual noon central. Illinois meets Northwestern at the top of the standings after a hard fought victory over Wisconsin Ma...

Round 3 Results and Round 4 Pairings

Round 3 Results and Round 4 Pairings

BigTenChess
| Dec 6, 2014

Hello all! Today is the fourth round of the BTCL! The third round was an exciting affair where many schools were upset.  Northwestern keeps their undefeated streak alive in beating Minnesota, launching them into first. Illinois is also undefea...

BTCL Round 2 Results and Round 3 Pairings

BTCL Round 2 Results and Round 3 Pairings

BigTenChess
| Nov 18, 2014

Hey friends Here they are at last!  In Round 2 many upsets occurred: UW Oshkosh beat Michigan State 4.5 to 0.5 UMN Twin Cities beat Penn State 4.5 to 0.5 Northwestern upset UW Madison 3.5 to 1.5 U of Illinois CU beat U of M Ann Arbor 4 to 1 ...

BTCL Round 2

BTCL Round 2

BigTenChess
| Oct 28, 2014

Hey everybody! Here are the schools that will be paired against each other this Saturday at 12 pm Central on live chess, we hope that chess.com will be done with their labeling so that the games will be able to be viewed this time! The first tea...

BTCL Varsity Results Round 1

BTCL Varsity Results Round 1

BigTenChess
| Oct 22, 2014

Hey everyone Sorry about the late posting but we've been busy with school.  Both Whitewater and Dearborn started off with forfeits against Northwestern and Oshkosh respectively and the U of MN Twin Cities had a bye.  Teams in first place are Uni...

BTCL JV round 1

BTCL JV round 1

BigTenChess
| Oct 17, 2014

Hey all,  Round one for the BTCL JV section is closed and ready to go. Note that the first player listed is white.    20.xxxShephard, Duncan (0.0,2092)xxxTran Bach, Hai (0.0,nnnn) 21.xxxZhou, Shibo (0.0,nnnn)xxxRichman, Jonothan (0.0,2078) 22...

BTCL Game #1

BTCL Game #1

BigTenChess
| Oct 14, 2014

Hey everyone! The BTCL will be kicking off this Saturday at 12 Central on the Live Chess Servers for G/120 w/5 sec delay games! These are the teams playing: Round 1: Purdue University vs. University of Wisconsin Madison University of Michiga...

Creation of Big Ten Chess League

Creation of Big Ten Chess League

BigTenChess
| Oct 4, 2014

Hey everyone! The Big Ten Universities are beginning the BTCL, a League intended to promote chess at the intercollegiate level the way it never was before!  We will be competing once or twice a month on Saturdays in G/120 games and intend to meet ...

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