Welcome in 2024!
We are just about in the New Year, so how about starting 2024 out by registering for our upcoming match versus Team Michigan. All ratings welcome, and best wishes to all of you in the New Year ahead!
Round 6 match versus Indiana now open for registration!
The more the merrier! No, not eggnog (that's probably a hot button topic for a forum question!). I'm talking about members needed to join our upcoming round 6 match against Indiana. Let's roll out some serious numbers for this very winnable match.
Players Needed!
One more day to register for our upcoming match against South Carolina (all ratings needed). Maximum participation is our greatest chance at success in league play, so please consider supporting your team and state.
70TH ANNUAL ALABAMA STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The 70th Annual Alabama State Chess Championship is being held September 1-3, 2023, at the SportsMed Stadium Club at Toyota Field (Home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas MiLB team), 500 Trash Panda Way, Madison, AL 35758. There are three sections (P...
Time Out Ratios in USTCL Play
I have previously mentioned that I will be paying closer attention to time out ratios for the upcoming 2023-2024 USTCL season. League rules allow for team admins to remove any participants with a time out ratio exceeding 15%. The purpose of this ...
2024 USTCL Division 2 Season Announcement
jcohen42 0 #1 Welcome to the 2023-2024 season of the USTCL! In Division 2 this year, we welcome three teams from Division 1 - Michigan, South Carolina and North Carolina, and two teams from Division 3 - Indiana and Maryland. Belo...
2023 USTCL Division 2 Standings Update
Latest update: Division 2 Updated: 5/6/23 Pos. Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 1 Arizona 9/9 AB HI MN AL OR CO OH CA NM 2 California 7/8 OR CO HI AB OH AL NM AZ MN 3 Hawaii 6/8 NM AZ CA OH MN AB AL OR CO 4 Oregon 5/9 CA NM OH...
2023 USTCL Division 2 Standings Update
Latest update: Division 2 Updated: 5/6/23 Pos. Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 1 Arizona 9/9 AB HI MN AL OR CO OH CA NM 2 California 7/8 OR CO HI AB OH AL NM AZ MN 3 Hawaii 6/8 NM AZ CA OH MN AB AL OR CO 4 Oregon 5/9 CA ...
2023 USTCL Division 2 Standings Update
Here's the latest standings. Looks like Arizona does indeed have a clean sweep.. Well done! Division 2 Updated: 4/21/23 Pos. Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 1 Arizona 9/9 AB HI MN AL OR CO OH CA NM 2 California 7/8 OR CO HI AB OH...
2023 USTL Division 2 Standings Feb 7 2023
Here are tentative standings along with links to the accepted Round 8 matches: Division 2 Updated: 2/3/23 Pos. Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 1 Arizona 6/6 AB HI MN AL OR CO OH CA NM 1 California 6/6 OR CO HI AB OH AL NM AZ MN ...
Some Other Chess Groups of Interest
With a lot of new members to Alabama Chess, just wanted to share some other chess groups on Chess.com that might be of interest to some of you. Here are four groups that I also belong to: 1. Alabama Chess Federation (the official state affiliate...
2021-2022 Division 2 Official Final Standings
2021-22 Season Final Standings: Division 2 jcohen42 Follow Jan 1, 2023, 2:00 PM|0 It seems that with every passing year, Division 2 begins to look more and more like a second Division 1. Some of the best and most competitive matches in t...
2022 USTCL Division 2 FINAL Standings
2023 USTL Division 2 Rules and Schedule
Welcome to the 2022-2023 season of USTCL! For Division 2, we welcome Hawaii and Arizona from Division 3, and New Mexico and Colorado from Division 1. Below are the full rules, but you can always find them here, along with team membership and fil...
2022-2023 USTL Structure
Announcement of 2022-23 Season Structure jcohen42 Follow Jun 1, 2022, 11:00 AM|8 First off, I just want to thank you all for a successful 2021-22 season. It was the season with the most teams in league history, and we were able to comple...
Invitation for Alabama Chess to join this group to play as a team.
I got this invite and was wondering what the interest level would be from our group. Apparently, some of the other state teams from the USTL have joined this group, and I do like the various tournaments based on ratings as this gives opportunitie...
2022 USTL Division 2 Standings Update
pkinnicutt 0 #123 Tentative standings as of April 30, 2022. Red=loss, Green=win, Yellow-draw, White=undecided. Please be aware that these standings could change due to score adjustments from fair play, multi-state and other violation...
Interest in Off season Friendly Matches?
2022 Offseason Friendlies jcohen42 Follow Updated: Apr 1, 2022, 10:33 AM| 8 With all 2021-22 season matches currently in progress, and the next season not starting until July, we have officially entered the USTCL offseason. Many teams l...
Last Match of the Season!
Greetings Alabama Chess! Registration is open for our upcoming last round match versus Ohio. Let's go out with a bang with a large turnout, so please consider joining. Thanks everyone!
2022 USTL Division 2 Standings Update
Good luck in the last round everyone! Here are the latest tentative standings and the links to all the matches as of today, March, 3, 2022. As a reminder, these are tentative and will may change as scores get adjusted due to fair play violations a...
Please Join The Upcoming Match Against Ontario!
We need a lot more participation in the upcoming match against Ontario, so please consider joining today or tomorrow. Thanks everyone!
2022 USTL Division 2 Standings Update
Tentative standings as of Feb. 5, 2022 as well as Round 8 links added: Pos. Team Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 1 Ontario(ON) 7/7 CA MN OR OH AB IN TN AL NY 2 Alabama(AL) 5/5 NY AB CA IN MN TN OR ON OH 3 New York(NY) 4/5 AL CA MN ...
Alabama v. Ontario
Hey everyone, big upcoming match against Ontario in round 9 of the current USTL season. We need a lot of participation in order to have a chance against them. We are both undefeated, at the moment, so this match will obviously have huge implicati...
Maximum Participation
As we move into the last three rounds of the 2021-2022 USTL Division 2 Season, we really need maximum participation from all of our members, especially the top ranking ones. These last three rounds are going to be very tough as we are facing some...
