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Please post any changes to team admins below. Full list of teams and admins for 2026 in this >Link< In particular if any teams have a lead admin for CCUK&I competitions please post them here and the names can be re-ordered in listing. Thanks to all teams. **** Updated list 28/05/26 **** Team Admin 1 Admin 2 Admin 3 Aberdeenshire Ayrshire BDG Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire Cefn Gwlad Cymru Cornwall County Derbyshire County Chess Devon Chess @DragonWest Edinburgh-Lothian Essex County Chess Group Glamorgan Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire @AndrewSC21 @Kenworthy Hertfordshire County Chess Inverness Chess Club Kent Checkmates Lanarkshire Lancashire Lads and Lasses @blackfirestorm @glamdring27 Leicestershire and Rutland @blackfirestorm @Hakmat London Munster Norfolk Knights Northern Knights @Quiddity Oxfordshire Chess Assoc @BizzOX14 @Maidfordrook  Province of Ulster @kookaburrra @slievedonard Renfrewshire Rooks Royal County of Berkshire @1KevT @jmoston Shetland Chess Club Somerset Wyvern Tayside Fife and Stirlingshire @munrobagger @maxmurraychess Team Birmingham Team Buckinghamshire Team Cambridgeshire Team Channel Islands Team Cheshire @blackfirestorm @Asbrega Team Connacht @kookaburrra @aidfur Team Dorset Team Essex-Chelmsford Team Gloucestershire Team Hampshire Team Leinster @kookaburrra @wikicha Team Lincolnshire Team Nottinghamshire Team Staffordshire Team Suffolk Team Surrey Team Sussex Team Wiltshire The Isle of Man @dfhunter @kookaburrra Warwickshire County Chess Yorkshire Terriers @Tricky_Dicky @KittyB @superdrewe53

This is a short guide for new admins, specifically for county clubs taking part in the County Championship. Important You must be a member of the CCCUKI group in order to receive: announcements, fixtures, league tables, and multiplayer violation notifications. CCCUKI Competitions There are currently four competitions in the CCCUKI calendar: Full League Open to players of all ratings. This is the main CCCUKI competition and usually runs from December through to August each year. Rounds are generally spaced every 28 days. Knockout Cup Also open to all ratings. This is a separate knockout competition which runs concurrently with the main league season. New rounds are created once both teams have progressed from the previous round. Under 1600 Competition Restricted to players rated below 1600. League format. Under 1300 Competition Restricted to players rated below 1300. League format. Announcements & Fixtures As an admin, you will need to monitor round announcements carefully. You should normally receive notifications in your Chess.com mailbox. Alternatively, announcements can be accessed directly through the CCCUKI group page menu. Inside each announcement you will find: fixtures, match parameters, minimum player requirements, and start dates/times. Setting Up Matches Below is a quick guide originally posted by TMCL TD @stephen_33 and adapted for CCCUKI. Method 1 – Creating Matches from Your Own Club Page From your own club page, click New Club Tournament /Match. This opens the Tournaments page. Scroll down to Club Daily Match. Enter the name of the club you wish to challenge. Typing the first few letters will normally display matching clubs. Enter the match title. Example:CC26 2026 U1300 R7: Edinburgh-Lothian v Yorkshire Terriers Check the game type is set to: Standard Chess Set the time control to: 3 days Enter the correct start date and time. Important: ensure the minutes field is set to 00. Under Players, enter the rating restriction if applicable: 1300 for U1300 1600 for U1600 Under Players Per Club, enter the minimum number required for your division in the Min box. Disable AutoStart This is enabled by default and should be switched off, but should not effect the match start if no upper player numbers are specified. Once everything has been checked carefully, click Create. Method 2 – Creating Matches Directly from the Opponent Club Page Click the team link in the CCCUKI announcement. On the opponent’s club page, click Challenge. Scroll down and select Daily Match. Fill in the relevant match details as above. Enter the match title manually. Note: club names are not automatically inserted. Check: Standard Chess 3 days per move Enter the correct start date and time. Again, ensure the minutes field is set to 00. Enter any relevant rating restrictions. Enter the minimum player requirement for your division. Disable AutoStart. Once satisfied everything is correct, click Create. After the Match Is Created Once the match has been set up, admins should monitor player numbers to ensure the minimum team requirement is reached. Teams are encouraged to strengthen participation by: posting club announcements, sending personal invitations/messages, and actively recruiting players. This is fully permitted within CCCUKI rules and is commonly used by the more competitive teams. Active communication and recruitment can make a significant difference to both participation levels and team success.

Open League Champions 2011 Team Gloucestershire  2012 Yorkshire Terriers 2013-14 Team Sussex 2015 Team Sussex 2016 Team Sussex 2017 Team Dorset, Team Sussex, Yorkshire Terriers 2018 Leinster 2019 Leinster 2020 Somerset Wyvern 2021 Munster 2022 Norfolk Knights 2023 Team Buckinghamshire 2024 Kent Checkmates 2025 Herefordshire-Worcestershire-Shropshire Knockout Cup Champions 2016 Team Sussex 2017 Leinster 2018 Somerset Wyvern 2019 Yorkshire Terriers 2020 Somerset Wyvern 2021 Norfolk Knights 2022 Team Channel Islands 2023 Lanarkshire 2024 Kent Checkmates 2025 Inverness Chess Club U1600 League Champions 2018 Leinster 2019 Somerset Wyvern 2020 Norfolk Knights 2021 Glamorgan 2022 Glamorgan 2023 Yorkshire Terriers 2024 Glamorgan 2025 Yorkshire Terriers U1300/U1200* League Champions 2021 Team Connacht* 2022 Somerset Wyvern 2023 Lancashire Lads & Lasses 2024  Team Dorset 2025 Team Dorset Live League Champions 2020     Norfolk Knights New Team League Champions 2020     Royal County of Berkshire

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OPEN LEAGUE TD: @Chambro1970 ROUND Announcement Date Round Start Date ROUND 1 26/11/2025 10/12/2025 ROUND 2 24/12/2025 07/01/2026 ROUND 3 21/01/2026 04/02/2026 ROUND 4 18/02/2026 04/03/2026 ROUND 5 18/03/2026 01/04/2026 ROUND 6 15/04/2026 29/04/2026 ROUND 7 13/05/2026 27/05/2026 ROUND 8 10/06/2026 24/062026 ROUND 9 08/07/2026 22/07/2026 U1600 LEAGUE TD: @markh01 ROUND Announcement Date Round Start Date ROUND 1 07/04/2026  21/04/2026 ROUND 2 07/05/2026  21/05/2026 ROUND 3 07/06/2026  21/06/2026 ROUND 4 07/07/2026 21/07/2026 ROUND 5 07/08/2026  21/08/2026 ROUND 6 07/09/2026  21/09/2026 ROUND 7 07/10/2026 21/10/2026 U1300 LEAGUE TD: @markh01 ROUND Announcement Date Round Start Date ROUND 1 01/04/2026  15/04/2026 ROUND 2 30/04/2026  14/05/2026 ROUND 3 31/05/2026  14/06/2026 ROUND 4 30/06/2026 14/07/2026 ROUND 5 31/07/2026  14/08/2026 ROUND 6 31/08/2026  14/09/2026 ROUND 7 30/09/2026 14/10/2026

Hi everyone I don’t know if you will find this of use in your teams. With a lot of new players joining the teams I have had a few questions as to how they can join team matches. I have put together this brief guide to explain things. Feel free to copy this into your own team pages if you think it will be of use. Any errors let me know and I will amend. Thanks

How the Sonneborn–Berger is used in County Championship tables As posted in notes this is how the Sonneborn–Berger is calculated. ‘The Sonneborn–Berger score (or the Neustadtl score) is a scoring system often used to break ties in chess tournaments. It is computed by summing the conventional score of each defeated opponent, and half the conventional score of each drawn opponent.’ In practice, for conventional OTB tournaments, this would be calculated and published after each round is completed to decide tie-breaks for equal match points. As daily, 3 days per move, team matches on Chess.com have multiple rounds running concurrently and with no fixed definitive end point a slightly different approach for publishing tables has been adopted. This has no adverse consequences for the final tables or positioning of teams. The method used assumes that all ‘in progress’ matches have league points gained even if neither team has actually reached a winning match score at that point in time. The SB points are then calculated on the assumption that the final match points will be awarded as per the current match position. In the early stages of the league matches this method assigns tie-break points for unfinished matches to facilitate easier sorting of league tables and is only indicative of team progress. As the league progresses and matches reach a conclusion, then the SB calculation becomes definitive and relevant for confirming league position should head to head not produce a result. Hope that clarifies the current methodology.

Below is an updated list of the current teams competing or interested in competing in the UK & Ireland County Championship. Please use as a guide when sending challenges. Please let me know if there are any errors or links that are no longer accurate. Aberdeenshire  Ayrshire BDG  Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire Royal County of Berkshire  Team Birmingham  Team Buckinghamshire  Team Cambridgeshire  Cefn Gwlad Cymru (Wales excluding Glamorgan) Team Channel Islands  Team Cheshire  Team Connacht Cornwall County  Derbyshire County Chess  Devon Chess  Team Dorset  Edinburgh-Lothian  Team Essex-Chelmsford Glamorgan  Team Gloucestershire  Team Hampshire  Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire  Hertfordshire County Chess  Inverness Chess Club  The Isle of Man  Kent Checkmates Lanarkshire  Lancashire Lads & Lasses  Leicestershire & Rutland  Team Leinster  Team Lincolnshire London  Munster  Norfolk Knights  Northern Knights (Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland) Team Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Chess Association (Formally Oxford Ospreys) Renfrewshire Rooks  Shetland Chess Club  Somerset Wyvern  Team Staffordshire  Team Suffolk  Team Surrey  Team Sussex  Tayside, Fife and Stirlingshire  Province of Ulster Warwickshire County Chess  Team Wiltshire  Yorkshire Terriers       

Please use this forum for all matters relating to Division 3. The team links and the 2026 fixtures can be found below. The results and tables can be found by clicking this link: CC26 League Results The minimum number of players for a division 3 match is 6 but please aim for more.  2 teams will be promoted/relegated at the end of the season based on position in the league (In exceptional circumstances less teams maybe relegated to reorganise the division, (if a team withdraws, for example). CC26 matches will be at regular 28 day intervals, this is to avoid the March fixture congestion of previous seasons. Round dates are below, announcements will be published 2 weeks prior to these dates R1 - 10 DECEMBER  R2 - 7 JANUARY R3 - 4 FEBRUARY R4 - 4 MARCH R5 - 1 APRIL R6 - 29 APRIL R7 - 27 MAY R8 - 24 JUNE R9 - 22 JULY  Challenges should be sent only after the instruction is received in a news item. Either team can send the challenge. If a team does not have enough players by the time & day the match is due to start, the match will be defaulted and the points awarded to the opposition, if both teams fail to get enough players both teams will default. Please set up all matches as follows: To create a match in the new format, please refer to this FORUM League Matches Match Name: "CC26 [Division] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC25 D3 R1 Team Buckinghamshire vs Munster”) **Note that the club names are not now added automatically, you will have to type these in. Description: Can be left blank or a link to this group https://www.chess.com/club/county-championship-council-uk-and-ireland Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; max: none Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min: 6. Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: See fixture table above Start Time: Any time AUTO-START: N/A Games are RATED: on Links for the teams competing in Division 3 in 2026 are: Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire Cefn Gwlad Cymru  Team Gloucestershire  Team Hampshire  Lancashire Lads & Lasses  Team Lincolnshire Munster  Norfolk Knights  Northern Knights Team Staffordshire 

Please use this forum for all matters relating to Division 4. The team links and the 2026 fixtures can be found below. The results and tables can be found by clicking this link: CC26 League Results The minimum number of players for a division 3 match is 5 but please aim for more.  2 teams will be promoted/relegated at the end of the season based on position in the league (In exceptional circumstances less teams maybe relegated to reorganise the division, (if a team withdraws, for example). CC26 matches will be at regular 28 day intervals, this is to avoid the March fixture congestion of previous seasons. Round dates are below, announcements will be published 2 weeks prior to these dates R1 - 10 DECEMBER  R2 - 7 JANUARY R3 - 4 FEBRUARY R4 - 4 MARCH R5 - 1 APRIL R6 - 29 APRIL R7 - 27 MAY R8 - 24 JUNE R9 - 22 JULY  Challenges should be sent only after the instruction is received in a news item. Either team can send the challenge. If a team does not have enough players by the time & day the match is due to start, the match will be defaulted and the points awarded to the opposition, if both teams fail to get enough players both teams will default. Please set up all matches as follows: To create a match in the new format, please refer to this FORUM League Matches Match Name: "CC26 [Division] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC25 D4 R1 Team Buckinghamshire vs Munster”) **Note that the club names are not now added automatically, you will have to type these in. Description: Can be left blank or a link to this group https://www.chess.com/club/county-championship-council-uk-and-ireland Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; max: none Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min: 5. Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: See fixture table above Start Time: Any time AUTO-START: N/A Games are RATED: on Links for the teams competing in Division 4 in 2026 are: Aberdeenshire  Team Cheshire  Devon Chess  Team Essex  Team Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Chess Association Team Suffolk  Province of Ulster Warwickshire County Chess  Team Wiltshire 

Please use this forum for all matters relating to Division 2. The team links and the 2026 fixtures can be found below. The results and tables can be found by clicking this link: CC26 League Results The minimum number of players for a division 2 match is 8 but please aim for more.  2 teams will be promoted/relegated at the end of the season based on position in the league (In exceptional circumstances less teams maybe relegated to reorganise the division, (if a team withdraws, for example). CC26 matches will be at regular 28 day intervals, this is to avoid the March fixture congestion of previous seasons. Round dates are below, announcements will be published 2 weeks prior to these dates R1 - 10 DECEMBER  R2 - 7 JANUARY R3 - 4 FEBRUARY R4 - 4 MARCH R5 - 1 APRIL R6 - 29 APRIL R7 - 27 MAY R8 - 24 JUNE R9 - 22 JULY  Challenges should be sent only after the instruction is received in a news item. Either team can send the challenge. If a team does not have enough players by the time & day the match is due to start, the match will be defaulted and the points awarded to the opposition, if both teams fail to get enough players both teams will default. Please set up all matches as follows: To create a match in the new format, please refer to this FORUM League Matches Match Name: "CC26 [Division] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC26 D2 R1 Team Buckinghamshire vs Munster”) **Note that the club names are not now added automatically, you will have to type these in. Description: Can be left blank or a link to this group https://www.chess.com/club/county-championship-council-uk-and-ireland Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; max: none Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min: 8. Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: See fixture table above Start Time: Any time AUTO-START: N/A Games are RATED: on Links for the teams competing in Division 2 in 2026 are: Team Cambridgeshire  Team Connacht Derbyshire County Chess  Team Dorset  Edinburgh-Lothian  Hertfordshire County Chess  Inverness Chess Club  Somerset Wyvern  Team Sussex  Yorkshire Terriers 

Here is a quick guide to setting up matches that was posted by TMCL TD @stephen_33, which I have amended for the CC23 U1300. # From your own club, click on 'New Event' (opens the 'Tournaments' page) Scroll down to 'New Daily Club Match' Fill in details of the challenging club and the club you want to challenge (enter the first 4 letters of the club name and matching club names will be shown) Enter match title (CC23 2023 U1300 R7: etc). **Note that the club names are not now added automatically, you will have to type these in. Check/enter type of game (Standard Chess) and time control (3 days) Enter start date and time, remembering now to also enter '00' in the minutes field! Under 'Players', enter 1300 in 'Rating Max' box For 'Players Per Club', enter the minimum for your division in the Min box You must now disable AutoStart! because it's set to On by default (move the slider to the left) Once you're fully satisfied that your challenge is correctly set up, click on Create. You can also set these up by clicking on the team link in the announcement: Click challenge on the club page you are challenging Scroll down to Daily match and select it. Fill in the relevant boxes as set out above Enter match title (CC23 2023 U1300 R7: etc). **Note that the club names are not now added automatically, you will have to type these in. Check/enter type of game (Standard Chess) and time control (3 days) Enter start date and time, remembering now to also enter '00' in the minutes field! Under 'Players', enter 1300 in 'Rating Max' box For 'Players Per Club', enter the minimum for your division in the Min box You must now disable AutoStart! because it's set to On by default (move the slider to the left) Once you're fully satisfied that your challenge is correctly set up, click on Create.

Please use this forum for all matters relating to Division 5. The team links and the 2026 fixtures can be found below. The results and tables can be found by clicking this link: CC26 League Results The minimum number of players for a division 5 match is 4 but please aim for more.  2 teams will be promoted/relegated at the end of the season based on position in the league (In exceptional circumstances less teams maybe relegated to reorganise the division, (if a team withdraws, for example). CC26 matches will be at regular 28 day intervals, this is to avoid the March fixture congestion of previous seasons. Round dates are below, announcements will be published 2 weeks prior to these dates R1 - 10 DECEMBER  R2 - 7 JANUARY R3 - 4 FEBRUARY R4 - 4 MARCH R5 - 1 APRIL R6 - 29 APRIL R7 - 27 MAY Challenges should be sent only after the instruction is received in a news item. Either team can send the challenge. If a team does not have enough players by the time & day the match is due to start, the match will be defaulted and the points awarded to the opposition, if both teams fail to get enough players both teams will default. Please set up all matches as follows: To create a match in the new format, please refer to this FORUM League Matches Match Name: "CC26 [Division] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC25 D5 R1 Team Buckinghamshire vs Munster”) **Note that the club names are not now added automatically, you will have to type these in. Description: Can be left blank or a link to this group https://www.chess.com/club/county-championship-council-uk-and-ireland Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; max: none Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min: 4. Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: See fixture table above Start Time: Any time AUTO-START: N/A Games are RATED: on Links for the teams competing in Division 5 in 2025 are: Ayrshire BDG  Team Birmingham  Cornwall County  The Isle of Man  Leicestershire & Rutland  Team Leinster  Renfrewshire Rooks  Shetland Chess Club 

Please use this forum for all matters relating to Division 1. The team links and the 2026 fixtures can be found below. The results and tables can be found by clicking this link: CC26 League Results The minimum number of players for a division 1 match is 10 but please aim for more.  2 teams will be relegated at the end of the season based on position in the league (In exceptional circumstances less teams maybe relegated to reorganise the division, (if a team withdraws, for example). CC26 matches will be at regular 28 day intervals, this is to avoid the March fixture congestion of previous seasons. Round dates are below, announcements will be published 2 weeks prior to these dates R1 - 10 DECEMBER  R2 - 7 JANUARY R3 - 4 FEBRUARY R4 - 4 MARCH R5 - 1 APRIL R6 - 29 APRIL R7 - 27 MAY R8 - 24 JUNE R9 - 22 JULY  Challenges should be sent only after the instruction is received in a news item. Either team can send the challenge. If a team does not have enough players by the time & day the match is due to start, the match will be defaulted and the points awarded to the opposition, if both teams fail to get enough players both teams will default. Please set up all matches as follows: To create a match in the new format, please refer to this FORUM League Matches Match Name: "CC26 [Division] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC25 D1 R1 Team Buckinghamshire vs Munster”) **Note that the club names are not now added automatically, you will have to type these in. Description: Can be left blank or a link to this group https://www.chess.com/club/county-championship-council-uk-and-ireland Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; max: none Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min: 10. Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: See fixture table above Start Time: Any time AUTO-START: N/A Games are RATED: on Links for the teams competing in Division 1 in 2026 are: Royal County of Berkshire  Team Buckinghamshire  Team Channel Islands  Glamorgan  Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire (C) Kent Checkmates Lanarkshire  London  Team Surrey  Tayside, Fife and Stirlingshire 

Please use this forum for all matters relating to Division 5. The team links and the 2025 fixtures can be found below. The results and tables can be found by clicking this link: CC25 League Results The minimum number of players for a division 2 match is 4 but please aim for more.  2 teams will be promoted at the end of the season based on position in the league (In exceptional circumstances less teams maybe relegated to reorganise the division, (if a team withdraws, for example). CC25 matches will be at regular 28 day intervals, this is to avoid the March fixture congestion of previous seasons. Round dates are below, announcements will be published 2 weeks prior to these dates R1 - 10 DECEMBER  R2 - 7 JANUARY R3 - 4 FEBRUARY R4 - 4 MARCH R5 - 1 APRIL R6 - 29 APRIL R7 - 27 MAY R8 - 24 JUNE R9 - 22 JULY  Challenges should be sent only after the instruction is received in a news item. Either team can send the challenge. If a team does not have enough players by the time & day the match is due to start, the match will be defaulted and the points awarded to the opposition, if both teams fail to get enough players both teams will default. Please set up all matches as follows: To create a match in the new format, please refer to this FORUM League Matches Match Name: "CC25 [Division] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC25 D5 R1 Team Buckinghamshire vs Munster”) **Note that the club names are not now added automatically, you will have to type these in. Description: Can be left blank or a link to this group https://www.chess.com/club/county-championship-council-uk-and-ireland Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; max: none Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min: 4. Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: See fixture table above Start Time: Any time AUTO-START: N/A Games are RATED: on Links for the teams competing in Division 5 in 2025 are: Ayrshire BDG  Cornwall County  Team Essex  Highlands & Islands Team  The Isle of Man  Leicestershire & Rutland  Renfrewshire Rooks  Shetland Chess Club  Warwickshire County Chess 

Open League Champions 2011 Team Gloucestershire 2012 Yorkshire Terriers 2013-14 Team Sussex 2015 Team Sussex 2016 Team Sussex 2017 Team Dorset, Team Sussex, Yorkshire Terriers 2018 Leinster 2019 Leinster 2020 Somerset Wyvern 2021 Munster 2022 Norfolk Knights U1800/U1600 League Champions 2017 Yorkshire Terriers 2018 Leinster 2019 Somerset Wyvern 2020 Norfolk Knights 2021 Glamorgan 2022 Glamorgan U1300/U1200 League Champions 2021 Team Connacht 2022 TBC Knockout Cup Champions 2016 Team Sussex 2017 Leinster 2018 Somerset Wyvern 2019 Yorkshire Terriers 2020 Somerset Wyvern 2021 Norfolk Knights 2022 TBC Live League Champions 2020 Norfolk Knights New Team League Champions 2020 Royal County of Berkshire Full Results: Open League Detailed standings from each year's main competition. 2009–2010 The first attempt at an English County Championship was seemingly abandoned in late 2010. 2011 In 2011, teams were placed into leagues according to their number of members. As far as I can tell, this was meant to be a ranking, making Group A the highest division. Group A 1st Gloucestershire 2nd Lancashire Lads and Lasses 3rd Yorkshire Terriers 4th Worcestershire 5th Essex 6th Staffordshire 7th Devon 8th Dorset Group B 1st Buckinghamshire 2nd Cheshire 3rd Sussex 4th Surrey 5th Northamptonshire 6th Somerset 7th Middlesex 8th Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire 9th Kent 10th Hertfordshire Group C 1st Hampshire 2nd Durham 3rd Wiltshire 4th Cambridgeshire 5th Herefordshire 6th Leicestershire 2012 Division 1 1st Yorkshire Terriers 2nd Worcestershire 3rd Buckinghamshire 4th Gloucestershire 5th Lancashire Lads and Lasses 6th Devon 7th Essex 8th Surrey Division 2 1st Sussex 2nd Staffordshire 3rd Hampshire 4th Dorset 5th Northamptonshire 6th Somerset 7th Middlesex Division 3 1st Kent Checkmates 2nd Leicestershire 3rd Herefordshire 4th Norfolk Knights 5th Cambridgeshire 6th Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire 7th Hertfordshire 2013–14 It seems that the three-division system was abandoned in favour of a single division, owing to a drop in participants. At least, I can't find a record of any Division 2. 1st Sussex 2nd Gloucestershire 3rd Staffordshire 4th Yorkshire Terriers 5th Buckinghamshire 6th Worcestershire 7th Lancashire Lads and Lasses 8th Devon 9th Essex 10th Norfolk Knights 11th Herefordshire 2015 In 2015, teams were split randomly into two groups. The winners of each group played each other to find the champion. Group A 1st Sussex 2nd Gloucestershire 3rd Norfolk Knights 4th Yorkshire Terriers 5th Buckinghamshire 6th Herefordshire 7th Lancashire Lads and Lasses 8th Leinster Group B 1st Buckinghamshire 2nd Worcestershire 3rd Devon 4th The Lothians 5th Dorset 6th Essex 7th Lanarkshire Teams in bold qualified for 2016's Division 1 Teams in normal font qualified for 2016's Division 2 Teams in italics qualified for 2016's Division 3 Play-Off Sussex Buckinghamshire 2016 2016 switched to a tiered three-division system. Division 1 1st Sussex 2nd Worcestershire 3rd Gloucestershire 4th Buckinghamshire 5th Devon 6th Norfolk Knights Division 2 1st Yorkshire Terriers 2nd Dorset 3rd Staffordshire 4th Herefordshire =5th Essex =5th The Lothians Division 3 1st Leinster =2nd Connacht =2nd Lanarkshire =2nd Renfrewshire Rooks 5th Cumbria 6th Suffolk Teams in bold were either champions or were promoted to the division above Teams in italics were relegated to the division below 2017 Division 1 =1st Dorset =1st Sussex =1st Yorkshire Terriers 4th Hampshire 5th Devon 6th Worcestershire 7th Buckinghamshire Division 2 1st Leinster 2nd Lancashire Lads and Lasses 3rd Renfrewshire Rooks 4th Connacht 5th Staffordshire 6th Norfolk Knights 7th Essex Division 3 1st Birmingham 2nd Somerset Wyvern 3rd Hampshire 4th London Knights 5th The Marches 6th Suffolk 7th Cumbria Teams in bold were either champions or were promoted to the division above Teams in italics were relegated to the division below 2018 Division 1 1st Leinster 2nd Sussex 3rd Yorkshire Terriers 4th Dorset 5th Devon 6th Gloucestershire 7th Lancashire Lads and Lasses Division 2 1st Somerset Wyvern 2nd Staffordshire 3rd Renfrewshire Rooks 4th Hampshire 5th Birmingham 6th Norfolk Knights 7th Connacht 8th Worcestershire Division 3 1st London Knights 2nd Northern Knights 3rd Essex 4th Suffolk 5th Kent Checkmates 6th The Marches 7th Cambridgeshire 8th Munster Teams in bold were either champions or were promoted to the division above Teams in italics were relegated to the division below 2019 Team map Division 1 1st Leinster 2nd Yorkshire Terriers 3rd Somerset Wyvern 4th Sussex =5th Dorset =5th Renfrewshire Rooks =5th Staffordshire 8th Devon Division 2 1st Northern Knights 2nd Gloucestershire 3rd Hampshire 4th Lancashire Lads and Lasses 5th Norfolk Knights 6th Birmingham 7th London Knights 8th Essex Division 3 1st Kent Checkmates 2nd Munster 3rd Suffolk 4th Worcestershire 5th The Marches 6th Cheshire 7th East Midlands 8th Connacht Teams in bold were either champions or were promoted to the division above Teams in italics were relegated to the division below 2020 Team map Full scoreboards Division 1 1st Somerset Wyvern 2nd Yorkshire Terriers 3rd Leinster 4th Sussex 5th Hampshire 6th Gloucestershire 7th Northern Knights 8th Staffordshire 9th Dorset 10th Renfrewshire Rooks Division 2 1st Munster 2nd Lancashire Lads and Lasses 3rd Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire 4th Norfolk Knights 5th London 6th Birmingham 7th Kent Checkmates 8th Suffolk 9th Devon Division 3 1st Surrey 2nd Cheshire 3rd Ulster 4th Cambridgeshire 5th Channel Islands 6th Buckinghamshire 7th Connacht 8th East Midlands 9th Essex Teams in bold were either champions or were promoted to the division above Teams in italics were relegated to the division below 2021 2021 expanded to 4 tiers, with Division 4 split into A/B. Team map Full scoreboards Division 1 Division One Final Table Points H2H Win % Munster 18 57.59% Team Sussex 12 W1/L1 57.80% Team Hampshire 12 W1/L1 55.03% Herefordshire Worcs Shrops 12 W1/L1 53.16% Somerset Wyvern 10 51.38% Yorkshire Terriers 6 W2/L0 45.59% Lancashire Lads & Lasses 6 W1/L1 49.37% Northern Knights 6 W0/L1 37.50% Team Gloucestershire 5 43.11% Leinster 3 41.53% Division 2 Division Two Final Table Points H2H Win % Norfolk Knights 16 71.55% Team Surrey 14 59.34% Team Dorset 11 48.75% London 9 49.38% Team Staffordshire 8 57.63% Province of Ulster 7 46.81% Team Cheshire 4 38.21% Team Birmingham 3 36.87% Renfrewshire Rooks 0 27.24% Division 3 Division Three Final Table Points H2H Win % Team Buckinghamshire 13 67.37% Kent Checkmates 12 66.79% Team Channel Islands 11 65.22% Team Connacht 8 35.77% Devon Chess 4 W1/L1 43.08% Team Suffolk 4 W1/L1 41.80% Team Cambridgeshire 4 W1/L1 39.29% Essex County Chess Group 0 30.32% Division 4A Division Four A Final Table Points H2H Win % Royal County of Berkshire 18 69.21% Lanarkshire 16 65.63% Leicestershire and Rutland 13 60.37% The Isle of Man 12 58.61% Team Nottinghamshire 10 48.89% Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire 7 48.24% Warwickshire County Chess 6 40.16% Cefn Gwlad Cymru 4 31.82% Cornwall County 2 1-0 33.86% Aberdeenshire 2 0-1 26.04% Division 4B Division Four B Final Table Points H2H Win % Tayside Fife and Stirlingshire 16 1-0 60.00% Glamorgan County Chess-Club 16 0-1 65.80% Edinburgh-Lothian 14 55.63% Wiltshire 9 47.67% Derbyshire County Chess 8 W2/L0 45.28% Hertfordshire County Chess 8 W1/L1 43.69% Oxford Ospreys 8 W0/L2 43.62% Team Lincolnshire 6 38.21% Highlands and Islands Team 5 25.74% Team Glasgow 0 Teams in Green were either champions or were promoted to the division above Teams in Red were relegated to the division below 2022 2022 expanded to 5 tiers. Team map Full scoreboards Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division Four Table Final Points H2H SB Win % Team Nottinghamshire 14 46 61.42% Derbyshire County Chess 13 39.5 60.63% Hertfordshire County Chess 12 36 54.57% Edinburgh-Lothian 11 34.5 58.43% Wiltshire 7 13.5 44.69% Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire 6 1-0 9 47.95% The Isle of Man 6 0-1 14 44.05% Leicestershire and Rutland 3 3.5 41.96% Essex County Chess Group 0 0 26.92% Division 5 Division Five Table Final Points H2H SB Win % Aberdeenshire 13 38.5 60.82% Warwickshire County Chess 9 1-0 22.5 52.69% Team Lincolnshire 9 0-1 25.5 58.19% Cefn Gwlad Cymru 8 19 47.98% Ayrshire BDG 7 16.5 55.22% Cornwall County 6 18 51.83% Oxford Ospreys 2 Win 2 22.41% Highlands and Islands Team 2 Forfeit 6 27.56% 2023 🗺 CC23 Team Map Full scoreboards Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Full Results: U1800 or U1600 League Standings from the rating-capped leagues. 2011 U1800 League In 2011, teams were placed into leagues according to their number of members. As far as I can tell, this was meant to be a ranking, making Group A the highest division. Only the top two groups took part in the U1800 League. Group A 1st Yorkshire Terriers 2nd Worcestershire 3rd Dorset 4th Gloucestershire 5th Essex 6th Staffordshire 7th Lancashire Lads and Lasses 8th Devon Group B 1st Somerset 2nd Middlesex 3rd Northamptonshire 4th Kent 5th Sussex 6th Surrey 7th Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire 8th Cheshire 9th Buckinghamshire 10th Hertfordshire 2018 U1600 League In 2018, U1600 teams were split randomly into two groups. The winners of each group played each other to find the champion. Group A 1st Somerset Wyvern 2nd Hampshire 3rd Birmingham 4th Renfrewshire Rooks 5th Dorset =6th Cheshire =6th Essex Group B 1st Leinster 2nd Sussex 3rd Yorkshire Terriers =4th Kent Checkmates =4th Norfolk Knights 6th Staffordshire Play-Off Somerset Wyvern Leinster 2019 2019 used a three-way final between the winners of each group. Group A 1st Birmingham 2nd Leinster 3rd Channel Islands 4th Munster 5th Suffolk Group B 1st Renfrewshire Rooks 2nd Sussex 3rd Lancashire Lads and Lasses 4th Dorset 5th Hampshire 6th Kent Checkmates Group C 1st Somerset Wyvern 2nd Ulster 3rd Yorkshire Terriers 4th Staffordshire 5th Norfolk Knights 6th Connacht Play-Off 1st Somerset Wyvern 2nd Renfrewshire Rooks 3rd Birmingham 2020 Full scoreboard 2020 used a four-way final between the winners of each group. Group A 1st Leinster 2nd Hampshire 3rd Munster 4th Staffordshire 5th Oxford Ospreys 6th Sussex 7th Kent Checkmates Group B 1st Norfolk Knights 2nd Glamorgan 3rd Ulster 4th Connacht 5th Renfrewshire Rooks 6th Nottinghamshire 7th Cheshire Group C 1st Suffolk 2nd Essex 3rd Somerset Wyvern 4th London 5th Leicestershire and Rutland 6th Aberdeenshire 7th Channel Islands Group D 1st Dorset 2nd Yorkshire Terriers 3rd Birmingham 4th Hertfordshire 5th Lancashire Lads and Lasses 6th Glasgow Playoff 1st Norfolk Knights 2nd Suffolk 3rd Leinster 4th Dorset Full Results: Cups 2013–14 It seems that this cup was never finished. Yorkshire seemed to beat Sussex in their semi-final on the countback rule, and Staffordshire beat Lancashire in a quarter-final, but this may or may not have been reversed after fair play violations. Whoever won, Worcestershire never played them in their semi-final, and no one played Yorkshire in a final. Possibly, this makes Yorkshire technical cup winners, entitling them to one, possibly two handles. Preliminary Round Worcestershire Devon Round 1 Essex Sussex Yorkshire Terriers Buckinghamshire Lancashire Lads and Lasses Staffordshire Gloucestershire Worcestershire Semi Finals Sussex Yorkshire Terriers ... Worcestershire Final (unplayed) Yorkshire Terriers ... 2016 Preliminary Round Worcestershire Dorset Round 1 Renfrewshire Rooks Norfolk Knights Cumbria Devon Herefordshire Leinster Sussex Lancashire The Lothians Gloucestershire Connacht Buckinghamshire Staffordshire Worcestershire Suffolk Yorkshire Terriers Round 2 Worcestershire Sussex Yorkshire Terriers Renfrewshire Rooks Leinster Gloucestershire Buckinghamshire Cumbria Semi-Finals Sussex Yorkshire Terriers Gloucestershire Buckinghamshire Final Buckinghamshire Sussex 2017 In 2017, the semi-finalists of 2016's cup advanced straight to Round 3. Preliminary Round Birmingham London Knights Round 1 Lancashire Lads and Lasses Devon Suffolk Staffordshire Cumbria Leinster Essex Connacht Renfrewshire Rooks Birmingham Dorset Norfolk Knights The Marches Somerset Hampshire Worcestershire Round 2 Lancashire Lads and Lasses Birmingham Dorset Hampshire Staffordshire Somerset Wyvern Leinster Connacht Round 3 Sussex Dorset Gloucestershire Somerset Wyvern Lancashire Lads and Lasses Buckinghamshire Yorkshire Terriers Leinster Semi-Finals Gloucestershire Leinster Lancashire Lads and Lasses Dorset Final Leinster Dorset 2018 In 2018, the quarter-finalists of 2017's cup advance straight to Round 2. The new East Midlands team also advanced straight to Round 2. Round 1 Hampshire London Knights Northern Knights Devon Renfrewshire Rooks Birmingham Connacht Staffordshire The Marches Norfolk Knights Munster Worcestershire Cambridgeshire Suffolk Essex Kent Checkmates Round 2 Devon Norfolk Knights Sussex Kent Checkmates Somerset Wyvern Staffordshire Hampshire Lancashire Lads and Lasses Leinster Munster Yorkshire Terriers Dorset Gloucestershire Cambridgeshire Renfrewshire Rooks East Midlands Round 3 Leinster Cambridgeshire Yorkshire Terriers Devon Sussex Hampshire Renfrewshire Rooks Somerset Wyvern Semi-Finals Sussex Leinster Devon Somerset Wyvern Final Sussex Somerset Wyvern 2019 2019 used a three-way final. Round 1 Kent Renfrewshire Rooks Northern Knights The Marches Essex Leinster Norfolk Knights Suffolk Birmingham Worcestershire Somerset Wyvern Staffordshire Connacht Munster Lancashire Lads and Lasses Devon London Knights East Midlands Dorset Yorkshire Terriers Gloucestershire Hampshire Cheshire Sussex Round 2 Renfrewshire Rooks Munster The Marches Lancashire Lads and Lasses Leinster London Knights Norfolk Knights Yorkshire Terriers Birmingham Gloucestershire Somerset Wyvern Sussex Round 3 Renfrewshire Rooks Yorkshire Terriers Lancashire Lads and Lasses Birmingham Leinster Sussex Final 1st Yorkshire Terriers 2nd Leinster 3rd Lancashire Lads and Lasses 2020 Full scoreboard In 2020, the four teams still playing the 2019 cup (Yorkshire Terriers, Lancashire Lads and Lasses, Leinster, and Sussex) received a bye to the second round. Round 1 Buckinghamshire Staffordshire Essex Suffolk London Northern Knights Norfolk Knights Connacht Kent Checkmates Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire Ulster Renfrewshire Rooks Gloucestershire Cheshire Birmingham East Midlands Somerset Wyvern Hampshire Channel Islands Devon Surrey Dorset Munster Cambridgeshire Round 2 Leinster Yorkshire Terriers Birmingham Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire Renfrewshire Rooks Cambridgeshire London Somerset Wyvern Norfolk Knights Lancashire Lads and Lasses Essex Buckinghamshire Sussex Dorset Channel Islands Cheshire Quarter-Finals Sussex Cheshire Somerset Wyvern Yorkshire Terriers Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire Lancashire Lads and Lasses Semi-Finals Sussex Cambridgeshire Somerset Wyvern Lancashire Lads and Lasses Final Cambridgeshire Somerset Wyvern 2021 Full scoreboard Preliminary Round Cornwall Warwickshire Glamorgan Highlands and Islands Hertfordshire Berkshire Nottinghamshire Leicestershire and Rutland Derbyshire Oxford Ospreys Round 1 Norfolk Knights Northern Knights Cornwall Dorset Munster Renfrewshire Rooks Glamorgan Ulster Birmingham Lancashire Lads and Lasses Hertfordshire Somerset Wyvern Leicestershire and Rutland Hampshire Sussex Staffordshire London Cheshire Derbyshire Buckinghamshire Yorkshire Terriers Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire Channel Islands Suffolk Kent Checkmates Gloucestershire Leinster Surrey Cambridgeshire Devon Connact Essex Round 2 Cheshire Surrey Glamorgan Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire Derbyshire Sussex Norfolk Knights Cambridgeshire Hampshire Dorset Munster Connacht Channel Islands Kent Checkmates Somerset Wyvern Birmingham Quarter-Finals Surrey Kent Checkmates Somerset Wyvern Munster Norfolk Knights Hampshire Sussex Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire Semi-Finals Somerset Wyvern Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire Norfolk Knights Surrey Final Norfolk Knights Full Results: Live League 2020 1st Norfolk Knights 2nd Kent Checkmates 3rd Sussex 4th Munster 5th Leinster 6th Lancashire Lads and Lasses 7th Cambridgeshire 8th Hertfordshire Full Results: New Team League Details Full scoreboard The New Team League was a one-off tournament for the many new teams that were created in spring/summer 2020. The winners of each of the five groups played each other for the win. Group A 1st Derbyshire 2nd Highlands and Islands 3rd Northamptonshire Group B 1st Hertfordshire 2nd Leicestershire and Rutland 3rd Cornwall Group C 1st Glamorgan 2nd Nottinghamshire 3rd Cefn Gwlad Group D 1st Berkshire 2nd Oxford Ospreys 3rd Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire Group E 1st Warwickshire 2nd Aberdeenshire 3rd Wiltshire Playoff 1st Berkshire 2nd Warwickshire 3rd Glamorgan 4th Hertfordshire 5th Derbyshire Click here for larger image Last updated: 29th November 2021