CC25 Division 1 Forum

Please use this forum for all matters relating to Division 1. 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 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).

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 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 2025 are:

	Royal County of Berkshire
	Team Buckinghamshire
	Team Dorset
	Glamorgan
	Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire
	Kent Checkmates
	Lanarkshire
	Somerset Wyvern
	Team Surrey
	Tayside, Fife and Stirlingshire

Fixtures

Challenge sent Lanarkshire vs Buckinghamshire https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3031681

Challenge sent Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire vs Team Surrey https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3032165

Glamorgan v Tayside

Match

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/tayside-fife-and-stirlingshire/1708235

Lanarkshire vs Somerset challenge https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3045247

Kent vs Dorset challenge sent: https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3045249

TFS vs Surrey challenge sent https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3045721