CC26 Division 5 Forum

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

R1 Challenges:

Leicestershire> Shetland https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3248877

CC26 D5 R1:

Cornwall challenge sent

https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3248937

Match open:

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/cornwall-county/1877497

R2 challenge Renfrewshire > Cornwall https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3262831

Match open:

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/cornwall-county/1888115

Cornwall Division 5 Round 3

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/cornwall-county/1901289

Match open.

CC26 D5 R4

Cornwall challenge:

https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3295865

Match open:

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/cornwall-county/1912767

R4 challenges:

• Renfrewshire v Shetland https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3295879

CC26 D5 R5

Cornwall challenge:

https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3311381

Match open:

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/cornwall-county/1924327