CC26 Knockout Cup Forum
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Chambro1970
Aug 19, 2025
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#1
Aug 19, 2025
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#2
This year, the last 16 from the CC25 cup get an automatic bye through to the 2nd Round. The following teams will be seeded in the 2nd Round (Northern Knights, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Tayside FS, Lancashire, Glamorgan, London, Yorkshire, Munster, Inverness, Somerset, Berkshire, Lanarkshire, Herefordshire-Worcestershire-Shropshire, Kent), and will play the winners of the Round One matches.
The minimum number of players per matches will change slightly from last year. In Round One the minimum will be 5. In rounds 2&3 the minimum will be 8. Quarter Final onwards 10+ players
***Once a player plays for a team in the 2026 Cup that will be their designated team for all County Championship competitions in 2026, including the rated limited leagues e.g. U1600, U1300.
Please set your matches up as follows:
Match Name: CC26 Cup [Round] [Team 1] vs [Team 2]
(e.g., “CC26 Cup R1 Yorkshire vs Dorset”)
- 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 for R1; 8 for R2&3; 10 QF> Max: leave free
- Concurrent Games: 2
- Start Date: 14th September for Round 1 All other rounds: No more than 2 weeks after the challenge has been sent.
- Start Time: Any time
- AUTO-START: n/a
- Games are RATED: on
Aug 19, 2025
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#3
Fixtures
# Team withdrawn from the competition.
Aug 19, 2025
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#8
Team Buckinghamshire will be delighted to take part again. Thanks for organising another season!
Inverness wish to participate again. Thanks
Oxfordshire please.
Aug 27, 2025
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#16
| CC26 Matches to setup: 27/08/2025 | |
| Division | Match |
| Cup 2026 | Cornwall County vs Team Suffolk |
| Cup 2026 | Norfolk Knights vs Highlands & Islands Team |
| Cup 2026 | Team Cambridgeshire vs Team Essex-Chelmsford |
Aug 29, 2025
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#18
Link to CC26 cup results
| CC26 Matches to setup: 29/08/2025 | |
| Division | Match |
| Cup 2026 | Cornwall County vs Team Suffolk |
| Cup 2026 | Norfolk Knights vs Highlands & Islands Team |
| Cup 2026 | Team Cambridgeshire vs Team Essex-Chelmsford |
Aug 31, 2025
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#19
Due to lack of engagement, H&I are being withdrawn to be replaced by Inverness CC. Norfolk therefore have a bye to round two.
The Round 2 match Norfolk vs Lancashire L&L can therefore be set up as soon as possible.
Essex v Cambs challege sent please can Cambs accept ASAP https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/3194486
