The Champions League is an eleven round Robin team match tournament between the various football teams on chess.com. The main purpose of the Champions League is to provide as many players as possible the chance to play against people from around the world in friendly competition. To this end, Admins are asked to accept all players who apply into their group. If an applicant is already playing for another Champions League team, send the applicant a message explaining that they can only play for one team before you accept them. If players from other Teams apply, please send them a message telling them which team they could apply to.
Each team is asked to supply two admins to serve as Team representatives.
Rounds start on ... February, March, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November. Admins who are members of the Champions League group will receive a News Item with the instructions for each new round. Announce the match in your group explaining that all members are welcome to join regardless of their rating or experience, and encourage as many players to sign up as possible. Admins are asked not to delete players from the roster or group, or try to discourage players from joining based on their rating, and they may lose matches where this appears to have happened by disqualification.
If you notice a player in the opponent's roster who is playing in another Champions League match for a different team, please notify the admin directly, and resolve the problem before you lock your roster. You can find the names of the Super Admins and Admins who handle Champions League matches in the Team Representatives 2013 thread.
Report problems meeting the minimum number of players, players being deleted from your opponent's roster, etc. to the TMCL 2013 Match Problems Thread.
If you have any suggestions about how the Champions League tournament format or groups could be improved, you can post them to the Suggestions thread.
If you would like to chat, congratulate or thank someone, tell jokes, rant or vent, please post to the Champions League Open Discussion thread. Please do not chat in the Group Notes.
Scoring System: Teams will be awarded 2 points for every match they win, and 1 point for every match they draw. Ties will be settled by Neustadtl score, as in other chess.com tournaments.
The Champions League is an eleven round Robin team match tournament between the various football teams on chess.com. The main purpose of the Champions League is to provide as many players as possible the chance to play against people from around the world in friendly competition. To this end, Admins are asked to accept all players who apply into their group. If an applicant is already playing for another Champions League team, send the applicant a message explaining that they can only play for one team before you accept them. If players from other Teams apply, please send them a message telling them which team they could apply to.
Each team is asked to supply two admins to serve as Team representatives.
Rounds start on ... February, March, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November. Admins who are members of the Champions League group will receive a News Item with the instructions for each new round. Announce the match in your group explaining that all members are welcome to join regardless of their rating or experience, and encourage as many players to sign up as possible. Admins are asked not to delete players from the roster or group, or try to discourage players from joining based on their rating, and they may lose matches where this appears to have happened by disqualification.
If you notice a player in the opponent's roster who is playing in another Champions League match for a different team, please notify the admin directly, and resolve the problem before you lock your roster. You can find the names of the Super Admins and Admins who handle Champions League matches in the Team Representatives 2013 thread.
Report problems meeting the minimum number of players, players being deleted from your opponent's roster, etc. to the TMCL 2013 Match Problems Thread.
If you have any suggestions about how the Champions League tournament format or groups could be improved, you can post them to the Suggestions thread.
If you would like to chat, congratulate or thank someone, tell jokes, rant or vent, please post to the Champions League Open Discussion thread. Please do not chat in the Group Notes.
Scoring System: Teams will be awarded 2 points for every match they win, and 1 point for every match they draw. Ties will be settled by Neustadtl score, as in other chess.com tournaments.
2009 Match Links and Results
Premier League
2010 Match Links and Results
Premier League
2011 Match Links and Results
Premier League & Division One
2012 Match Links and Results
Premier League
Division One
2013 Match Links and Results
Premier League
Division One
Division Two