WCL 2026: Division 2A - Chess Forums

Oct 7, 2025

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Rules: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/wcl-2026-rules

Team contacts: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/wcl-2026-divisions-and-team-contacts

All match results are preliminary and indicative (occasionally updated by hand). Consult https://chessresults.pythonanywhere.com/WCL2026.htm for live results and rankings.

One team promotes to Division 1. Three teams are relegated to Division 3.

Results may change due to ex-post corrections (see rules) until the cut-off dates on September, 30th (for relegation) and December, 31st (for the final ranking).

Cross Table
	Lvi	Alm	Kos	Mel	Pra	Udi	Mes	Ath	Met	Edi	tot	SB
Lviv (UKR)		1	1	.	(1)	1	(1)	(0)	.	1	6	20.00
Almaty (KAZ)	0		1	1	(0)	1 F	1 F	.	.	1	5	15.50
Košice (SVK)	0	0		.	.	1 F	1	1	0	(1)	4	9.50
Melbourne (AUS)	.	0	.		1	(0)	0	1	1 F	1	4	9.50
Prague (CZE)	(0)	(1)	.	0		.	(½)	1	1 F	(0)	3½	10.25
Udine (ITA)	0	0 F	0 F	(1)	.		.	1	0 F	1 F	3	8.00
Messini (GRE)	(0)	0 F	0	1	(½)	.		(1)	0 F	.	2½	7.75
Athens (GRE)	(1)	.	0	0	0	0	(0)		1 F	.	2	8.00
Metz (FRA)	.	.	1	0 F	0 F	1 F	0 F	0 F		0 F	2	7.00
Edinburgh (GBR)	0	0	(0)	0	(1)	0 F	.	.	1 F		2	5.50

Pairings
Team A		Team B	match ID	players	raw result	corrected result	match points
*Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05)*
Prague	vs	Melbourne	1862565	49	46½-5½	46½-5½	0-1
Messini	vs	Košice	1860845	18	17½-18½	17½-18½	0-1
Athens	vs	Udine	1861865	15	13-17	13-17	0-1
Metz	vs	Edinburgh	--	--	--	--	0-1
Lviv	vs	Almaty	1860621	22	24-19	24-19	1-0

*Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03)*
Melbourne	vs	Almaty	1875239	23	17½-27½	17½-27½	0-1
Edinburgh	vs	Lviv	1874763	21	10-30	10-30	0-1
Udine	vs	Metz	--	--	--	--	0-1
Košice	vs	Athens	1874745	16	19½-12½	19½-12½	1-0
Prague	vs	Messini	1874603	22	22-18	20-20	(½-½)

*Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07)*
Messini	vs	Melbourne	1890353	16	17½-12½	17½-12½	1-0
Athens	vs	Prague	1889163	28	22½-32½	22½-32½	0-1
Metz	vs	Košice	1890749	15	18½-1½	18½-1½	1-0
Lviv	vs	Udine	1890757	18	24-12	24-12	1-0
Almaty	vs	Edinburgh	1890309	20	35-5	35-5	1-0

*Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04)*
Melbourne	vs	Edinburgh	1901295	21	28½-8½	28½-8½	1-0
Udine	vs	Almaty	--	--	--	--	0-1
Košice	vs	Lviv	1901839	21	15½-21½	15½-21½	0-1
Prague	vs	Metz	--	--	--	--	1-0
Messini	vs	Athens	1903865	17	17-13	17-13	(1-0)

*Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04)*
Athens	vs	Melbourne	1912991	20	9-24	9-24	0-1
Metz	vs	Messini	--	--	--	--	0-0
Lviv	vs	Prague	1913045	23	22½-15½	22½-15½	(1-0)
Almaty	vs	Košice	1915249	18	21-10	21-10	1-0
Edinburgh	vs	Udine	--	--	--	--	0-1

*Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01)*
Melbourne	vs	Udine	1925485	15	9-12	9-12	(0-1)
Košice	vs	Edinburgh	1923931	16	13-7	13-7	(1-0)
Prague	vs	Almaty	1925709	26	14½-13½	14½-13½	(1-0)
Messini	vs	Lviv	1924713	16	5-16	5-16	(0-1)
Athens	vs	Metz	--	--	--	--	1-0

*Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06)*
Metz	vs	Melbourne	--	--	--	--	0-1
Lviv	vs	Athens	1939167	19	4-5	4-5	(0-1)
Almaty	vs	Messini	--	--	--	--	1-0
Edinburgh	vs	Prague	1939521	24	4-2	4-2	(1-0)
Udine	vs	Košice	--	--	--	--	0-1

*Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03)*
Melbourne	vs	Košice
Prague	vs	Udine
Messini	vs	Edinburgh
Athens	vs	Almaty
Metz	vs	Lviv

*Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01)*
Lviv	vs	Melbourne
Almaty	vs	Metz
Edinburgh	vs	Athens
Udine	vs	Messini
Košice	vs	Prague