WCL 2026: Division 2B - 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
	Khe	Tou	Inv	She	Nis	Sof	Min	Syd	Que	Buc	tot	SB
Kherson (UKR)		1	.	1	1	(1)	1	(1)	(½)	.	6½	20.75
Toulouse (FRA)	0		(1)	.	1 F	1	1 F	(1)	1	.	6	17.00
Inverness (GBR)	.	(0)		1	.	(1)	1	1	1	(½)	5½	12.75
Sheffield (GBR)	0	.	0		0 F	1	.	(1)	1	1	4	7.50
Niš (SRB)	0	0 F	.	1 F		(½)	(0)	1	.	1	3½	8.75
Sofia (BGR)	(0)	0	(0)	0	(½)		.	.	(1)	(1)	2½	4.75
Minsk (BLR)	0	0 F	0	.	(1)	.		0 F	1	0 F	2	5.00
Sydney (AUS)	(0)	(0)	0	(0)	0	.	1 F		.	1	2	3.50
Québec (CAN)	(½)	0	0	0	.	(0)	0	.		(1)	1½	4.75
Bucharest (ROM)	.	.	(½)	0	0	(0)	1 F	0	(0)		1½	4.75

Pairings
Team A		Team B	match ID	players	raw result	corrected result	match points
*Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05)*
Kherson	vs	Toulouse	1860373	16	16½-15½	16½-15½	1-0
Niš	vs	Bucharest	1860737	16	20-12	20-12	1-0
Sydney	vs	Inverness	1860403	45	31-59	31-59	0-1
Minsk	vs	Québec	1860915	16	16½-15½	16½-15½	1-0
Sheffield	vs	Sofia	1861147	18	19½-16½	19½-16½	1-0

*Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03)*
Toulouse	vs	Sofia	1874371	27	33½-19½	33½-19½	1-0
Québec	vs	Sheffield	1874453	15	9-20	9-20	0-1
Inverness	vs	Minsk	1874527	18	23½-11½	23½-11½	1-0
Bucharest	vs	Sydney	1874551	23	13½-32½	13½-32½	0-1
Kherson	vs	Niš	1874749	15	22-8	22-8	1-0

*Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07)*
Niš	vs	Toulouse	--	--	--	--	0-1
Sydney	vs	Kherson	1889323	16	15-16	15-16	(0-1)
Minsk	vs	Bucharest	--	--	--	--	0-1
Sheffield	vs	Inverness	1889227	18	12-19	12-19	0-1
Sofia	vs	Québec	1889175	19	18½-17½	18½-17½	(1-0)

*Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04)*
Toulouse	vs	Québec	1901301	19	27½-9½	27½-9½	1-0
Inverness	vs	Sofia	1901235	22	18-13	18-13	(1-0)
Bucharest	vs	Sheffield	1901293	15	12-16	12-16	0-1
Kherson	vs	Minsk	1904289	15	15½-1½	15½-1½	1-0
Niš	vs	Sydney	1901775	18	22½-11½	22½-11½	1-0

*Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04)*
Sydney	vs	Toulouse	1913079	54	38-51	38-51	(0-1)
Minsk	vs	Niš	1914457	15	13-11	13-11	(1-0)
Sheffield	vs	Kherson	1913155	15	9½-16½	9½-16½	0-1
Sofia	vs	Bucharest	1912731	24	22-12	22-12	(1-0)
Québec	vs	Inverness	1912827	17	10-21	10-21	0-1

*Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01)*
Toulouse	vs	Inverness	1923795	44	30-21	30-21	(1-0)
Bucharest	vs	Québec	1923597	20	9½-13½	9½-13½	(0-1)
Kherson	vs	Sofia	1924049	15	11-6	11-6	(1-0)
Niš	vs	Sheffield	--	--	--	--	1-0
Sydney	vs	Minsk	--	--	--	--	1-0

*Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06)*
Minsk	vs	Toulouse	--	--	--	--	0-1
Sheffield	vs	Sydney	1939051	15	3-2	3-2	(1-0)
Sofia	vs	Niš	1940225	16	0-0	0-0	(½-½)
Québec	vs	Kherson	1939719	15	0-0	0-0	(½-½)
Inverness	vs	Bucharest	1939477	17	2½-2½	2½-2½	(½-½)

*Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03)*
Toulouse	vs	Bucharest
Kherson	vs	Inverness
Niš	vs	Québec
Sydney	vs	Sofia
Minsk	vs	Sheffield

*Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01)*
Sheffield	vs	Toulouse
Sofia	vs	Minsk
Québec	vs	Sydney
Inverness	vs	Niš
Bucharest	vs	Kherson
updated on 2026-05-14