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Below you find the divisions for WCL 2026 with team contacts. Please provide a second team contact if it is still missing. Team contacts in parentheses are closed, inactive or don't accept messages. Please replace. If team contacts change, report the new contacts in the comment section. Promotion and degradation has been determined by the live standings on chessteams.info of 1 oktober 2025. Due to withdrawals, some wild cards have become available, which have been filled with reduced degradation and additional promotion. Please check whether your teams has been allocated to the division you expected (or which is acceptable for you). Some swaps might still be possible. Anyone who is interested in helping with the organisation of the Cities Leagues is invited to contact @RainPiper or @serhiivolokh. Division 1 Team admin 1 admin 2 Buenos Aires (ARG) @Guinie @Delirantetotal  The Hague (NLD) @RainPiper  @smirknov  Barcelona (ESP) @Mortadeloking @robl3 Shostka (UKR) @KatyKat11   Prishtina (KOS) @armendmulakaj1984 @kali_i_bekuar Beograd (SRB) @grujicdragan @nemirena Baku (AZE) @ramin_chess @seyranhacibeyli Zagreb (CRO) (2) @tomislav_1979 @zvonimirz Kharkiv (UKR) (2) @YanaB @Enhard Glasgow (GBR) (2) @rogerthecabinboy @StuartFAnderson        Division 2A Team admin 1 admin 2 Prague (CZE) (1) @dale00007 @LancelotDuLac Messini (GRE) @manitarius @chesswine27 Athens (GRE) @Anastasakis @chessnna Metz (FRA) @blastingchess @menthe Lviv (UKR) @karina55 @SergijTymchuk Almaty (KAZ) @krypton00 @alchemist01 Edinburgh (GBR) @Penguin89C @CCCUKI Udine (ITA) (3) @MauTrav @andrewud Košice (SVK) (3) @SlovakAustralia @yosipko Melbourne (AUS) (3) @durny @19andrew64       Division 2B Team admin 1 admin 2 Kherson (UKR) @believepony @kostyazaharov Niš (SRB) @laki_69 @iksnicamod Sydney (AUS) @kookaburrra @spiritof_Australia Minsk (BLR) @hervasij_vylivaha @sergtaw Sheffield (GBR) @KittyB @superdrewe53 Sofia (BGR) @panstoy @Valyo1954 Québec (CAN) @mlongpre2 @borisside Inverness (GBR) (3) @martinhind3  @arendijus Bucharest (ROM) (3) @costinc19 @lvali40 Toulouse (FRA) (3) @deep-blou @captainmorue       Division 3A Team admin 1 admin 2 Yerevan (ARM) (2) @gevorg1983 @hikohil Perth (AUS) (2) @vetuspetram @dugite295 Uttar Pradesh (IND) @shikharthechampionn @CHEEKU_07 Berdychiv (UKR) @Berdgross @Defenderalist Singapore (SGP) @hiyyo @boonthamchess Lyon (FRA) @felinferoce @ludovic69 Norwich (GBR) @matt1979 @mrsdribble Chelmsford (GBR) (4) @cccuki @captainstarkiller Khmelnitskiy (UKR) (4) @serhiivolokh @ruslan_immunity Calabria (ITA) (4) @lupodellasila @FrancescoCicero92       Division 3B Team admin 1 admin 2 Brisbane (AUS) (2) @igroki789 @NorthAussie421 Budapest (HUN) @atudor60 @carina_e Bratislava (SVK) @security1985 @enoshan Brno (CZE) @vezekmin @lamanchacz Donetsk (UKR) @serhiivolokh @V1738 Torino (ITA) @giampiero111 @danieleairola Fortaleza (BRA) (4) @CzarPc @Jiffyc Philadelphia (USA) (4) @jcohen42 @WafflesASAP  Córdoba (ARG) (4) @pulpopaz @wallyup Hertford (GBR) (4) @chambro1970 @boringlovechild       Division 3C Team admin 1 admin 2 Adelaide (AUS) (2) @stephen0804 @mc-aarony London (GBR) @markh01 @paulyd81 Toronto (CAN) @Penguincw   Reggio Emilia (ITA) @pacio8 @purplechess46 Maracena (ESP) @XeKinJok @Pertinhez76 Lisbon (PRT) @jcoelho72 @lmcduarte Rostock (GER) (4) @jabba-ranks @bravehart1811 Dhaka (BGD) (4) @Afiyajr @N8sun Bretagne (FRA) (4) @kookaburrra @bluewarriorbird Perth (GBR) (4) @munrobagger @cccuki       Division 4A Team admin 1 admin 2 Castilla y León (ESP) (3) @postari @maxi1968 Plovdiv (BUL) (3) @pistons   Bordeaux (FRA) @Rookover @ChezTreize Farsley (GBR) @anthonychess82 @davet65 Honolulu (USA) @uptophigh @alohakauai Boulogne (FRA) @rclboris @bryanflr Mexico City (MEX) @benjatorr @buazel Bologna (ITA) @JFSebastianKnight  @DirkFlasche Kansas City (USA) @VivaLaOdin @blktgr Rochester (USA) @wlsonb @PlatypusofDoom       Division 4B Team admin 1 admin 2 Thessaloniki (GRE) (3) @anastasios @Vasilis_64 Tehran (IRI) @mobarez @leila-love Nottingham (GBR) @cccuki @cheeseman1998 Tlmače (SVK) @kikobbx @mestaniskoo88 Connacht (IRL) @rizlaprince @cccuki Cherkasy (UKR) @yuriy_leonidov @shumaaher Milano (ITA) @dag_stinner @supermatt69 Atlanta (USA) @badger2222222222222 @aitm19 Mykolayiv (UKR) @Dimon131 @kyrylo26 Brasilia (BRA) @Victor_SEP @luizevandro       Division 4C Team admin 1 admin 2 Ulster (GBR/IRL) (3) @kookaburrra @vivoj Roma (ITA) @racine6 @barocci Leeds (GBR) @pannalman @tricky_dicky Oxford (GBR) @BizzOX14 @CCCUKI Karagandy (KAZ) @vmlopach @bruno_asfalto Hobart (AUS) @etoile7 @kookaburrra São José RP (BRA) @acm_arthurkhachaturyan   Kish Island (IRI) @mobarez @kiavash21 Venezia (ITA) @Doktor_Oleg   Kyiv (UKR) @adriano81         Division 4D Team admin 1 admin 2 Canberra (AUS) (3) @kookaburrra @spiritof_Australia Ternopil (UKR) (3) @zybex9 @ninifu Zaporizhzhia (UKR) @serhiivolokh @larsorub Darwin (AUS) @nods69 @kookaburrra Jakarta (INA) @niskala-wastukancana @ssakti Sumy (UKR) @Yanenko70 @vstrelnik Levice (SVK) @Peter_Geffert @martinez_95 Izmir (TUR) @sademh @ege_izmir Sfantu Gheorghe (ROM) @Bold17A  @PatilnikBlockade  Lleida (ESP) @xaviof         Division 4E Team admin 1 admin 2 Aberdeen (GBR) (3) @russtay73  @Toddy1997 São Paulo (BRA) (3) @Schincariol @Silver-grayknight Makeevka (UKR) @Zodchy-8686 @ivankosh Bradford (GBR) @chriswray   Birmingham (GBR) @sezlez @eblingmis Khankendi (AZE) @seyranhacibeyli @riadfuadoglu777 Isle of Man (GBR) @dfhunter @CCCUKI Marseille (FRA) @memento_usque_ad_mortem @grognard37 Porto Alegre (BRA) @dkrummenauer @wind Dnipro (UKR) @serhiivolokh @eduard_1980

World Cities League (WCL) Rules (updated October 2025, changes in italics) 1. General principles The World Cities League (WCL) is a team match tournament between city teams on chess.com. Its main purpose is to give chess.com members the opportunity to compete with players from other cities in a friendly sphere. The board of the WCL consists of the admins of the chess.com group “World Cities League HQ”. All details of the league organisation not specified in the rules are under the discretion of the board. The board will let its decision be guided by the principles of inclusion (make matches happen!) and fair play. One single team per city is invited to the World Cities League. If there are several teams for a city, the best ranked one on the team match leaderboard is invited first. Region teams can participate if there are no participating teams from cities within the respective region. When conflicts between overlapping regions and cities arise, the board decides on a case-to-case basis. All teams should mention a city in their name. The suggested text for the team profile description is: “This team represents [city or regional name] in the World Cities League.” 2. Set-up of the league The WCL is played out on an annual basis, with the first round starting in November and the last round starting in July. The year of the season is the year in which the last round starts. The WCL consists of four divisions, with Divisions 2 and lower containing several parallel groups. The normal division size is 10 teams. Groups in Division 4 may be smaller, depending on the total number of participating teams. Division 1 with 10 teams. Division 2 with 20 teams in two parallel groups. Division 3 with 30 teams in three parallel groups. Division 4 with all remaining teams in several parallel groups. All (groups in) divisions play a Round Robin tournament with one round per month. The normal starting date of each round is the first Wednesday of each month. After the finish of each season, teams are promoted and relegated: Two teams are relegated from Div. 1 to Div. 2. Two teams promote from Div. 2 to Div. 1 (one per group). Six teams are relegated from Div. 2 to Div. 3 (three per group). Six teams promote from Div. 3 to Div. 2 (two per group). Ten teams are relegated from Div. 3 to Div. 4 (three per group + the worst 7th ranked team). Ten teams promote from Div. 4 to Div. 3 (the top two from each group). The Chess960 World Cities League (Chess 960 WCL) and the European Cities League (ECL) follow the rules of the WCL closely. They have their own formats and schedules as described in Appendix F (Chess 960 WCL) and G (ECL). Schedules are set up to complement the WCL so that city matches are ongoing throughout the full year. 3. Announcement of rounds and match challenges Date and time of the start of a round are announced by a news item in the WCL HQ group two weeks in advance. Match challenges should be issued (by either of the teams) and accepted as fast as possible, but one week before the start of the round at the latest. See Appendix A for the necessary match parameters. If for unforeseen reasons the match challenge is accepted later than one week before the start of the round, the match may be replaced by a new match with a starting date that leaves one week for registering players. This is under the discretion of the WCL board and must be co-ordinated by message exchange. If a challenge is not accepted at the announced start of the round, the team that has received the challenge loses by forfeit (match result: 1 for the challenger, 0 for the challenged). If neither of the teams issues a challenge until the announced start of the round, both teams lose by forfeit (match points: 0 for both teams). If the match starts and ends regularly, match points are allocated 1-0 for the winner or ½-½ in case of a draw. The match result may be corrected for several reasons, see Sections 4-6. Teams are not allowed to lock their rosters before the scheduled start of the match. Unaccepted challenges may be cancelled after the announced start date of the round. 4. Minimum number of players In each division, there is a minimum number of players for each match for Division 1: 20 players (WCL), 15 players (ECL), 15 players (Chess 960 WCL) for Division 2: 15 players (WCL), 12 players (ECL), 12 players (Chess 960 WCL) for Division 3: 10 players (WCL), 9 players (ECL), 9 players (Chess 960 WCL) for Division 4: 5 players (WCL), 7 players (ECL), 6 players (Chess 960 WCL) for Division 5: --- (WCL), 5 players (ECL), 5 players (Chess 960 WCL) A team that does not reach the player minimum at the scheduled date, loses the match by forfeit. A forfeit loss can be overruled if both teams agree to start the match with the required number of players later. A delayed match start may not be later than the start of the following round. Forfeited matches may be cancelled after the announced start date of the round. 5. Foreign flag players The flag of the country the city is located in is considered the home flag of the team. All players with a different flag than the home flag are considered “foreign flag players”. This also applies to the international flag. The number of foreign flag players is limited to 1 in each cumulative (possibly incomplete) block of 4 players (i.e. max 1 player on boards 1-4, max 2 players on boards 1-8, max 3 players on boards 1-12 etc.) Foreign flag players in excess of these cumulative maxima are considered irregular players and their results are corrected according to Appendix D. Foreign flag players are checked from top to bottom: The players on the highest possible boards are considered regular, the rest irregular. A violation of the foreign flag player rule must be claimed in the forum of the respective league/division. It is not checked automatically. For a number of teams additional flags are recognised as home flags. These teams and the additional home flags are listed in Appendix C. If a team thinks that its characteristics warrant its addition to this list of exceptions, it can send a request to the WCL board. Granting this request is under discretion of the WCL board. 6. Multi-team players Each player is only allowed to play for one team during one season in one league. Each player is assigned a home team. This is the first team a player joins in a season. Alle games for this team are regular, are games for other teams are irregular multi-team-player games and are counted as lost. If a player has not played more than one match for a different team, his home team may be changed once in a season. This is under the discretion of the WCL board and depends on time capacity and technical implementation. 7. Match result correction for closed accounts If players’ accounts are closed for Fair Play Violation by chess.com, these players are considered irregular players and their results are corrected according to Appendix D. 8. Removal of players In general, admins are not allowed to remove players from the rosters of their teams. As an exception to the general rule, admins may remove players in the following cases: Players with a timeout percentage of at least 25%. Multi-team players. Foreign flag players in excess of the foreign flag maximum. 9. Final results of a season For a season starting in November, the cut-off date for promotion and relegation is September, 30th. The match results at this cut-off date determine promotion and relegation of teams for the following season. The final standings of the season will be determined after all games of all matches have been finished or ultimately on December, 31st. Promotion and relegation decisions will be unaffected by this. The ranking of the teams both at the cut-off date as in the final standings will be determined by the following criteria in descending order: Number of match points. Neustadtl (Sonneborn-Berger) score. Results in the direct encounters of the tied teams. Total game points balance (total points scored less total points scored by the opponents in all matches). Random draw. 10. Rule changes Rule changes appear as updates in the forum thread “WCL rules” and are announced as a group news item. Rule adjustments are preferably performed at the start of a season, but might also take place during the season. Rules can be discussed in the forum thread below. Good luck to all teams in their matches and to all players in their games! Appendix A: Match parameters Match Name: WCL[year] R[round]: first city vs. second city (for example, WCL2017 R1: Moscow vs. Zagreb) Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 days Rating Range: none Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: min: differs by division, see below; max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: [as announced by WCL board] Start Time: see below AUTO-START: off Games are RATED: on Start time: Recommended starting time of the match is 16:00 UTC (translate to your time zone). Deviating starting times are accepted if they are on the same calendar day. If teams disagree about the preferred starting time, the team on the left hand side of the pairing ("home team") may decide and formulate the challenge. Appendix B: Team power Wildcard granting and team allocation to the parallel groups of one division is based on past performance in the WCL or other city team competitions. If information of this sort is not available, a tentative indicator of the team strength is calculated: Average rating of the group + number of members of the group. Appendix C: Foreign flag exceptions Teams of English cities: British and English flags count as home flags. Teams of Scottish cities: British and Scottish flags count as home flags. Teams of Catalan cities (Barcelona): Spanish and Catalan flags count as home flags. Teams of French cities (Paris, Bordeaux, Metz, Montauban): French, Monaco and Guadeloupe flags count as home flags. Teams Sevastopol and Makeevka: Ukrainian and Russian flags count as home flags. Team Prishtina: Kosovo and Albanian flags count as home flags. Team Tabriz: Iranian and Azerbaijan flags count as home flags. Vatican City: Vatican and Italian flags count as home flags. Team Bijeljina: Flags of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia count as home flags. Province of Ulster: British and Irish flags count as home flags. Minsk: International flags count as home flags in addition to the Belarus flag (muted). Isle of Man: Isle of Man and UK flags count as home flags. Appendix D: Match result corrections The following players are considered “irregular players”: Players whose account is closed for Fair Play Violation. Excess foreign flag players (see Section 5). Multi-team players (see Section 6). The results of irregular players will be corrected in the following way: Irregular player against regular player: 0-2. Irregular player against irregular player: 1-1. Appendix E (Chess960 WCL): The Chess960 WCL is played out on an annual basis in addition to WCL, with the first round starting in April. League will be played in 5 divisions in 2025: Division 1 with 10 teams (last 2 teams are relegated to Division 2); Division 2 with 10 teams (top 2 teams are promoted to Division 1, last 2 teams are relegated to Division 3); Division 3 with 10 teams (top 2 teams are promoted to Division 2, last 1 team are relegated to Division 4); Division 4 with 10 teams (top 2 teams are promoted to Division 3, last 1 team are relegated to Division 5); Division 5 all other teams (top 3 teams are promoted to Division 4); Match Name: 960 WCL[year] R[round]: first team vs. second team (for example, 960 WCL2026 R1: Team Kharkiv vs Team Buenos Aires) Minimum players: Division 1 (15+), Division 2 (12+), Division 3 (9+), Division 4 (6+), Division 5 (5+) Ultimate deadline for the season is June 30th Appendix F (European Cities League): F1) Set-up of the league: The ECL is played out on an annual basis in addition to WCL, with the first round starting in November and the last round starting in July. The year of the season is the year in which the last round starts. League will be played in 5 divisions: Division 1 with 10 teams (last 2 teams are relegated to Division 2); Division 2 with 10 teams (top 2 teams are promoted to Division 1, last 2 teams are relegated to Division 3); Division 3 with 10 teams (top 2 teams are promoted to Division 2, last 2 teams are relegated to Division 4); Division 4 with 10 teams (top 2 teams are promoted to Division 3, last 3 teams are relegated to Division 5); Division 5 all the other teams (top 3 teams are promoted to Division 4);  Minimum players: Division 1 (15+), Division 2 (12+), Division 3 (9+), Division 4 (7+), Division 5 (5+) Match Name: ECL[year] R[round]: first team vs. second team (for example, ECL2026 R1: Team Kyiv vs Team Kherson) F2) Merging of WCL and ECL matches If both teams play in the same division of WCL and ECL, then the WCL match is counted for ECL by default too (all rounds of 2024 season will be considered). If both teams agree, then they can set up a separate match as per ECL schedule. Setting up of the match on ECL schedule with proper name is considered as agreement to play a separate match for ECL.

Rules -- Team contacts -- Live standings Minimum players number is 12. Two teams are promoted to Division 1. Two teams are relegated to Division 3. Results may change due to ex-post corrections (see rules) until the cut-off dates on March, 25th (for relegation) and June, 30th (for the final ranking). Cross Table    Niš Bud Brn Mes Pra Edi Sgp Gla Tou For total place Niš (SRB)   . . . . . . . . .   Budapest (HUN) .   . . . . . . . .   Brno (CZE) . .   . . . . . . .   Messini (GRC) . . .   . . 0 . . .   Prague (CZE) . . . .   1 . . . .   Edinburgh-Lothian (SCO) . . . . 0   . . . .   Singapore (SGP) . . . 1 . .   . . .   Glasgow (SCT) . . . . . . .   . .   Toulouse (FRA) . . . . . . . .   .   Fortaleza (BRA) . . . . . . . . .       Pairings Team A   Team B match ID Round 1 (announcement: 2026-04-05, start: 2026-04-19) Budapest vs Toulouse 1931511 Brno vs Glasgow 1931381 Messini vs Singapore 1934173 Prague vs Edinburgh-Lothian 1932847 Niš vs Fortaleza 1931391         Round 2 (announcement: 2026-05-10, start: 2026-05-24) Niš vs Budapest 1947413 Toulouse vs Brno 1947387 Glasgow vs Messini -> Singapore vs Prague 1949851 Fortaleza vs Edinburgh-Lothian 1947633         Round 3 (announcement: 2026-06-07, start: 2026-06-21) Brno vs Niš Messini vs Toulouse Prague vs Glasgow Edinburgh-Lothian vs Singapore Budapest vs Fortaleza         Round 4 (announcement: 2026-07-05, start: 2026-07-19) Niš vs Messini Budapest vs Brno Toulouse vs Prague Glasgow vs Edinburgh-Lothian Fortaleza vs Singapore         Round 5 (announcement: 2026-07-26, start: 2026-08-09) Prague vs Niš Messini vs Budapest Edinburgh-Lothian vs Toulouse Singapore vs Glasgow Brno vs Fortaleza         Round 6 (announcement: 2026-08-16, start: 2026-08-30) Niš vs Edinburgh-Lothian Budapest vs Prague Brno vs Messini Toulouse vs Singapore Fortaleza vs Glasgow         Round 7 (announcement: 2026-09-06, start: 2026-09-20) Singapore vs Niš Edinburgh-Lothian vs Budapest Prague vs Brno Glasgow vs Toulouse   Messini vs Fortaleza         Round 8 (announcement: 2026-09-27, start: 2026-10-11) Niš vs Glasgow   Budapest vs Singapore Brno vs Edinburgh-Lothian Messini vs Prague   Fortaleza vs Toulouse           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-11-08, start: 2026-11-22) Toulouse vs Niš   Glasgow vs Budapest   Singapore vs Brno   Edinburgh-Lothian vs Messini   Prague vs Fortaleza          

Rules -- Team contacts -- Live standings Minimum players number is 15. Two teams are relegated to Division 2. Results may change due to ex-post corrections (see rules) until the cut-off dates on March, 25th (for relegation) and June, 30th (for the final ranking). Cross Table    Kha Lvi BAi Bar Sof Kyi Beo AlmNiš Dha Zag total place Kharkiv (UKR)   . . . . . . . . .   Lviv (UKR) .   . . . . . . . .   Buenos Aires (ARG) . .   . . . . . . .   Barcelona (SPA) . . .   . . . . . .   Sofia (BLG) . . . .   1 . . . .   Kyiv (UKR) . . . . 0   . . . .   Beograd (SRB) . . . . . .   . . .   Almaty (KAZ) . . . . . . .   . .   Dhaka (BGD) . . . . . . . .   .   Zagreb (CRO) . . . . . . . . .       Pairings Team A   Team B match ID Round 1 (announcement: 2026-04-05, start: 2026-04-19) Lviv vs Dhaka 1931287 Buenos Aires vs Almaty 1931873 Barcelona vs Beograd 1931275 Sofia vs Kyiv -> Kharkiv vs Zagreb 1931427         Round 2 (announcement: 2026-05-10, start: 2026-05-24) Kharkiv vs Lviv 1947583 Dhaka vs Buenos Aires 1948413 Almaty vs Barcelona 1949901 Beograd vs Sofia 1949293 Zagreb vs Kyiv 1948811         Round 3 (announcement: 2026-06-07, start: 2026-06-21) Buenos Aires vs Kharkiv Barcelona vs Dhaka Sofia vs Almaty Kyiv vs Beograd Lviv vs Zagreb         Round 4 (announcement: 2026-07-05, start: 2026-07-19) Kharkiv vs Barcelona Lviv vs Buenos Aires Dhaka vs Sofia Almaty vs Kyiv Zagreb vs Beograd         Round 5 (announcement: 2026-07-26, start: 2026-08-09) Sofia vs Kharkiv Barcelona vs Lviv Kyiv vs Dhaka Beograd vs Almaty Buenos Aires vs Zagreb         Round 6 (announcement: 2026-08-16, start: 2026-08-30) Kharkiv vs Kyiv Lviv vs Sofia Buenos Aires vs Barcelona Dhaka vs Beograd Zagreb vs Almaty         Round 7 (announcement: 2026-09-06, start: 2026-09-20) Beograd vs Kharkiv Kyiv vs Lviv Sofia vs Buenos Aires Almaty vs Dhaka   Barcelona vs Zagreb         Round 8 (announcement: 2026-09-27, start: 2026-10-11) Kharkiv vs Almaty   Lviv vs Beograd Buenos Aires vs Kyiv Barcelona vs Sofia   Zagreb vs Dhaka           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-11-08, start: 2026-11-22) Dhaka vs Kharkiv   Almaty vs Lviv   Beograd vs Buenos Aires   Kyiv vs Barcelona   Sofia vs Zagreb          

Rules -- Team contacts -- Live standings Minimum players number is 5. Three teams are promoted to Division 4. Results may change due to ex-post corrections (see rules) until the cut-off dates on March, 25th (for relegation) and June, 30th (for the final ranking). Pairings Team A   Team B match ID Round 1 (announcement: 2026-04-05, start: 2026-04-19) Mexico vs Prešov 1931605 Donetsk vs Porto Alegre 1931253 Bordeaux vs Ulster 1931931 Karagandy vs Darwin 1931625 Leinster vs Aberdeen 1932325 Thessaloniki vs Canberra 1931627 Boulogne vs Zaporizhzhia 1931623 Atlanta vs Plovdiv 1933417 Sfantu Gheorghe vs Rostock 1931773 Lleida vs Farsley 1931295 Hobart vs Manila 1931727 Connacht vs Isle of Man 1931633         Round 2 (announcement: 2026-05-10, start: 2026-05-24) Aberdeen vs Lleida <- Ulster vs Rostock 1947653 Karagandy vs Porto Alegre 1947369 Prešov vs Plovdiv 1947741 Thessaloniki vs Hobart 1947421 Zaporizhzhia vs Isle of Man 1947603 Donetsk vs Leinster 1947537 Atlanta vs Canberra 1947481 Manila vs Darwin 1947693 Connacht vs Boulogne 1947423 Bordeaux vs Sfantu Gheorghe Mexico vs Farsley         Round 3 (announcement: 2026-06-07, start: 2026-06-21) vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs         Round 4 (announcement: 2026-07-05, start: 2026-07-19) vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs         Round 5 (announcement: 2026-07-26, start: 2026-08-09) vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs         Round 6 (announcement: 2026-08-16, start: 2026-08-30) vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs         Round 7 (announcement: 2026-09-06, start: 2026-09-20) vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs         Round 8 (announcement: 2026-09-27, start: 2026-10-11) vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs         Round 9 (announcement: 2026-11-08, start: 2026-11-22) vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs        

Rules -- Team contacts -- Live standings Minimum players number is 6. Two teams are promoted to Division 3. One team is relegated to Division 5. Results may change due to ex-post corrections (see rules) until the cut-off dates on March, 25th (for relegation) and June, 30th (for the final ranking). Cross Table    She Bri Ath Bol Ber Per Bre Sum Dni total place Sheffield (ENG)   . . . . . . . .   Brisbane (AUS) .   . . . . . . .   Athens (GRC) . .   . . . . . .   Bologna (ITA) . . .   . . 0 . .   Berdychiv (UKR) . . . .   . . . .   Perth (SCO) . . . . .   . . .   Bretagne (FRA) . . . 1 . .   . .   Sumy (UKR) . . . . . . .   .   Dnipro (UKR) . . . . . . . . .     Pairings Team A   Team B match ID Round 1 (announcement: 2026-04-05, start: 2026-04-19) Brisbane vs Dnipro 1931325 Athens vs Sumy 1931297 Bologna vs Bretagne 1931631 Berdychiv vs Perth 1931337 Sheffield vs bye         Round 2 (announcement: 2026-05-10, start: 2026-05-24) Sheffield vs Brisbane 1947607 Dnipro vs Athens 1947411 Sumy vs Bologna 1947403 Bretagne vs Berdychiv 1947939 bye vs Perth         Round 3 (announcement: 2026-06-07, start: 2026-06-21) Athens vs Sheffield Bologna vs Dnipro Berdychiv vs Sumy Perth vs Bretagne Brisbane vs bye         Round 4 (announcement: 2026-07-05, start: 2026-07-19) Sheffield vs Bologna Brisbane vs Athens Dnipro vs Berdychiv Sumy vs Perth bye vs Bretagne         Round 5 (announcement: 2026-07-26, start: 2026-08-09) Berdychiv vs Sheffield Bologna vs Brisbane Perth vs Dnipro Bretagne vs Sumy Athens vs bye         Round 6 (announcement: 2026-08-16, start: 2026-08-30) Sheffield vs Perth Brisbane vs Berdychiv Athens vs Bologna Dnipro vs Bretagne bye vs Sumy         Round 7 (announcement: 2026-09-06, start: 2026-09-20) Bretagne vs Sheffield Perth vs Brisbane Berdychiv vs Athens Sumy vs Dnipro   Bologna vs bye         Round 8 (announcement: 2026-09-27, start: 2026-10-11) Sheffield vs Sumy   Brisbane vs Bretagne Athens vs Perth Bologna vs Berdychiv   bye vs Dnipro           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-11-08, start: 2026-11-22) Dnipro vs Sheffield   Sumy vs Brisbane   Bretagne vs Athens   Perth vs Bologna   Berdychiv vs bye          

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. Two teams promote to Division 2. Three teams are relegated to Division 4. 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   Bud Phi Tor Bri Bra Brn Don For Her Cor tot SB Budapest (HUN)   . (1) 1 (1) 1 1 F . 1 1 7 21.00 Philadelphia (USA) .   0 . ½ 1 1 (1) 1 (1) 5½ 10.25 Torino (ITA) (0) 1   (1) . . 1 1 0 1 5 14.50 Brisbane (AUS) 0 . (0)   1 1 1 F (1) 1 . 5 11.50 Bratislava (SVK) (0) ½ . 0   (1) 1 F . 1 1 4½ 9.25 Brno (CZE) 0 0 . 0 (0)   . 1 (1) 1 3 3.50 Donetsk (UKR) 0 F 0 0 0 F 0 F .   1 . ½ 1½ 2.00 Fortaleza (BRA) . (0) 0 (0) . 0 0   (1) (½) 1½ 1.50 Hertford (GBR)  0 0 1 0 0 (0) . (0)   . 1 5.00 Córdoba (ARG) 0 (0) 0 . 0 0 ½ (½) .   1 1.50 Pairings Team A   Team B match ID players rawresult correctedresult matchpoints Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05) Brisbane vs Hertford 1860733 14 18-10 18-10 1-0 Budapest vs Córdoba 1862029 12 18-6 18-6 1-0 Bratislava vs Philadelphia 1862555 20 20-20 20-20 ½-½ Brno vs Fortaleza 1860739 13 20-6 20-6 1-0 Donetsk vs Torino 1860469 11 8-14 8-14 0-1                 Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03) Hertford vs Torino 1874825 15 16½-13½ 16½-13½ 1-0 Fortaleza vs Donetsk 1874383 10 7-13 7-13 0-1 Philadelphia vs Brno 1874391 12 15½-8½ 15½-8½ 1-0 Córdoba vs Bratislava 1876591 10 8½-11½ 8½-11½ 0-1 Brisbane vs Budapest 1874359 25 20-30 19-31 0-1                 Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07) Budapest vs Hertford 1889263 14 21½-6½ 21½-6½ 1-0 Bratislava vs Brisbane 1890105 17 12-18 12-18 0-1 Brno vs Córdoba 1890727 12 19½-4½ 19½-4½ 1-0 Donetsk vs Philadelphia 1889197 11 9½-12½ 9½-12½ 0-1 Torino vs Fortaleza 1889801 15 16½-13½ 16½-13½ 1-0                 Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04) Hertford vs Fortaleza 1901569 11 9½-1½ 9½-1½ (0-1) Philadelphia vs Torino 1901331 17 1½-2½ 1½-2½ 0-1 Córdoba vs Donetsk 1900887 10 10-10 10-10 ½-½ Brisbane vs Brno 1901777 16 17½-7½ 17½-7½ 1-0 Budapest vs Bratislava 1903855 17 17-11 17-11 (1-0)                 Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04) Bratislava vs Hertford 1915099 12 17-2 17-2 1-0 Brno vs Budapest 1913051 11 1½-16½ 1½-16½ 0-1 Donetsk vs Brisbane -- -- -- -- 0-1 Torino vs Córdoba 1913071 12 13-11 13-11 1-0 Fortaleza vs Philadelphia 1913545 15 11½-13½ 11½-13½ (0-1)                 Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01) Hertford vs Philadelphia 1923863 16 7½-16½ 7½-16½ 0-1 Córdoba vs Fortaleza 1925537 14 11½-11½ 11½-11½ (½-½) Brisbane vs Torino 1923661 30 12-24 12-24 (0-1) Budapest vs Donetsk -- -- -- -- 1-0 Bratislava vs Brno 1925737 13 6-2 6-2 (1-0)                 Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06) Brno vs Hertford 1939431 10 3-1 3-1 (1-0) Donetsk vs Bratislava -- -- -- -- 0-1 Torino vs Budapest 1939303 21 0-2 0-2 (0-1) Fortaleza vs Brisbane 1939071 17 0-3 0-3 (0-1) Philadelphia vs Córdoba 1939709 11 4-1 4-1 (1-0)                 Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03) Hertford vs Córdoba           Brisbane vs Philadelphia           Budapest vs Fortaleza           Bratislava vs Torino           Brno vs Donetsk                           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01) Donetsk vs Hertford           Torino vs Brno           Fortaleza vs Bratislava           Philadelphia vs Budapest           Córdoba vs Brisbane           updated on 2026-05-14

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. Two teams promote to Division 2. Three teams are relegated to Division 4. 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   Sin UPr Khm Che Lyo Cal Nor Ber Yer Per tot SB Singapore (SGP)   (1) 1 (½) 1 . 1 . 1 1 6½ 21.00 Uttar Pradesh (IND) (0)   0 1 F . 1 F . 1 1 F 1 5 12.00 Khmelnitskiy (UKR) 0 1   (½) 1 F . 1 0 . 1 4½ 14.50 Chelmsford (GBR) (½) 0 F (½)   0 F 1 F (0) 1 . . 3 10.50 Lyon (FRA) 0 . 0 F 1 F   0 1 . 1 F 0 F 3 8.00 Calabria (ITA) . 0 F . 0 F 1   1 (1) 0 0 3 8.00 Norwich (GBR) 0 . 0 (1) 0 0   1 1 F . 3 7.00 Berdychiv (UKR) . 0 1 0 . (0) 0   1 F 0 2 6.50 Yerevan (ARM)  0 0 F . . 0 F 1 0 F 0 F   1 2 5.00 Perth (AUS) 0 0 0 . 0 F 1 . 1 0   2 5.00 Pairings Team A   Team B match ID players rawresult correctedresult matchpoints Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05) Yerevan vs Calabria 1862705 11 13-9 13-9 1-0 Perth (AUS) vs Khmelnitskiy 1860423 10 9½-1½ 9½-1½ 0-1 Uttar Pradesh vs Chelmsford -- -- -- -- 1-0 Berdychiv vs Norwich 1861543 11 1½-11½ 1½-11½ 0-1 Singapore vs Lyon 1862771 13 14½-11½ 14½-11½ 1-0                 Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03) Calabria vs Lyon 1875827 11 15½-5½ 15½-5½ 1-0 Norwich vs Singapore 1876603 17 8-26 8-26 0-1 Chelmsford vs Berdychiv 1874857 10 11½-8½ 11½-8½ 1-0 Khmelnitskiy vs Uttar Pradesh 1874357 10 11½-8½ 11½-8½ 1-0 Yerevan vs Perth (AUS) 1875031 14 15½-12½ 15½-12½ 1-0                 Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07) Perth (AUS) vs Calabria 1889169 13 16-10 16-10 1-0 Uttar Pradesh vs Yerevan -- -- -- -- 1-0 Berdychiv vs Khmelnitskiy 1889021 10 12½-7½ 12½-7½ 1-0 Singapore vs Chelmsford 1891411 16 15-15 15-15 (½-½) Lyon vs Norwich 1890937 10 12-8 12-8 1-0                 Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04) Calabria vs Norwich 1902483 10 12-8 12-8 1-0 Chelmsford vs Lyon -- -- -- -- 0-1 Khmelnitskiy vs Singapore 1901733 10 9-11 9-11 0-1 Yerevan vs Berdychiv -- -- -- -- 0-1 Perth (AUS) vs Uttar Pradesh 1901649 11 8-14 8-14 0-1                 Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04) Uttar Pradesh vs Calabria -- -- -- -- 1-0 Berdychiv vs Perth (AUS) 1913357 10 7½-1½ 7½-1½ 0-1 Singapore vs Yerevan 1914851 15 16-11 16-11 1-0 Lyon vs Khmelnitskiy -- -- -- -- 0-1 Norwich vs Chelmsford 1915101 11 11-9 11-9 (1-0)                 Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01) Calabria vs Chelmsford -- -- -- -- 0-1 Khmelnitskiy vs Norwich 1925681 10 1½-4½ 1½-4½ 1-0 Yerevan vs Lyon -- -- -- -- 0-1 Perth (AUS) vs Singapore 1925033 19 7½-23½ 7½-23½ 0-1 Uttar Pradesh vs Berdychiv 1923643 10 11-4 11-4 1-0                 Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06) Berdychiv vs Calabria 1939609 10 1-3 1-3 (0-1) Singapore vs Uttar Pradesh 1940751 10 4-0 4-0 (1-0) Lyon vs Perth (AUS) -- -- -- -- 0-0 Norwich vs Yerevan -- -- -- -- 1-0 Chelmsford vs Khmelnitskiy 1939111 11 0-0 0-0 (½-½)                 Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03) Calabria vs Khmelnitskiy           Yerevan vs Chelmsford           Perth (AUS) vs Norwich           Uttar Pradesh vs Lyon           Berdychiv vs Singapore                           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01) Singapore vs Calabria           Lyon vs Berdychiv           Norwich vs Uttar Pradesh           Chelmsford vs Perth (AUS)           Khmelnitskiy vs Yerevan           updated on 2026-05-14

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 rawresult correctedresult matchpoints 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

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 rawresult correctedresult matchpoints 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                

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. Two teams are relegated to Division 2. 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   Hag Kha Zag BAi Pri Bar Beo Gla Sho Bak tot SB The Hague (NLD)   1 . 0 (1) 1 (1) 1 1 . 6 20.00 Kharkiv (UKR) 0   (0) . 1 1 1 . 1 1 F 5 13.00 Zagreb (CRO) . (1)   . 0 1 1 (1) 0 (0) 4 14.00 Buenos Aires (ARG) 1 . .   (0) 0 (1) 0 1 1 F 4 12.00 Prishtina (KOS) (0) 0 1 (1)   (1) 0 . . 1 4 12.00 Barcelona (ESP) 0 0 0 1 (0)   . (1) (1) . 3 9.00 Beograd (SRB) (0) 0 0 (0) 1 .   1 . 1 F 3 8.00 Glasgow (GBR) 0 . (0) 1 . (0) 0   (1) (1) 3 7.00 Shostka (UKR)  0 0 1 0 . (0) . (0)   1 F 2 5.00 Baku (AZE) . 0 F (1) 0 F 0 . 0 F (0) 0 F   1 4.00 Pairings Team A   Team B match ID players rawresult correctedresult matchpoints Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05) Buenos Aires vs Glasgow 1860999 35 29-39 29-39 0-1 The Hague vs Kharkiv 1860513 27 32-22 32-22 1-0 Barcelona vs Zagreb 1860531 38 35-39 34½-39½ 0-1 Shostka vs Baku -- -- -- -- 1-0 Prishtina vs Beograd 1860569 29 27½-3½ 27½-3½ 0-1                 Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03) Glasgow vs Beograd 1874451 35 22-47 22-47 0-1 Baku vs Prishtina 1875433 21 11½-3½ 11½-3½ 0-1 Zagreb vs Shostka 1874449 23 11-35 19-35 0-1 Kharkiv vs Barcelona 1874581 31 38-24 38-24 1-0 Buenos Aires vs The Hague 1874517 49 62½-35½ 62½-35½ 1-0                 Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07) The Hague vs Glasgow 1889157 28 30-21 30-21 1-0 Barcelona vs Buenos Aires 1889637 40 46-29 46-29 1-0 Shostka vs Kharkiv 1889797 25 21-29 21-29 0-1 Prishtina vs Zagreb 1889897 30 36-24 36-24 1-0 Beograd vs Baku -- -- -- -- 1-0                 Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04) Glasgow vs Baku 1901719 21 19½-18½ 19½-18½ (1-0) Zagreb vs Beograd 1901213 25 30-18 30-18 1-0 Kharkiv vs Prishtina 1901747 30 33½-26½ 33½-26½ 1-0 Buenos Aires vs Shostka 1901299 20 21½-18½ 21½-18½ 1-0 The Hague vs Barcelona 1901243 30 35½-21½ 35½-21½ 1-0                 Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04) Barcelona vs Glasgow 1913521 40 38-25 38-25 (1-0) Shostka vs The Hague 1912993 24 13-32 13-32 0-1 Prishtina vs Buenos Aires 1912935 43 43-31 43-31 (1-0) Beograd vs Kharkiv 1912833 28 13½-35½ 13½-35½ 0-1 Baku vs Zagreb 1914301 20 20-18 20-18 (1-0)                 Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01) Glasgow vs Zagreb 1923731 28 10-19 10-19 (0-1) Kharkiv vs Baku -- -- -- -- 1-0 Buenos Aires vs Beograd 1923907 27 22-21 22-21 (1-0) The Hague vs Prishtina 1923977 42 34½-28½ 34½-28½ (1-0) Barcelona vs Shostka 1923789 23 21½-3½ 19½-5½ (1-0)                 Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06) Shostka vs Glasgow 1939161 22 1-2 1-2 (0-1) Prishtina vs Barcelona 1940485 40 1½-6½ 1½-6½ (1-0) Beograd vs The Hague 1939073 23 1-3 1-3 (0-1) Baku vs Buenos Aires -- -- -- -- 0-1 Zagreb vs Kharkiv 1939101 31 5½-3½ 5½-3½ (1-0)                 Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03) Glasgow vs Kharkiv           Buenos Aires vs Zagreb           The Hague vs Baku           Barcelona vs Beograd           Shostka vs Prishtina                           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01) Prishtina vs Glasgow           Beograd vs Shostka           Baku vs Barcelona           Zagreb vs The Hague           Kharkiv vs Buenos Aires           updated on 2026-05-14 *1874449: Zagreb receives 8 additional points due to unwarranted player removal by Shostka.

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. Two teams promote 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    Abe SPa Mak Bra Bir Kha IoM Mar PAl Dni total Aberdeen (GBR)   . . . . . . . . 1   São Paulo (BRA) .   0 0 0 . . . . 1   Makeevka (UKR) . 0   1 0 . . . . .   Bradford (GBR) . 0 0   . . . . . .   Birmingham (GBR) . 0 1 .   . . . . .   Khankendi (AZE) . . . . .   . . . 1   Isle of Man (GBR) . . . . . .   1 . .   Marseille (FRA) . . . . . . 0   . 0   Porto Alegre (BRA)  . . . . . . . .   .    Dnipro (UKR) 0 0 . . . 0 . 1 .     Pairings Team A   Team B match ID players rawresult correctedresult matchpoints Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05) Aberdeen vs Dnipro      --      1-0 São Paulo vs Porto Alegre  1861023   12       Makeevka vs Marseille  1862249    6       Bradford vs Isle of Man  1861979    8       Birmingham vs Khankendi  1865585    9                       Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03) Dnipro vs Khankendi     --      0-1 Isle of Man vs Birmingham  1874823    9       Marseille vs Bradford  1876647    9       Porto Alegre vs Makeevka  1876075    8       Aberdeen vs São Paulo  1877351    6                       Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07) São Paulo vs Dnipro     --      1-0 Makeevka vs Aberdeen  1891689    5       Bradford vs Porto Alegre  1891061    6       Birmingham vs Marseille  1891485    7       Khankendi vs Isle of Man  1890993    5                       Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04) Dnipro vs Isle of Man  1902941   15        Marseille vs Khankendi  1902999    6       Porto Alegre vs Birmingham  1901337    8       Aberdeen vs Bradford  1904183    6       São Paulo vs Makeevka  1906239   ---      0-0                 Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04) Makeevka vs Dnipro  1912869    5       Bradford vs São Paulo     ---      0-0 Birmingham vs Aberdeen  1914107    7       Khankendi vs Porto Alegre  1913133    8       Isle of Man vs Marseille  3296253  >      1-0                 Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01) Dnipro vs Marseille  3310541  >      1-0 Porto Alegre vs Isle of Man  1923833  11       Aberdeen vs Khankendi  1923993   5       São Paulo vs Birmingham    ---      0-0 Makeevka vs Bradford  1926895  ---      1-0                 Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06) Bradford vs Dnipro  1939123   9       Birmingham vs Makeevka  1941037  ---      1-0 Khankendi vs São Paulo  1941399  10       Isle of Man vs Aberdeen  1939247  11       Marseille vs Porto Alegre  1940629  11                       Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03) Dnipro vs Porto Alegre           Aberdeen vs Marseille           São Paulo vs Isle of Man           Makeevka vs Khankendi           Bradford vs Birmingham                           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01) Birmingham vs Dnipro           Khankendi vs Bradford           Isle of Man vs Makeevka           Marseille vs São Paulo           Porto Alegre vs Aberdeen                

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. Two teams promote 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    Can Ter Zap Dar Jak Sum Lev Izm SGh Lle total Canberra (AUS)   . . . 1 . . . . .   Ternopil (UKR) .   0 . 1 . . . . .   Zaporizhzhia (UKR) . 1   . 1 . . . . .   Darwin (AUS) . . .   . . . . . .   Jakarta (INA) 0 0 0 .   . . 0 . .   Sumy (UKR) . . . . .   . . . .   Levice (SVK) . . . . . .   . . .   Izmir (TUR) . . . . 1 . .   0 0   Sfantu Gheorghe (ROM)  . . . . . . . 1   .   Lleida (ESP) . . . . . . . 1 .     Pairings Team A   Team B match ID players rawresult correctedresult matchpoints Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05) Canberra vs Lleida  1870065    6       Ternopil vs Sfantu Gheorghe  1861347    6       Zaporizhzhia vs Izmir  1860619    5       Darwin vs Levice  1860443    5       Jakarta vs Sumy  1861227    6                       Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03) Lleida vs Sumy  1874439    6       Levice vs Jakarta  1879949    5       Izmir vs Darwin  1874705    5       Sfantu Gheorghe vs Zaporizhzhia  1874587    5        Canberra vs Ternopil  1874879    6                       Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07) Ternopil vs Lleida  1889629    6       Zaporizhzhia vs Canberra  1889141    6       Darwin vs Sfantu Gheorghe  1889819    5       Jakarta vs Izmir  1890077    --      0-1 Sumy vs Levice  1889341    5                       Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04) Lleida vs Levice  1901277    6       Izmir vs Sumy  1900859    8       Sfantu Gheorghe vs Jakarta  1902927    5       Canberra vs Darwin  1901705    5       Ternopil vs Zaporizhzhia  3279523  ---       0-1                 Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04) Zaporizhzhia vs Lleida  1912733    7       Darwin vs Ternopil  1913257    5       Jakarta vs Canberra  1913183   ---      0-1 Sumy vs Sfantu Gheorghe  1913873    5       Levice vs Izmir  1916439    6                       Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01) Lleida vs Izmir  1923655  ---      1-0 Sfantu Gheorghe vs Levice  1925245   5       Canberra vs Sumy  1923649   7       Ternopil vs Jakarta  1925339  ---      1-0 Zaporizhzhia vs Darwin  1923651   6                       Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06) Darwin vs Lleida  1938949   6       Jakarta vs Zaporizhzhia  1938961  ---      0-1 Sumy vs Ternopil  1938963   6       Levice vs Canberra  1939041   6       Izmir vs Sfantu Gheorghe  1940943  ---      0-1                 Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03) Lleida vs Sfantu Gheorghe           Canberra vs Izmir           Ternopil vs Levice           Zaporizhzhia vs Sumy           Darwin vs Jakarta                           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01) Jakarta vs Lleida           Sumy vs Darwin           Levice vs Zaporizhzhia           Izmir vs Ternopil           Sfantu Gheorghe vs Canberra                

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. Two teams promote 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    Uls Rom Lee Oxf Kar Hob SJo KIs Ven Kyv total Ulster (GBR/IRL)   . . . . . 1 . . 0   Roma (ITA) .   . . . . . . 1 .   Leeds (GBR) . .   . . . . . 1 .   Oxford (GBR) . . .   . . . . 1 .   Karagandy (KAZ) . . . .   . . . 0 .   Hobart (AUS) . . . . .   1 1 .   São José RP (BRA) 0 . . . . 0   0 0 .   Kish Island (IRI) . . . . . 0   0 0   Venezia (ITA)  . 0 0 0 0 0 . 0   .   Kyiv (UKR) 1 . . . . . . 0 .     Pairings Team A   Team B match ID players rawresult correctedresult matchpoints Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05) Ulster vs Kyiv  1869303  ---      0-1 Roma vs Venezia  1860895  ---      1-0 Leeds vs Kish Island  1860771  11       Oxford vs São José RP  1860797   6       Karagandy vs Hobart  1860843   6                       Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03) Kyiv vs Hobart  1876459    9       São José RP vs Karagandy  1874385    5       Kish Island vs Oxford  1874767    7       Venezia vs Leeds  3246061   ---      0-1 Ulster vs Roma  1874771   10                       Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07) Roma vs Kyiv  1891129   11       Leeds vs Ulster  1889143    7       Oxford vs Venezia  1891403   --      1-0 Karagandy vs Kish Island  1889305    7       Hobart vs São José RP  1890625   --      1-0                 Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04) Kyiv vs São José RP  1904367    5     Kish Island vs Hobart  1902217    5       Venezia vs Karagandy    ---      0-0 Ulster vs Oxford  1901885    7       Roma vs Leeds  1901401   10                       Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04) Leeds vs Kyiv  1913435   16       Oxford vs Roma  1913019    5       Karagandy vs Ulster  1913625    7       Hobart vs Venezia  3296269  >       1-0 São José RP vs Kish Island  1914211  ---       0-0                 Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01) Kyiv vs Kish Island    ---       0-0 Venezia vs São José RP    ---       0-0 Ulster vs Hobart  1923605   6       Roma vs Karagandy  1923995   8       Leeds vs Oxford  1923773   6                       Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06) Oxford vs Kyiv  1944059   6       Karagandy vs Leeds  1939925   7       Hobart vs Roma  1940555   5       São José RP vs Ulster  3331725  <       0-1 Kish Island vs Venezia  ---         0-0                 Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03) Kyiv vs Venezia           Ulster vs Kish Island           Roma vs São José RP           Leeds vs Hobart           Oxford vs Karagandy                           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01) Karagandy vs Kyiv           Hobart vs Oxford           São José RP vs Leeds           Kish Island vs Roma           Venezia vs Ulster                

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. Two teams promote 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    The Teh Not Tlm Con Che Mil Atl Myk Bra total Thessaloniki (GRE)   1 . . . . 1 . . 1   Tehran (IRI) 0   0 0 0 0 . . 1 .   Nottingham (GBR) . 1   0 . . . . 1 .   Tlmače (SVK) . 0 0   . . 1 0 1 1   Connacht (IRL) . 0 . .   . 1 . 1 .   Cherkasy (UKR) . 0 . . .   1 . . 1   Milano (ITA) 0 . . 0 0 0   . 0 0   Atlanta (USA) . . . 1 . . .   1 .   Mykolayiv (UKR)  . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0   .   Brasilia (BRA) 0 . . 1 . 0 0 . .     Pairings Team A   Team B match ID players rawresult correctedresult matchpoints Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05) Thessaloniki vs Brasilia  3227965  ---      1-0 Tehran vs Mykolayiv  1861523  ---      1-0 Nottingham vs Atlanta  1862301  10       Tlmače vs Milano  1863759  ---      1-0 Connacht vs Cherkasy  1861753    9                       Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03) Brasilia vs Cherkasy  3245091  ---      0-1 Milano vs Connacht  1875117  ---      0-1 Atlanta vs Tlmače  1875039  ---      1-0 Mykolayiv vs Nottingham  1874903  ---      0-1 Thessaloniki vs Tehran  1874619  ---      1-0                 Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07) Tehran vs Brasilia  1889417    5       Nottingham vs Thessaloniki  1890207    9       Tlmače vs Mykolayiv  1891065   --      1-0 Connacht vs Atlanta  1890281    6       Cherkasy vs Milano  1889447   --      1-0                 Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04) Brasilia vs Milano    ---      0-0 Atlanta vs Cherkasy  1901469   10       Mykolayiv vs Connacht  1901393  ---      0-1 Thessaloniki vs Tlmače  1901521    5       Tehran vs Nottingham    ---      0-1                 Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04) Nottingham vs Brasilia 1915105   6       Tlmače vs Tehran  1915115  ---      0-0 Connacht vs Thessaloniki  1915103   6       Cherkasy vs Mykolayiv  1913015   5       Milano vs Atlanta  1914385   7                       Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01) Brasilia vs Atlanta  1924399     7     Mykolayiv vs Milano      ---    0-0 Thessaloniki vs Cherkasy  1923659     7     Tehran vs Connacht      ---    0-0 Nottingham vs Tlmače      ---    0-0                 Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06) Tlmače vs Brasilia  1941455   --      0-1 Connacht vs Nottingham  1939469  10       Cherkasy vs Tehran  ---        0-0 Milano vs Thessaloniki  1939171   --      0-1 Atlanta vs Mykolayiv  1939669   --      1-0                 Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03) Brasilia vs Mykolayiv           Thessaloniki vs Atlanta           Tehran vs Milano           Nottingham vs Cherkasy           Tlmače vs Connacht                           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01) Connacht vs Brasilia           Cherkasy vs Tlmače           Milano vs Nottingham           Atlanta vs Tehran           Mykolayiv vs Thessaloniki                

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. Two teams promote 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    CyL Plo Bor Far Hon Bou Mex Bol Kan Roc total Castilla y Léon (ESP)   . . . . . . . . .   Plovdiv (BUL) .   . 0 . 1 . . 0 .   Bordeaux (FRA) . .   . . . . . 1 .   Farsley (GBR) . 0 .   . . . . . .   Honolulu (USA) . . . .   . . . 1 .   Boulogne (FRA) . 0 . . .   0 0 0 .   Mexico City (MEX) . . . . . 0   . 0 .   Bologna (ITA) . . . . . 1 .   0 .   Kansas City (USA)  . 1 0 . 0 0 0 0   .   Rochester (USA) . . . . . . . . .     Pairings Team A   Team B match ID players rawresult correctedresult matchpoints Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05) Castilla y Léon vs Rochester  1860499  10       Plovdiv vs Kansas City  1861035  ---      0-1 Bordeaux vs Bologna  1860913    9       Farsley vs Mexico City  1862625    5       Honolulu vs Boulogne  1860421    5                       Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03) Rochester vs Boulogne  1874671    6       Mexico City vs Honolulu  1874647    8       Bologna vs Farsley  1874513    7       Kansas City vs Bordeaux  1876209    --      0-1 Castilla y Léon vs Plovdiv  1878395    7                       Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07) Plovdiv vs Rochester  1891727    5       Bordeaux vs Castilla y Léon  1893183    5       Farsley vs Kansas City  1889799    7       Honolulu vs Bologna  1891439    7       Boulogne vs Mexico City      --      0-0                 Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04) Rochester vs Mexico City  1901479   14       Bologna vs Boulogne  1901697    --      1-0 Kansas City vs Honolulu  1902165    --      0-1 Castilla y Léon vs Farsley  1903153    5       Plovdiv vs Bordeaux  1903561    5                       Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04) Bordeaux vs Rochester  1912945   14       Farsley vs Plovdiv    ---      0-0 Honolulu vs Castilla y Léon  1914215    6       Boulogne vs Kansas City  1913091  ---      0-0 Mexico City vs Bologna  1912953    6                       Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01) Rochester vs Bologna  1924563  11       Kansas City vs Mexico City    ---      0-0 Castilla y Léon vs Boulogne  1923619   5       Plovdiv vs Honolulu  1923633   6       Bordeaux vs Farsley  1925353   5                       Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06) Farsley vs Rochester  1939721   7       Honolulu vs Bordeaux  1938951   5       Boulogne vs Plovdiv  1939317   --       0-1 Mexico City vs Castilla y Léon  1943275   6       Bologna vs Kansas City  1941395   --       0-0                 Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03) Rochester vs Kansas City           Castilla y Léon vs Bologna           Plovdiv vs Mexico City           Bordeaux vs Boulogne           Farsley vs Honolulu                           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01) Honolulu vs Rochester           Boulogne vs Farsley           Mexico City vs Bordeaux           Bologna vs Plovdiv           Kansas City vs Castilla y Léon                

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. Two teams promote to Division 2. Three teams are relegated to Division 4. 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   Dha Ade Lon Mar Bre Ros Per Tor Lis REm tot SB Dhaka (BGD)   . . 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 1 1 7 17.00 Adelaide (AUS) .   1 1 . (0) 1 1 (1) 1 F 6 15.00 London (GBR) . 0   (1) 0 . 1 1 (1) (1) 5 10.00 Maracena (ESP) 0 0 (0)   1 1 . (1) 1 . 4 10.00 Bretagne (FRA) (0) . 1 0   (1) . 1 (0) 1 F 4 10.00 Rostock (GER) 0 (1) . 0 (0)   (0) . 1 1 3 7.00 Perth (SCO) (0) 0 0 . . (1)   (0) 1 (1) 3 4.00 Toronto (CAN) 0 0 0 (0) 0 . (1)   . 1 F 2 3.00 Lisbon (PRT)  0 (0) (0) 0 (1) 0 0 .   . 1 4.00 Reggio Emilia (ITA) 0 0 F (0) . 0 F 0 (0) 0 F .   0 0.00 Pairings Team A   Team B match ID players rawresult correctedresult matchpoints Round 1 (announcement: 2025-10-22, start: 2025-11-05) Adelaide vs Perth (SCO) 1860481 16 17½-13½ 17½-13½ 1-0 London vs Bretagne 1860417 16 15-17 15-17 0-1 Toronto vs Dhaka 1860861 18 4½-31½ 4½-31½ 0-1 Reggio Emilia vs Rostock 1861157 12 5½-18½ 5-19 0-1 Maracena vs Lisbon 1860759 23 23½-22½ 25½-2½ 1-0                 Round 2 (announcement: 2025-11-19, start: 2025-12-03) Perth (SCO) vs Lisbon 1874479 19 28-10 28-10 1-0 Rostock vs Maracena 1874389 14 12-16 12-16 0-1 Dhaka vs Reggio Emilia 1874829 10 14½-4½ 14½-4½ 1-0 Bretagne vs Toronto 1874549 18 21-15 21-15 1-0 Adelaide vs London 1874349 20 23-14 23-14 1-0                 Round 3 (announcement: 2025-12-24, start: 2026-01-07) London vs Perth (SCO) 1889161 15 17½-11½ 17½-11½ 1-0 Toronto vs Adelaide 1889275 18 15-19 15-19 0-1 Reggio Emilia vs Bretagne -- -- -- -- 0-1 Maracena vs Dhaka 1889147 17 6-27 6-27 0-1 Lisbon vs Rostock 1891371 16 6½-25½ 6½-25½ 0-1                 Round 4 (announcement: 2026-01-21, start: 2026-02-04) Perth (SCO) vs Rostock 1901471 13 12-10 12-10 (1-0) Dhaka vs Lisbon 1901233 13 20-6 20-6 1-0 Bretagne vs Maracena 1901325 18 16½-17½ 14½-19½ 0-1 Adelaide vs Reggio Emilia -- -- -- -- 1-0 London vs Toronto 1901475 18 26-4 26-4 1-0                 Round 5 (announcement: 2026-02-18, start: 2026-03-04) Toronto vs Perth (SCO) 1913009 14 10-6 10-6 (1-0) Reggio Emilia vs London 1913029 10 7-8 7-8 (0-1) Maracena vs Adelaide 1913081 17 10-21 10-21 0-1 Lisbon vs Bretagne 1913189 12 12-8 12-8 (1-0) Rostock vs Dhaka 1913031 16 5½-2½ 5½-2½ 0-1                 Round 6 (announcement: 2026-03-18, start: 2026-04-01) Perth (SCO) vs Dhaka 1923723 12 0-6 0-6 (0-1) Bretagne vs Rostock 1923667 14 10-9 10-9 (1-0) Adelaide vs Lisbon 1925521 15 11½-5½ 11½-5½ (1-0) London vs Maracena 1923735 18 14-13 14-13 (1-0) Toronto vs Reggio Emilia -- -- -- -- 1-0                 Round 7 (announcement: 2026-04-22, start: 2026-05-06) Reggio Emilia vs Perth (SCO) 1941453 10 1-4 1-4 (0-1) Maracena vs Toronto 1939141 15 1-0 1-0 (1-0) Lisbon vs London 1939203 14 0-3 0-3 (0-1) Rostock vs Adelaide 1939199 15 3-1 3-1 (1-0) Dhaka vs Bretagne 1938953 22 3-1 3-1 (1-0)                 Round 8 (announcement: 2026-05-20, start: 2026-06-03) Perth (SCO) vs Bretagne           Adelaide vs Dhaka           London vs Rostock           Toronto vs Lisbon           Reggio Emilia vs Maracena                           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-06-17, start: 2026-07-01) Maracena vs Perth (SCO)           Lisbon vs Reggio Emilia           Rostock vs Toronto           Dhaka vs London           Bretagne vs Adelaide           updated on 2026-05-14 * FF case in match 1923723 (Perth vs Dhaka)

Rules -- Team contacts -- Live standings Minimum players number is 9. Two teams are promoted to Division 2. One team is relegated to Division 4. Results may change due to ex-post corrections (see rules) until the cut-off dates on March, 25th (for relegation) and June, 30th (for the final ranking). Cross Table    Buc Met Que Mel Syd Tor Ade Per UPr total place Bucharest (ROU)   . . . . . . . .   Metz (FRA) .   . . . . . . .   Quebec (CAN) . .   . . . . . .   Melbourne (AUS) . . .   . . . . .   Sydney (AUS) . . . .   . . . .   Torino (ITA) . . . . .   . . .   Adelaide (AUS) . . . . . .   . .   Perth (AUS) . . . . . . .   .   Uttar Pradesh (IND) . . . . . . . . .     Pairings Team A   Team B match ID Round 1 (announcement: 2026-04-05, start: 2026-04-19) Metz vs Uttar Pradesh 1931481 Quebec vs Perth 1931513 Melbourne vs Adelaide 1931629 Sydney vs Torino 1931683 Bucharest vs bye         Round 2 (announcement: 2026-05-10, start: 2026-05-24) Bucharest vs Metz 1947417 Uttar Pradesh vs Quebec 1947577 Perth vs Melbourne 1947447 Adelaide vs Sydney 1947425 bye vs Torino         Round 3 (announcement: 2026-06-07, start: 2026-06-21) Quebec vs Bucharest Melbourne vs Uttar Pradesh Sydney vs Perth Torino vs Adelaide Metz vs bye         Round 4 (announcement: 2026-07-05, start: 2026-07-19) Bucharest vs Melbourne Metz vs Quebec Uttar Pradesh vs Sydney Perth vs Torino bye vs Adelaide         Round 5 (announcement: 2026-07-26, start: 2026-08-09) Sydney vs Bucharest Melbourne vs Metz Torino vs Uttar Pradesh Adelaide vs Perth Quebec vs bye         Round 6 (announcement: 2026-08-16, start: 2026-08-30) Bucharest vs Torino Metz vs Sydney Quebec vs Melbourne Uttar Pradesh vs Adelaide bye vs Perth         Round 7 (announcement: 2026-09-06, start: 2026-09-20) Adelaide vs Bucharest Torino vs Metz Sydney vs Quebec Perth vs Uttar Pradesh   Melbourne vs bye         Round 8 (announcement: 2026-09-27, start: 2026-10-11) Bucharest vs Perth   Metz vs Adelaide Quebec vs Torino Melbourne vs Sydney   bye vs Uttar Pradesh           Round 9 (announcement: 2026-11-08, start: 2026-11-22) Uttar Pradesh vs Bucharest   Perth vs Metz   Adelaide vs Quebec   Torino vs Melbourne   Sydney vs bye          

Below you find the divisions for 960WCL2026 with team contacts. Please provide a second team contact if it is still missing. Division 1 Team admin 1 admin 2 Kharkiv (UKR) @YanaB @Enhard Lviv (UKR) @karina55 @SergijTymchuk Buenos Aires (ARG) @Guinie @Delirantetotal Barcelona (ESP) @Mortadeloking @robl3* Sofia (BGR) @panstoy @Valyo1954* Kyiv (UKR) @adriano81 - Beograd (SRB) @grujicdragan @nemirena* Almaty (KAZ) @alchemist01 @krypton00 Dhaka (BGD) @AfiyaJr @N8Sun Zagreb (HRV) @tomislav_1979 @zvonimirz Division 2 Team admin 1 admin 2 Niš (SRB) @Laki_69 @kovalski7* Budapest (HUN) @atudor60 @carina_e* Brno (CZE) @Vezekmin @JiriRey Messini (GRC) @manitarius @Tsirmpas* Prague (CZE) @Dale00007 @LancelotDuLac* Edinburgh-Lothian (SCT) @Penguin89C @CCCUKI Singapore (SGP) @hiyyo @boonthamchess Glasgow (SCT) @rogerthecabinboy @stuartFanderson Toulouse (FRA) @deep-blou @samvimaire* Fortaleza (BRA) @CzarPc @Jiffyc* Division 3 Team admin 1 admin 2 Bucharest (ROU) @costinc19 @lvali40 Metz (FRA) @Blastingchess @Menthe Quebec (CAN) @mlongpre2 @borisside Melbourne (AUS) @Durny @19Andrew64 Sydney (AUS) @kookaburrra @etoile7 Torino (ITA) @DanieleAirola @giampiero111 Adelaide (AUS) @kookaburrra @mc-aarony Perth (AUS) @vetuspetram @dugite295 Uttar Pradesh (IND) @shikharthechampionn @CHEEKU_07* Division 4 Team admin 1 admin 2 Sheffield (ENG) @KittyB @superdrewe53* Brisbane (AUS) @kookaburrra @northaussie421 Athens (GRC) @Vasilis_64 @Anastasakis Bologna (ITA) @JFSebastianKnight @DirkFlasche Berdychiv (UKR) @berdgross @defenderalist* Perth (SCT) @munrobagger @maxmurraychess* Bretagne (FRA) @kookaburrra @grognard37 Sumy (UKR) @Yanenko70* @serhiivolokh Dnipro (UKR) @serhiivolokh @Eduard_1980* Division 5 Team admin 1 admin 2 Thessaloniki (GRC) @Anastasios @Vasilis_64 Prešov (SVK) @Markof @milos88* Donetsk (UKR) @serhiivolokh - Ulster (GBR) @kookaburrra @vivoj Karagandy (KAZ) @vmlopach @bruno_asfalto Isle of Man (IOM) @dfhunter @CCCUKI Manila (PHI) @fiela @GregCachin* Mexico (MEX) @benjatorr @buazel Plovdiv (BLG) @pistons @Stoyanov22* Hobart (AUS) @Etoile7 @kookaburrra Farsley (ENG) @davet65* @Anthonychess82 Zaporizhzhia (UKR) @serhiivolokh @Larsorub Porto Alegre (BRA) @dkrummenauer @wind* Atlanta (USA) @Badger2222222222222 @aitm19* Rostock (DEU) @Jabba-Ranks @Ratzedonk* Sfantu Gheorghe (ROM) @Bold17A @PatilnikBlockade Lleida (ESP) @xaviof @JonesXesc* Boulogne (FRA) @rclboris @BryanFlr* Bordeaux (FRA) @rookover @cheztreize Darwin (AUS) @nods69 @kookaburrra Leinster (IRL) @kookaburrra @wikicha Aberdeen (SCO) @RussTay73 @Toddy1997* Connacht (IRL) @kookaburrra @CCCUKI Canberra (AUS) @kookaburrra @etoile7 * - is not a member of WCL club

About LWCL + Competition management, Groups, Schedule and Rules! ABOUT LWCL: LWCL (Live World Cities League) is a competition between cities, but in the LIVE variant, similar to LCWL. This competition is organised by ChessAroundTheEarth with the help of WCL and ECL administration. 1. This competition brings people from all over the world to play for their cities and to compete for the title of "CHAMPION". Only the cities will be rewarded! 2. The prizes does not consist in money, just in virtual medals and certificates! 3. A player can play only for a team, otherwise his points won't count! Same if he gets banned! 4. After the matches are ended (Round-Robin League), we will go to the brackets (round of 16/32, depends on the group size and how many cities are registered) 5. For every match it will be 2 points=win, 1 point=draw, 0 points=lose together with the scores (points difference) The results will be displayed on the ChessAroundTheEarth club! COMPETITION MANAGEMENT: 1. If a team participates in the competition, an admin is required to give or accept the invitations for the matches + to announce the date and hour of the match for the players of the city! 2. Groups. A division/group will NOT have the same concept as in Daily! Teams in a group: 4 or 6 or 8 (depends on how many teams are registered! This value is changeable!)The teams in the group are picked up randomly by ChessAroundTheEarth and then it will not change and will not be taken into account the WCL rankings!The groups and the matches will be announced in both ChessAroundTheEarth and WCL and ECL, but matches announcements will be posted only in the club ChessAroundTheEarth! (ChessAroundTheEarth club link: https://www.chess.com/club/chessaroundtheearth - When you apply for the club entrance, please mention the city you administer! SCHEDULE: 1. The date of the match are picked by ChessAroundTheEarth and also to be picked up So that it does not overlap with other competitions, both organized by ChessAroundTheEarth, but also with any other major tournaments! 2. The matches hours are chosen by the ADMINS! Because we can't know what it is your ideal time for a match to begin, admins are pleased to put on the registration forum the ideal time for a match and we'll do an average of the 2 teams times or the admins are discussing separately the match time. MATCH PARAMETERS: Match name: LCWL2026 R1: Nation A Vs Nation BGame Type: Standard ChessControl Time: Bullet (2+1) Blitz (5+2) and Rapid (10+2). (These time control may differ, these are taken from LCWL)Rating Range: noneMinimum Games: 0Concurrent games: 2 (Player A Vs Player B with white and black, then backwards)Players per Club: min: 3; max: leave freeStart Date: Same date as in the ChessAroundTheEarth announcementStart Time: to be discussed with the other admin/ picked by ChessAroundTheEarth AUTO-START: offGames are RATED: on DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 1st of March! RULES: Except these ones, the WCL RULES are the same. WCL RULES: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/wcl-2026-rules If you have any questions or misunderstanding about the competition, please message me (@ChessAroundTheEarth) REGISTRATION FORUM: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/live-world-cities-league-lwcl-2026-registration-forum-about-the-league (Or You can also register a city here if you want) Enjoy the tournament, be happy and play chess!♟️ Thank you for reading!