Great Lakes Live Chess League

I can't believe I'm writing the results for week 10 of season 1 already. Big thanks to those of you who've been with me for the whole time. If you guys don't know already, season 2 signups are open on the website: http://greatlakeschessleague.com/index.php/season-2-sign-up/ So sign up if you haven't already!Season 1 isn't over just yet though, we still have to decide Gold, Silver and Bronze, and award the appropriate Grand Prix points to the winners. Week 10 will decide who makes the playof...

Hello Great Lakes Chess League Season 1 Members, thank you for sticking with me until this point. We did have a few dropouts, no shows and cancellations over the last few weeks of the season, I am working hard to ensure this won't be an issue in future seasons, and to streamline the whole process, but, if you've stuck with me until now I appreciate you, and am excited to announce the season 1 playoff pairings!This season's playoffs will be a best of 3, so the first player to achieve 2 points ...

Hello Great Lakes Chess League members, I have yet another exciting announcement to make, the GLCL Grand Prix is active! Points for the Grand Prix will be, and have been, awarded for league play, USCF Online Tournaments, and for Sparring League Submissions. All of the rules can be viewed on the website: http://greatlakeschessleague.com/index.php/grand-prix/ The points aren't meaningless, they will decide seeding into the year end Grand Prix tournaments, which will have prizes for 1st, 2nd an...

Signups for season 2 of the Great Lakes Live Chess League are now open! I'm not sure when the league will start exactly, but I'd like around a month for signups, so, maybe some time toward the end of March. Either way, whether you played in season 1 or not, signups for season 2 are open. Fill out the form on the site: http://greatlakeschessleague.com/index.php/season-2-sign-up/ Remember, the league is a 13 week commitment, where you will be responsible for contacting your opponents, playing ...

Hello Great Lakes Chess League faithful, this last Saturday we hosted our very first USCF Online event and other than me accidentally creating a 3 round tournament (instead of the advertised 4), it was a huge success! 7 people played, and the tournament was won by a 2200 by the name of @dberkley. The Grand Prix points will be calculated and awarded shortly, but this post is about next and all future Saturdays. Starting now, all club members will have access to the Saturday Swiss tournaments f...

The second to the last week of the season had 10 games decided over the board, a few people have dropped out at this point, or stopped responding... We'll have to figure out how we can avoid this in the future, but let's concentrate on the good and check out the results. This week Team Lake Erie played white versus Team Lake Huron, and Team Lake Michigan played first against Team Lake Superior. Team Lake Erie vs Team Lake Huron Board 1: @Practicality vs @Neatgreatfire 0 - 1 This queen's pa...

Weekly USCF Online Tournaments Start This Saturday! This Saturday, February 19th at 2pm EST will see the first ever Great Lakes Chess League USCF Saturday Swiss tournament! USCF Online rated, 4 rounds, 30+5. Get registered at www.greatlakeschessleague.com    for this Saturday's event and future events and leagues.Tournament Details: Our version of club chess. Every Saturday at 2pm EST, 4-SS 30|5 tournaments on chess.com YOU MUST BE AN ACTIVE USCF MEMBER TO JOIN! To Play: Purchase regist...

WEB SITE: Finally, we have a web presence! https://www.greatlakeschessleague.com/ Please keep in mind I threw this together today, so it's far from polished, but it should take care of what I need it to, and that's to offer registration for the upcoming USCF Online tournaments. Due to the cost of reporting results and the time involved, it isn't free to enter, but it is the cheapest USCF Online tournament I know of that's not put on by USCF themselves, entry for this Saturday's tournament is...

The last week of the season! Good luck! Post the results and the game link in the forum: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/week-10-results-game-reporting WEEK 10 PAIRINGS white pieces black pieces SUPERIOR ERIE @houghton24 @practicality @Gorgonops @Mhm_Ham @MinnesotaDude @kidcharlemagne420 @nd23903 @bspencer1967 @Srobocop0615 @Mathyou86 @Cosmosaic @Pawnscum76 @kmeier45239 @Mattlicious1 white pieces black ...