Registration is now open for the Fall 2023 season of the Collegiate Chess League! This occasion returns with the CCL’s tried-and-tested 4 vs. 4 workforce format and a $25,000 prize fund.

In case you’re a college scholar who loves chess and needs to signify your college (and have an opportunity to win prizes), register your workforce immediately on the official NACE Starleague web site!

The Collegiate Chess League is the premier on-line chess competitors for school college students, with final season that includes over 200 groups from 100 totally different universities world wide. Groups compete in a 5+2 time management, resulting in numerous thrilling and fast-paced video games.

The event accommodates newbie gamers and chess hobbyists in addition to chess stars like GMs Awonder Liang, Benjamin Bok, Grigoriy Oparin, and others.

Saint Louis College took the highest prize within the Spring 2023 season, with convincing victories over dark-horse contenders Yale, defending CCL champions College of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), and the College of Missouri, a workforce who defeated them throughout the common season. Can they obtain a record-breaking third championship, or will one other workforce take the crown?

Groups of all talent ranges are welcomed and can be sorted into applicable divisions primarily based on their common score to make sure everybody faces similarly-rated opponents. This 12 months, Division 1 (the highest-rated division) will solely characteristic eight groups as a substitute of sixteen.

Registration closes on September 15. To register, please full the next steps:

Workforce Captains

Workforce captains want to finish two steps earlier than the opposite gamers on their workforce can join:

1. Register your workforce on NACE Starleague.

   • In case you need assistance registering, try this educational video.
   • In case your college shouldn’t be on the NACE platform, you could make a request to get it added both by emailing Joe Navarro at joe.navarro@playfly.com or by asking an admin on the CCL Discord server. Please solely do that if you’re over the age of 18 and are the consultant of your school chess workforce. 

2. Fill out Chess.com’s registration type.

All Different Gamers

As soon as your workforce captain has registered your workforce, observe the steps under:

1. Register on NACE Starleague and be a part of your workforce.
2. Signal the truthful play settlement.

Notice that every workforce should have not less than 4 gamers, with the opportunity of including as much as 4 extra workforce members as substitutes.

The complete guidelines, rules, and prize info could be discovered right here.

The common season begins on September 23 and ends on November 4. The playoffs are set to start on November 11 and finish on November 19. 

Try this division 10 spotlight from final season!

Signal as much as be part of CCL’s historical past and play alongside different nice school gamers. Even if you happen to’re unable to compete within the occasion, there can be stay protection on the CCL’s Twitch channel to be sure you can observe all of the motion!