The Cinderella basketball teams busted your March Madness bracket to smithereens. Fortunately, the Collegiate Chess League (CCL) Playoffs are just in time to give you another shot at office pool glory. The playoffs begin with wild card weekend on Saturday, March 25 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific/2:00 p.m and has a $10,000 prize pool. Eastern. Here’s …
Chess.com is happy to announce that registrations are now open for the Spring 2023 season of the Collegiate Chess League! This season returns with the 4 vs. 4 team format most CCL players and fans are familiar with and a whopping $30,000 prize fund—our biggest CCL prize yet. Register today at our partner’s NACE Starleague website if …
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Chess.com is excited to announce that we will be hosting the 2022 U.S. Collegiate Rapid and Blitz Championships. The rapid championship will be held on November 13 and the blitz championship on November 20. Registration is underway and continues until 9 p.m. Pacific/12 a.m. Eastern the day before of each event. The games start at …
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The Collegiate Chess League’s Fall 2022 Season begins on September 24, with college chess players from all over the world competing for their share of the $20,000 prize fund and school pride. If you’re a college student, Chess.com invites you to sign up to play in the event and prove that your school has what …
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The Collegiate Chess League is excited to announce the 2022 summer season featuring the bullet and bughouse college championships! This summer season will span the four weeks of August and starts with the bullet championship on August 6 with the finals on August 13. Bughouse will start the following week on August 20 with the …
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Chess.com is proud to announce that the Collegiate Chess League is returning for the 2022-2023 academic year in partnership with NACE Starleague, the largest collegiate esports league in North America. The Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 seasons will feature a combined $50,000 prize pool and give college students of all skill levels the opportunity to …
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The fourth season of the Collegiate Chess League came to a dramatic finish this weekend with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley completing their perfect season 10-0 to win the championship title along with $5,000. They took down last season’s defending champions UChicago in a close 9-7 victory. This is the final recap of …
The first two rounds of the Collegiate Chess League Season 4 playoffs have concluded leaving only four teams remaining in each division, and these teams are now fighting for a spot in the finals. The teams that have made it this far are guaranteed to finish in the top four of their division, which earns …
Last weekend, the semifinals concluded with two of the most thrilling matches we have ever seen in Collegiate Chess League history. Both matches came down to the very last game of the match with thousands of dollars on the line and a spot in the finals to be played this weekend. Below are the semifinals …
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The first two rounds of the Collegiate Chess League Season 4 playoffs have concluded leaving only four teams remaining in each division, and these teams are now fighting for a spot in the finals. The teams that have made it this far are guaranteed to finish in the top four of their division, which earns …
