Twin Cities Chess League 🏟️
🌳 2026-2027 Season
Fridays 7:00pm 🕖️
Minnesota Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
10715 Zenith Avenue South, Bloomington, MN (map)
R1: Oct 9, 2026
R2: Nov 20
R3: Dec 18
R4: Jan 15, 2027
R5: Feb 19
R6: Mar 19
R7: Apr 9
May 2027 TBD 🗓️ Party 🎉 Awards 🏆️ Casual Chess 🐴
Format
⌛️ Time Control:
G/90 d5
🎟️ Entry Fee:
Teams:
☀️ $180 by Sep 25
🌤️ $200 by Oct 2
🌥️ $250 onsite Oct 9 5:30-6:30 🕠️
Individuals registering without a team:
☀️ $50 by Sep 25
🌤️ $60 by Oct 2
🌥️ $75 onsite Oct 9 5:30-6:30 🕠️
🎬️ Tournament Directors:
Ionatan Giurgiu & Sofia Doroshenko
🚀 Organizer:
Eric Bell
Send email to belleric79@gmail.com with any questions. 📧
🏟️ TCCL is a fun casual event focused on the team and social aspects of our chess community. It has been part of Minnesota chess each year for the last 7 decades. 💫 Playing 7 high quality games of chess for $45 is a bargain price compared to most chess tournaments. 🉐
The MSCA is not managing the league in ’26-’27, but Eric's team is continuing to run the show as they did the previous two seasons. Thank you for keeping the tradition going!
👋 New/unrated players and teams welcome!
Scholastic teams welcome! 🍎
🔄 Substitutes welcome!
We’ll do our best to place all individual players and will refund if not placed.
Capacity is 24 teams. Last year there were 20.
Gold Round Robin consisting of last year’s Gold teams plus best from Silver to fill as necessary. Silver section is Swiss System if 24 teams don’t sign up. There will be a Bronze section if there are 24 teams, to consist of new teams and those that don’t qualify for Silver.
Prizes! 🏆️ 🎁
🟡 Gold
🏆️ Trophies for 1st & 2nd Place Team
🎁 Individual Board Prizes for Top 2 Players at Each Board
📉 Bottom two teams relegated to Silver next year
⚪️ Silver
🏆️ Trophies for 1st & 2nd Place Team
🎁 Individual Board Prizes for Top 2 Players at Each Board
📈 Top two teams promoted to Gold next year
All handed out at the May awards party!
💝🍕🎉🐴
More Stuff...
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👥 When registering, please list your “core” players. Those that will participate in most of the rounds.
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Teams consist of four players, unlimited substitutions. Not rated, no US Chess memberships required! ✨
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Team Chess: Your team of 4 boards plays another team of 4 boards. 🟥 🟩 🟧 🟦
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Scoring: Teams accumulate match points for winning the match and game points for winning each individual game. Final standings are based on match points, with game points as the tiebreaker. 🎲
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Forfeit time: 30 minutes from the start of the round. ⏱️