Twin Cities Chess League 🏟️
🌳 2025-2026 Season
Fridays 7:00pm 🕖️
Minnesota Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
10715 Zenith Avenue South, Bloomington, MN (map)
R1: Oct 17, 2025
R2: Nov 21
R3: Dec 19
R4: Jan 16, 2026
R5: Feb 13
R6: Mar 20
R7: Apr 17
There will be 3 "classic" divisions of 8 teams playing round robins:
🟡 Gold ⚪️ Silver 🟠 Bronze
And a new 8 team 💥 Melee section, playing in a rapid format like the Pro Chess League: G15/d5, each player plays all 4 players on the other team.
May 2026 TBD 🗓️ Party 🎉 Awards 🏆️ Casual Chess 🐴
Format
⌛️ Time Control:
G/90 d5
(or 4 x G/15 d5)
🎟️ Entry Fee:
Teams:
☀️ $180 by Sep 19
🌤️ $200 by Oct 3
🌥️ $240 onsite Oct 17 5:30-6:30 🕠️
Individuals registering without a team:
☀️ $50 by Sep 19
🌤️ $60 by Oct 3
🌥️ $70 onsite Oct 17 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 ’25-’26, but Eric's team is continuing to run the show as they did last season. Thank you for keeping the tradition going!
👋 New/unrated players and teams welcome!
Scholastic teams welcome! 🍎
🔄 Substitutes welcome!
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
📉 Bottom two teams relegated to Bronze next year
🟠 Bronze
🏆️ Trophies for 1st & 2nd Place Team
🎁 Individual Board Prizes for Top 2 Players at Each Board
📈 Top two teams promoted to Silver next year
💥 Melee
🏆️ Trophies for 1st & 2nd Place Team
🎁 Individual Board Prizes for Top 2 Players at Each Board
⚔️ Format: 4 rapid games of G15/d5; each player plays all 4 players on other team.
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. ⏱️