List of Leagues at Chess.com

Ever since the inception of groups here at Chess.com, there have been many different Leagues formed to stimulate inter-group competitions (I believe the World League was the first).  However, I can't find a list of these leagues anywhere, so I thought I would start a thread where all the leagues can advertise themselves in case someone else is interested in joining them, or just following along.

Personally, I LOVE all the league competitions, even if I'm not in one of the groups competing.  I think it's just as much fun to follow along and watch sometimes as it is to play.  So I hope that the various league leaders will use this thread not only to advertise their league's existance, but to announce which teams have advanced or been eliminated as the various seasons progress.

I did a seach in the groups for 'league" and this is what I found.  Some of these leagues are full, well into their respective rounds and not accepting new teams at the moment, and some are brand new and haven't started yet.  Either way, I hope this stimulates interest in all of the inter-group competitions that have been making Chess.com such an enjoyable place to play.

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/world-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/world-league-headquarters

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/chesscom-tm-league-hq

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/the-fortnight-speed-vote-league-headquarters

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/european-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/vote-chess-league-head-quarters

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/rp-chess-league-commission

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/vote-chess-world-league-headquarters

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/asian-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/komoliddins-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/vote-chess-league-tournaments

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/mediterranean-league-hq

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/world-league-live-chess-headquarters

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/music-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/the-speedee-league-open

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/team-matches-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/english-football-league-on-chesscom

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/chesscom-fast-team-match-league-hq

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/team-match-champions-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/african-league-hq

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/tvc-champions-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/african-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/american-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/world-league-of-soccer-teams

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/chesscom-fast-vote-chess-league-hq

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/komoliddins-league-captains

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/great-american-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/european-league-hq

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/southeast-asian-league-headquarters

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/uzbekistans-league

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/animal-cup

wow that must have taken ages to do well done there Will :))

I propose an opening league, for teams that represent a specific opening, any feedback.

 Sounds like a good idea, but then how would the 1.e4 group play against the 1.d4 group?

edit - I see you've worked that out and started the league:

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/openings-league

A new group was just formed for league organizers (apparently inspired by this thread):

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/chesscom-competitions

Since the World League was the first one formed (and by far the largest), it seems only right that the first updates/results posted in this thread be from there.  I have heard a LOT of talk about the World League, but since I was not competing in it, I always wondered how everything was progressing and how well the various countries were doing.  After doing a lot of digging, and reading a lot of threads, here is what I've found:

The teams are:

The Schedule is:

And you can follow along with all the team's progress here:

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/group-a---main-forum

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/group-b---main-forum

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/group-c---main-forum

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/group-d---main-forum

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/group-e---main-forum

You are missing the County Championship, which is an annual league played between the counties of England. The only main group is the HQ, however, which you wouldn't be able to view.

The Fortnight Speed Vote League has come to the end of its first regular season!

The final standings are:

Teams in red are the leaders in their division (automatically seeded #1-4).

Teams in bold have gone the distance.

Teams in italics have timed out.

As of August 26:

12 points - Team Antarctica (4-0)  (TB:18) (South) (clinched the #1 seed)

12 points - Chess Nuts (4-0)  (TB:18) (West) (clinched the #2 seed)

12 points - Fast Players Group (4-0)  (TB:18) (North) (clinched the #3 seed)

10 points - The Blakenators (3-0-1)  (TB:12.5) (East) (clinched the #4 seed)

9 points - Kairav's Chess Masters (3-1)  (TB:9) (South) (clinched the #5 seed)

9 points - The Power of Chess (3-1)  (TB:9) (West) (clinched the #6 seed)

9 points - The Premier of All (3-1)  (TB:9) (North) (clinched the #7 seed)

7 points - Animal Lovers (2-1-1)  (TB:8) (East) (clinched the #8 seed)

6 points - Narz's People (2-2)  (TB:3) (West) (eliminated from playoffs)

6 points - The Dark Knights (2-2)  (TB:3) (South) (eliminated from playoffs)

6 points - Supreme Pawns (2-2)  (TB:3) (North) (eliminated from playoffs)

6 points - Chess & Cola Club (2-2)  (TB:10) (East) (eliminated from playoffs) 

3 points - Chess Unlimited (1-3)  (TB:0) (South) (eliminated from playoffs)

3 points - Rapid Chess (1-3)  (TB:0) (East) (eliminated from playoffs)

3 points - Wizards of Oz (1-3)  (TB:0) (West) (eliminated from playoffs)

3 points - Chess Empire (1-3)  (TB:6) (East) (eliminated from playoffs)

withdrawn - The Best(1-3)  (TB:0) (North)

withdrawn - Chess Team Holland (0-4)  (TB:0) (West)

withdrawn - Team Benelux "de Leeuwen"(0-4)  (TB:0) (South)

withdrawn - Chess Friends for Friends(0-4)  (TB:0) (North)

It is interesting to note that NONE of the teams that made the playoffs timed out of a single game!!  So it's a pretty safe bet that all the games in the playoffs will be going the distance.  The Wizards of Oz are the ONLY team in the league that did NOT timeout of any of their games, AND sadly did not make the playoffs.

There was only one draw in the regular season, which is good because now that we're into the playoffs, THERE CAN BE NO MORE DRAWS!!!  This is elimination time.  There are 8 teams in the Quarter-Finals, 4 teams in the Semi-Finals, and 2 teams in the Finals.  There is no room for a tie!!  Just like the NBA or NHL will play for 3 or 4 overtimes until one team comes out on top, so it must be with us.  The game MUST continue until one team either makes a mistake, resigns, or falls asleep and times out.

The Quarter-Final games can be played anytime between now and September 13th.  The schedule is:

#1 Team Antarctica vs #8 Animal Lovers

#2 Chess Nuts vs #7 The Premier of All

#3 Fast Players Group vs #6 The Power of Chess

#4 The Blakenators vs #5 Kairav's Chess Masters

Good Luck Everybody!!!  Have Fun!!!

Wow, those must be take lots of your efforts, William! Thanks for posting them for us!

Thanks for the catch.  You're right.  I missed that one:

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/county-championship-council

You're also right in that no one can view anything in the group.  Would you care to share with us who the teams are, and how everyone is doing?

Here's another new league just forming:

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/blowin-the-world-away-cup

the blowin the world away cup is mine there is a link to all the teams please join

Certainly. Now, ideally, all the counties would take part, however, in practice the league can only accept teams who have managed to gather at least five members. Therefore, only 26 of the 39 eligible counties are currently competing.

There are three sections in this league: Open, U1800 and U1500. The sections are all run seperately, and so there is no obligation for the county to play in one or the other.

As for results, the league only just started off on the 1st July, with the Open section in its preliminary round which will give way to divisions in the future, and the U1800 and U1500 in their first cycle. There are not enough results so far to post anything meaningful.

The Fortnight Speed Vote League's Quarter-Finals are over!! 

The teams in the Final Four are:

Chess Nuts

Fast Players Group

Kairav's Chess Masters

Animal Lovers

Good Luck to all the remaining teams.  As they say in Highlander, "There can be only one." 

I really wanted to form an American-college-teams league once upon a time, something like a chess.com equivalent of the NCAA.  In fact, I started a group for my school (Penn State) once upon a time for that purpose.  Didn't seem like a lot of interest, though, so nothing really came of it.

I have one for Michigan!

I think we start in 5hrs+ 20 minutes, I am there~

The Vote Chess League Head Quarters is running three tournaments at the moment with more about to start.

Vote Chess Masters I has 14 teams competing in 2 divisions.  Division A is led by Team Canada and Indian Marauders tied for first with 5/5, followed by Narz's People, French Defence Fanatics, Endgame Lovers, Chess Team International and Connecticut Chess Players with 2 games left to finish.  Division B is led by Cheers! Vote Chess Cafe followed by THE POWER OF CHESS, Team Romania, Team Italia, THE PREMIER OF ALL, The Best and Wayne's World.

In the Open Swiss, we have just completed round 2 with Team Italia, Team Canada and Cheers! Vote Chess Cafe tied for first followed by Indian Marauders, THE PREMIER OF ALL, Narz's People, The Blakenators, Chess Association, Team Romania, French Defence Fanatics, Team Britain, Bird's Opening Lovers, THE POWER OF CHESS, Juniors Chess Club, 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Vote chess and fun group and Anime and Manga Chess Club.

The World Masters tournament has just started, but Indian Marauders and Team Romania have already scored quick wins.

Links to the games, crosstables and updated scores can be viewed in the forum of Vote Chess League Tournaments.

And we have the Spanish League on going too... :)

almost all (if not all) the competitions that call themselves leagues are actually cups-a bit like icc cricket tornies, can't find 1 league-maybe world chess league an exeption-don't know how that works

What is the difference between a cup and a league?