Tournament History

'20/20 Chess Online'

As the world went into lockdown and over the board of the Chess became suspended because of efforts to combat the Coronavirus, the over-the-board 20/20 Chess tournament series decided to accelerate their plans to introduce an online tournament across the world. Chess.com kindly agreed to sponsor it and put matches on their platform and we had over 300 teams taking part since it was launched.

The Tournament Director was recognized for these achievements by the English Chess Federation with the President's Award:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/awards2020-compressed.pdf

Tiger Sharks (UK) won the first season and the 2020-2020, Chess Club Politika A (Serbia) won the 2020-2021 online season, and then Chess Club Politika B (Serbia) won the 2021-2022 season.

'World Chess League.Live'

In April 2022, the Tournament Director Peter Hornsby decided it was time for the tournament to be renamed and rebranded, and issued with a new website.

This was because the tournament had grown so much and was receiving significant attention with the BBC, Sky News and Chess TV all featuring it, and the previous name was causing some understandable confusion.

Chess Club Politika A were the first team the won the tournament under this name in 2023 and retained the title in 2024. We look forward to seeing who triumphs in the 2025 season!

World Chess League.Live 2023-24 Season Winners:

Chess Club Politika A

See: World Chess League 2024 | World Chess League.Live

GROUP A

Chess Club Dragon WCCL

TJ Valašská Bystřice

Dundee City B

Petts Wood & Orpington B

Strathclyde University

Team Italia

Surrey University

Surbiton Juniors

GROUP D

Durham Alumni

Team New Delhi

Rooty Hills A

Wieża Wadowice

Reading University & Alumni A

Hawaii Scholastic

UK Patzers B

Queen Mary’s University

GROUP G

Chess Club Politika WCCL

Oxford University A

Shanghai Small World Chess Club

New Zealand WCL.L

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Prescott & Knotty Ash Liverpool

Aberdeen University

Burlington Ambush

GROUP J

ECF Women's Online Team

Newcastle University

Bath University

Birmingham University

Toronto Kaiqi Chess Club

No Chess No Life

Dirty Birds

Durham University

Group B

Z House

Aberdeen Alumni

Stockholm Chess Club

Kauai Island

North Staffs Knights

Kraaifontein

Oxford University B

Dragon’s Fire

GROUP E

Philippines Finest

Peoneros

Warwick Alumni

Chongqing Mistyland Grassland

Shenzhen Peng Yue Chess Club

Bloemfontein Chess Club

Fiji Chess Federation

Watford Juniors

GROUP H

Petts Wood & Orpington A

Warwick University

Cambridge University

Imperial College London

UK Patzers A

Eton College

Konstanz University

Latymer School

Group C

Dundee City A

Team Chile

Team Brazil Rapid

Heriot Watt University

Hawaiian Islands

Ampleforth College

Xadrez Entre Amigos

Reading University & Alumni B

GROUP F

San Miguel Chess Association

Chess Kids Nation

Pentland Hills

Chongqing Mistyland Yangtze River

Falmouth University

Randburg Chess Club

Bishan Chess Club

Royal Holloway University

GROUP I

Chess Heroes

Rooty Hills B

Die Feuervögel

Mouflon Chess Team

Shenzhen Pengcheng Chess Club

Chongqing Mistyland Great Wall

Chongqing Mistyland Locust Team

The 9th Rank

The knock-out stage:

The top teams from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. 16 teams went with the remaining places going to the best performing teams that did not finish top of their respective group.

If there is a draw, the team highlighted in bold won as their record across the tournament is superior to that of their opponents.

	Round of 16, 28th April 2024
Team	Game link, UK match time & Result:	Team
North Staffs Knights	2-6 https://tinyurl.com/2ex4cbh4	Birmingham University
Warwick University	3.5-2.5 https://tinyurl.com/42br5w89	Team New Zealand
Chess Club Dragons	7.5-2.5 https://tinyurl.com/y2snr56h	Aberdeen Alumni
Chongqing Mistyland Yangtze River	1.5-6.5 https://tinyurl.com/2kbrzmfd	Cambridge University
Chess Club Politika	7-1 https://tinyurl.com/mpuy7ph6	Pentland Hills
Mouflon Chess Team	0-8 (default)	TJ Valašská Bystřice
Warwick Alumni	8-0 https://tinyurl.com/55kxjrhr	Durham University
Dundee City A	6.5-1.5 https://tinyurl.com/bdee5hrs	Rooty Hills A

	Quarter Finals, 13th July 2024
Team	Game link, UK match time & Result:	Team
Warwick University	0-8 (default)	Birmingham University
Cambridge University	Chess Club Dragon WCCL vs Cambridge University: Quarter Final - Chess.com 1.5-6.5	Chess Club Dragons
TJ Valašská Bystřice	TJ Valašská Bystřice - šachy vs Chess Club Politika WCLL: Quarter Final - Chess.com 2-6	Chess Club Politika
Dundee City A	Dundee City A vs Warwick Uni Alumni A Team - 2200 Club: Quarter Final - Chess.com 4.5-3.5	Warwick Alumni

	Semi Final 1 14th July 2024
Team	Game link, UK match time & Result:	Team
Birmingham University	University of Birmingham WCL Team vs Chess Club Dragon WCCL: Semi Final - Chess.com 0-10	Chess Club Dragons
Team	Semi Final 2 14th July 2024	Team
	Game link, UK match time & Result:
Chess Club Politika	Chess Club Politika WCLL vs Dundee City A: Semi Final - Chess.com 4.5-3.5	Dundee City A
Team	Third placed play-off 14th July 2024	Team
Dundee City A	Dundee City A vs University of Birmingham WCL Team: Third place play-off - Chess.com 6-2	Birmingham University
	Final 14th July 2024
Team	Game link,UK match time & Result	Team
Chess Club Politika	Chess Club Politika WCLL vs Chess Club Dragon WCCL: Final WCL 2024 - Chess.com 5-3	Chess Club Dragon