Playfly College Esports is excited to return this year in continued partnership with Chess.com, providing competitions for the strongest of teams as well as a space for brand new clubs and programs.

COLLEGIATE CHESS LEAGUE

The Collegiate Chess League is our staple competition where teams from across the world can compete. In Spring 2024, our largest season yet, we have provided for 180 schools and 376 teams. Each season is bigger than the last, so there's plenty of room for novices and experts alike to compete!

READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE

“Since the start of our partnership in 2022, we’ve seen outstanding growth and interest in our chess competitions. Spring 2024 was our largest season yet and now we’ve reached a point where we can be spinning into regional competitions to better meet a significant portion of our international colleges at a more comfortable, local time – which in turn will enable further growth.”

- Joe Navarro, Playfly Esports Operations Manager

2024 FALL SEASON IS HERE

PROGRAM DETAILS

  • Registration Period

    August 12 - September 18

  • Regular Season

    September 28 - November 9

  • Playoffs

    November 16 - 24

$25,000 Prize Pool

Top teams in the highest divisions of competitions will compete for a piece of the $25,000 prize pool. Up and rising teams in the lower divisions can earn Diamond Chess.com memberships to help further their progress.

HOW TO SIGN UP

All Players must be registered on LeagueSpot on a Chess (4v4) team, with their team being registered by the team representative for the Collegiate Chess League competition.

Each team should have a minimum of Four (4) Players.

Register on LeagueSpot here.

Team representatives must fill out the Chess.com Registration Form here for their Roster.

Complete the registration form here.

All players must complete the FairPlay agreement.

Complete the FairPlay agreement here.

IMPORTANT INFO

Failure to complete one or more items by the registration deadline (September 18) may result in removal from competition. The full competition rulebook can be found here.

For more information, please reach out to CCL Commissioner Joe Lee at joe.lee@chess.com or inquire via Discord in the Collegiate Chess League Discord (CCL Discord) or Playfly College Esports servers (playflygg Discord).

Susquehanna's intern Kimmy on Chess

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