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2019 PRO Chess League Season
The 2019 PRO Chess League Season was the third season of the PRO Chess League The Professional Rapid Online Chess League (PRO Chess League and abbreviated PCL) is an online rapid chess league operated by chess.com. It was preceded by the United States Chess League, which announced in 2016 that it would be renamed, reformatt .... It started on November 9 with the qualification tournament in order to decide the expansion teams and ended on May 5. During the regular season, teams played one match against every other team in their division and three interdivisional series. The Saint Louis Arch Bishops won their second PRO Chess League title by defeating the Baden-Baden Snowballs with a score of 10–6. Qualification tournament The qualification tournament took place on November 3 with two qualifiers. The event format was stated on the PRO Chess League website. * 13 round individual Swiss using time format of three minutes with two seconds of increment. * Scores determined by addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Rapid Online Chess League
The Professional Rapid Online Chess League (PRO Chess League and abbreviated PCL) is an online rapid chess league operated by chess.com. It was preceded by the United States Chess League, which announced in 2016 that it would be renamed, reformatted, and opened to cities from around the world, and moved to the website chess.com. In its inaugural season, the PCL comprised 48 teams, whose members included some of the highest-rated chess players in the world, including the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen, and other elite players including Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, and Wesley So plus over 100 other grandmasters. The 48 teams represent cities in five continents. Teams Format * For each match, teams may have at least one free agent in the lineup * The average rating of the four players in each match must be under 2500 * Each match uses a scheveningen system with the first team to reach 8.5 points or higher winning. Time control is 15 minutes plus a 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
