The 2026 Potomac Youth Chess League, the ongoing competition open to all middle schools in the greater Washington D.C. area, got started with Round 1 on Saturday, January 24. Â
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The League continues to grow with 18 middle schools registering to participate this year. In addition to more than a dozen schools within the D.C. city limits, we also have schools from Potomac, MD, Beltsville, MD, Glenn Dale, MD and McLean, VA taking part. Â
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Games are played online at lichess.com. Matches consist of two school teams of four students each, sorted in board order. Each student plays their opposite number twice during each match.
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Round 1 Results - 1/24/2026
Ingenuity Prep 4-4 McFarland
Alice Deal 8-0 Maret
Two Rivers 3-3 Martin Luther King Jr.Â
KIPP Valor 2-2 Eliot-Hine
Our Lady of Mercy 8-0 Sojourner Truth
Sidwell Friends 4-4 Washington Latin AJC
DCI 8-0 Holy Trinity Episcopal
Columbia Heights Education Campus 0-8 Longfellow
BASIS DC 8-0 KIPP Key