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2026 Potomac Youth Chess League Results and Standings

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.  
 
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.  
 
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.
 
Round 1 Results - 1/24/2026

Ingenuity Prep 4-4 McFarland

Alice Deal 8-0 Maret

Two Rivers 3-3 Martin Luther King Jr. 

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

Round 2 Results - 1/31/2026

MacFarland 2-6 Sidwell Friends

Longfellow 2-6 Alice Deal 

Martin Luther King Jr. 2-6 BASIS

Maret 2-2 KIPP Valor 

DCI 7-1 Our Lady of Mercy 

Washington Latin AJC 7-1 Ingenuity Prep

Holy Trinity Episcopal 6-2 Eliot Hine

Sojourner Truth 0-6 Columbia Heights Education Campus

KIPP Key 0-4 Two Rivers

Round 3 Results - 2/14/2026

BASIS 3-5 Washington Latin

Alice Deal 2-6 DCI

Sidwell 5.5-2.5 Two Rivers

Our Lady of Mercy 2-6 Longfellow

Martin Luther King Jr. 6-2 MacFarland

Ingenuity Prep 0.5-7.5 KIPP Key

Eliot Hine 2-0 Maret

Columbia Heights Education Campus 1-3 Holy Trinity Episcopal

KIPP Valor (BYE)

Round 4 Results - 2/28/2026

Washington Latin 3-5 DCI

Alice Deal 7-1 Sidwell

Longfellow 5-3 BASIS

KIPP Key 2.5-5.5 Martin Luther King Jr.

Two Rivers 3-5 Our Lady of Mercy

KIPP Valor 3-5 Holy Trinity Episcopal

Columbia Heights Education Campus 4-4 Ingenuity Prep

MacFarland 7-1 Eliot-Hine

Maret (BYE)

Round 5 Results - 3/7/2026

DCI 7-1 Sidwell

Washington Latin 1-7 Alice Deal 

Martin Luther King Jr. 0-8 Longfellow

BASIS 8-0 Columbia Heights Education Campus

KIPP Key 4.5-1.5 MacFarland

KIPP Valor 3-5 Holy Trinity Episcopal

Eliot-Hine 2-6 Ingenuity Prep

Round 6 Pairings - 3/14/2026

Longfellow – DCI

Our Lady Of Mercy – Alice Deal

Sidwell – BASIS

Martin Luther King Jr. – Washington Latin

Ingenuity Prep – Two Rivers

Holy Trinity Episcopal – KIPP Key

MacFarland – Columbia Heights Education Campus 

Eliot-Hine – KIPP Valor

Standings After Round 5 of 6

SchoolMatch PointsBoard Points (Tiebreaker)
DCI533
Alice Deal430
Longfellow429
BASIS DC328
Washington Latin AJC2.520
Our Lady of Mercy2.520
Sidwell Friends2.517.5
Holy Trinity Episcopal216
Martin Luther King Jr.215.5
KIPP Key215.5
Ingenuity Prep215.5
MacFarland1.514.5
Columbia Heights Education Campus1.511
Two Rivers113.5
Maret110
Eliot-Hine09
KIPP Valor07