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Potomac Youth Chess League (PYCL)

The U.S. Chess Center is pleased to offer a new season of the Potomac Youth Chess League (PYCL), the middle school chess league we ran from 1997 through 2010 and from 2023 until the present.  The league is open to all interested middle schools in the Washington Metropolitan Area.  

The 2024-2025 season will kick off in November 2024 and run for eight rounds.   Matches will be played Saturday afternoons at 4:30 pm ET on lichess.org.  Teams consist of four players, not necessarily the same four each match, all registered students in their schools in grades 5-8.

Register your school to compete in the Potomac Youth Chess League at: https://chessctr.org/play/pycl-school

Schools that have any questions about participating should contact us at:  ms-league@chessctr.org 
2024-25 Schedule of Rounds & Results

Four players from each school and their coach/sponsor will meet online on the following Saturdays at 4:30 pm ET. 

Round 1: Saturday, November 23, 2024 
Round 2: Saturday, TBD
Round 3: Saturday, TBD
Round 4: Saturday, TBD
Round 5: Saturday, TBD
Round 6: Saturday, TBD

2024-2025 Participating Teams

Teams that have registered to participate in the 2024-2025 season of the Potomac Youth Chess League are listed above.