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 January 2025 and run for six 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
Four players from each school and their coach/sponsor will meet online on the following Saturdays at 4:30 pm ET.
Round 1: Saturday, January 11, 2025
Round 2: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Round 3: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Round 4: Saturday, February 8, 2025
Round 5: Saturday, February 22, 2025
Round 6: Saturday, March 8, 2025
Playoffs: Saturday, March 15, 2025 with top 4 teams
District of Columbia International School
Washington, DC
Ingenuity Prep PCS
Washington, DC
Longfellow Middle School
McLean, VA
San Miguel School
Washington, DC
Sligo Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Two Rivers Public Charter School
Washington, DC
Washington Latin Public Charter School
Anna Julia Cooper Campus
Washington, DC
Teams that have registered to participate in the 2024-2025 season of the Potomac Youth Chess League are listed above.