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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

Potomac Youth Chess League New Season is Underway

The 2025 season of the Potomac Youth Chess League, the online competition we run for middle schools in the greater Washington D.C. area, began on January 11.  Matches take place on lichess.com on Saturday afternoons. 

The League has grown to ten schools this year, with The Avalon School and Sligo Creek Middle School in Montgomery County, MD, Cooper Middle School and Longfellow Middle School in Fairfax County, VA, and San Miguel School in northwest DC all joining the competition for the first time.  Good luck to all the participating schools this season!
Round 1 Results - 1/11/2025

Two Rivers 0-8 Cooper

DCI 7-1 BASIS DC

San Miguel 0.5 – 7.5 Longfellow

Washington Latin 5-3 Avalon

Sligo 7.5-0.5 Ingenuity Prep 

Round 2 Results - 1/18/2025

Cooper – Sligo (match postponed)

Longfellow 7-1 DCI

Avalon 8-0 San Miguel

Ingenuity Prep 0.5 – 7.5 Washington Latin 

BASIS DC 8-0 Two Rivers

Round 3 Results - 2/1/2025

San Miguel – Ingenuity Prep (match postponed)

Two Rivers 0-8 Longfellow

DCI – Avalon (match postponed)

Washington Latin 5-3 Sligo

BASIS DC 4-4 Cooper

Round 4 Results - 2/8/2025

Sligo 8-0 San Miguel 

Longfellow 8-0 BASIS DC

Ingenuity Prep 0-8 DCI

Cooper 4-4 Washington Latin

Avalon 2-2 Two Rivers

Round 5 Results - 2/22/2025

Sligo 6.5-1.5 Longfellow

Ingenuity Prep 8-0 Avalon

Washington Latin 3.5-4.5 BASIS DC

Cooper 7-1 DCI

San Miguel 2-2 Two Rivers

Round 6 Results - 3/8/2025

Cooper 8-0 Longfellow

Two Rivers 1-7 Ingenuity Prep 

BASIS DC 8-0 Avalon

DCI 2-6 Sligo

San Miguel 0-8 Washington Latin

2025 League Standings

SchoolMatch PointsBoard Points (tiebreaker)
Sligo743
Longfellow639
Cooper5.540
Washington Latin536
BASIS DC3.525.5
DCI327
Ingenuity Prep324
Avalon113
Two Rivers05
San Miguel02.5

Potomac Youth Chess League Spring 2024 Season Has Begun

The Potomac Youth Chess League, the middle school chess league the Center ran from 1997 to 2010, has been brought back for a new season in Spring 2024.  Any middle school in the D.C. area may field a team.

The first round of matches took place last Saturday, January 13.  BASIS DC and DCI are the early leaders after recording 8-0 victories.

Matchday 1 Results

Capital City PCS 0-8 BASIS DC

DCI 8-0 Meridian

Capital Village 4-4 Two Rivers PCS

Washington Latin 7.5 – 0.5 Ingenuity Prep