11 events. 2 trophies. Is your club ready?
From September 2025 to June 2026, Chess Events UK is proud to host the first Club Team Championship.
A season-long contest alongside our Congress and Rapidplay series at the University of Northampton (UON).
🏆 Rapidplay Club Champions
🏆 Congress Club Champions
Form a team of 3 players (from your club or friendship group)
Teams can enter each event in either or both formats
Top individual scores from each team member at each event are totalled
Your best 3 event totals across the season determine your final team score
Highest scoring team in each category wins the title and trophy!
No section limits apply
Enter as a team of 3 and receive a 20% cashback on the day of the event. Its our way of saying thank you for making chess a team effort.
Spots are limited. Get your team name down and start climbing the leaderboard!
Let’s say teams compete in 3 Congresses and 4 Rapidplays during the season.
Each player's individual score from a given event is totaled to create the team score for that event. Then, the best 3 team event scores are used to determine their final championship score.
Congress Team Championship (Max Score per event: 15)
Team Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Top 3 Totals Final Score
Team 1 12 (4+4+4) 14 (5+5+4) 10 (3+4+3) 13 (5+4+4) 14 + 13 + 12 39
Team 2 11 (3+4+4) 15 (5+5+5) 13 (5+4+4) 12 (4+4+4) 15 + 13 + 12 40
🏆 Team 2 wins the Congress Club Champion title!
Rapidplay Team Championship (Max Score per event: 18)
Team Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Top 3 Totals Final Score
Team 1 15 (6+5+4) 17 (6+6+5) 14 (5+5+4) 16 (6+5+5) 17 + 16 + 15 48
Team 2 16 (6+5+5) 18 (6+6+6) 13 (4+4+5) 14 (5+5+4) 18 + 16 + 14 48
🏆 Draw! Tiebreak (e.g. The team with the best single-event score across the season wins)
Or Both Teams are engraved on the cup.