2025-2026 Season

LBCSCL

Our league brings together the chess-playing schools of Bucks and Montgomery Counties near Philadelphia in the spirit of competition and camaraderie. The LBCSCL schools play rounds of a tournament during the Winter Sports Schedule to name a champion, teach the students about competitive chess, and teach the life lessons that chess inherently brings. 

We will be back in 2026-2027 with registration opening in October of 2026. 

Here's the history of the league

The Tournament

In 2025-2026 we went away from school v. school play and switched to a Swiss System event. The event took place over two Saturdays in January and February. We plan to add a December date in 2026-27. 

For those unfamiliar with a Swiss System Chess Tournament, please see this explanation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss-system_tournament

Students who enroll will play 3 rounds on each day of the event. Players will accrue 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. There are no byes in this event. Players should note this fact before enrolling.

Teams will consist of between four and six players and one coach representing the school. Teams' scores will consist of the top four scores from a school. For example, if your team has six players, the bottom two scores will be ignored for team trophies.

Time Control will be g40d5 per round

Daily Schedule

8:30- 9: Registration and Check-in

9:00-10:30: Round 1

10:45- 12:15: Round 2

Lunch: 12:15 to 12:45

12:45 to 2:15: Round 3

Coach’s Responsibilities

Coaches must attend the days of the event. If the coach cannot attend these days, then the team will not be enrolled. 

Trophies

First through 10th place individual

Top 5 teams

Top Unrated, 2nd unrated

Top Female, 2nd place female

Biggest Upset

Ratings

This will be an UNRATED event. This will not have an impact on your USCF rating.

Registration

2026-2027 Registration will open in October. If you want to be notified when registration opens, email Varsitychess@gmail.com. Once dates are confirmed for the event, they will be posted here. 

2025-2026 Standings Team

1 Council Rock South A 18

Harrison COATES (1252) 5.0

Daniel GOLDOVSKY (1687) 4.5

Ely FELDMAN (1336) 4.5

Daniel RAKHMAN ( 917) 4.0

2 Abington A 17.5

Sofi EBORA (1161) 5.0

Kareem TRICKEY (1279) 4.5

Nick YOUNG ( 917) 4.5

Doron FOX (1125) 3.5

3 Upper Dublin 17

Ricky LI (1876) 5.5

Cameron MOLYNEUX ( 135) 4.0

Matthew XI (  72) 4.0

Henry YANG (unr.) 3.5

4 North Penn 16.5

Justin XU (1774) 5.0

Md HASSAN (unr.) 4.5

Amogh KOLLIPARA (1677) 4.0

Maunik RANJITH-KUMAR (1290) 3.0

5 LaSalle 15

William HARTZEL (  63) 4.0

Benajmin LESTER (unr.) 4.0

Brian BISHOP (  40) 3.5

Ayden LAYTON (  12) 3.5

6 Holy Ghost Prep 14.5

7 LaSalle B 13.5

8 Abington B 12

9 William Tennent 10

10 Hatboro Horsham 9.5

11 Norristown 9

12 Holy Ghost B 8.5

13 Wissahickon 5

14 C. Rock South B 3

15 George School 0

2025-2026 Individual Award Winners

1. Ricky LI, Upper Dublin

2. Justin XU, North Penn

3. Harrison COATES, Council Rock South

4. Sofi EBORA, Abington

5. Daniel GOLDOVSKY, Council Rock South

6. Nick YOUNG, Abington

7. Kareem TRICKEY, Abington

8. Cole CONNORS, Holy Ghost Prep

9. Ely FELDMAN, Council Rock South

10. Md HASSAN, North Penn

Top Female

1- Hadas ARNOVITZ 

2- Sofia POPOVETSKA 

Top Unrated (Rookie)

1- Benajmin LESTER, LaSalle

2-  Egan RUPPERSBERG, Holy Ghost Prep

Upset Points

Cameron Molyneux, Upper Dublin