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How do I challenge another club?

Discover how to challenge other clubs to a match on Chess.com as a coordinator or higher within your club.

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How to create a match between clubs

Only coordinators or higher can challenge another club to a match. If you have this role, follow these steps to create a club match:

Create the event

  1. Go to your club’s homepage and click 'New Club Tournament/Match' under the admin tools on the right-hand side.

  2. From the options, choose either 'Club Daily Match' or 'Club Match,' depending on the time format you want.

  3. Next, select your match settings and preferences to finish setting up the challenge.

Creating a match against another club on Chess.com

Customize the match settings

Here are the key settings and what they control:

Setting

Description

Club

This dropdown will list all the clubs where you have the role of coordinator or higher.

Club to

Challenge

Search for the opponent club and enter the name of the club you wish to challenge.

Match Name

Name your match.

Quick Description

Add a brief description for your tournament.

Game Type

Choose from standard chess, chess 960, a book opening, or a custom FEN.

Start Date

Specify a start date for the tournament, even if the maximum players have not yet joined.

Start Time

Set the specific time for the tournament to start. The default is midnight of the start date, and times are displayed in your time zone.

Rating

Set minimum and maximum ratings for participants.

Players Per

Club

Set the minimum and maximum numbers of players needed for the match to start.

Concurrent Games

Per Player

Choose whether players will play one game at a time (pick 1) or both games (as black and white) simultaneously (pick 2).

Rated

Toggle this off if you prefer to play unrated games.

Auto-Start Tournament when registration is full

Enable this to automatically start the tournament when the maximum number of players has registered, regardless of the set start time or date.

Minimum Games

Set a minimum number of games a player must have completed to be eligible to join the match.

Send the challenge

Once you've finished setting your match preferences, click the green 'Create' button at the bottom of the page to send the challenge to the opposing club. Once they accept, the match is on, and members from both clubs can begin joining!

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