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Welcome to the Corporate Chess Charity Championships!

Twice a year, corporate chess teams from all over the world and any skill level compete in a one-of-a-kind competition to fight for the CEA Corporate Chess Champion title.

Bond with your teammates, network with your opponents, and play for charity as 100% of registration fees are donated to a charity of winning teams' choice.

Fall 2022 Schedule

(September 10th - November 19th)

September 1		End of Registration
September 10		Preseason
September 11		End of Late Registration
September 17		Week 1
September 24		Week 2
October 1		Week 3
October 8		Corporate vs. Collegiate Rivalry Weekend
October 15		Week 4
October 22		Week 5
October 29		Playoff Play-ins
November 5		Playoffs: Quarterfinals
November 12		Playoffs: Semifinals
November 19		Playoffs: Finals

January 7&8, 2023		Pan-American Intercorporate Team Chess Championship (Seattle)

Rule Summary:

All players have to fill out the CEA Fair-Play waiver before being eligible to play in this tournament.

Teamsize:	Teams of 4 (+ up to 6 substitute players)
Eligibility:	All players of a team have to be employees of the same company (see Player Eligibility rules in the detailed rulebook)
Game Platform:	Games played online on chess.com
Tournament Mode:	5 weeks of Round Robin tournament (Divisions of 12, two groups of 6) followed by 4 weeks of playoffs
Playoffs:	Playins: Teams placing 3-6 playing against teams 3-6 of the other group. Top 2 teams automatically qualify for playoffs
Divisions:	Divisions and groups are assigned based on average team strength and team location
Match Time:	By default: matches played on Saturdays at 10am Pacific Time
	(unless otherwise rescheduled with opponent team or otherwise announced - e.g. if all teams of a group are in a different time zone)
Time Control:	Matches are 7min+2sec increment in a 4v4 team match everybody plays every opponent. Match duration ~1.5h
Entry Fee	Entry fee of $160 per team
Prizes:	Top 3 finishing teams can chose a charity to donate the entry fee donation pool to.

For more information view the CEA Chess Rulebook

Division 1			Division 2
Round 1			Round 1
Amazon \| Team C	-	Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple	-	General Motors\| Explosive C4
Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	-	Adobe \| Creative Chess	Cision \| Cision Chess 2	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 1
Amazon \| Team A	-	Garmin \| Fischer Finder	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced	-	Amazon \| Team D
Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	-	Amazon \| R to D2	BYE	-	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights
Round 2			Round 2
Amazon \| R to D2	-	Garmin \| Fischer Finder	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights	-	Amazon \| Team D
Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	-	Amazon \| Team A	Cision \| Cision Chess 2	-	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced
Adobe \| Creative Chess	-	Amazon \| Team C	Cision \| Cision Chess 1	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple
Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	General Motors\| Explosive C4	-	BYE
Round 3			Round 3
Amazon \| Team A	-	Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced	-	General Motors\| Explosive C4
Amazon \| R to D2	-	Adobe \| Creative Chess	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 1
Garmin \| Fischer Finder	-	Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	Amazon \| Team D	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 2
Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	-	Amazon \| Team C	BYE	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple
Round 4			Round 4
Amazon \| Team C	-	Garmin \| Fischer Finder	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple	-	Amazon \| Team D
Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	-	Amazon \| R to D2	Cision \| Cision Chess 2	-	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights
Adobe \| Creative Chess	-	Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	Cision \| Cision Chess 1	-	General Motors\| Explosive C4
Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	-	Amazon \| Team A	BYE	-	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced
Round 5			Round 5
Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	-	Adobe \| Creative Chess	BYE	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 1
Amazon \| Team C	-	Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 2
Amazon \| R to D2	-	Amazon \| Team A	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights	-	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced
Garmin \| Fischer Finder	-	Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	Amazon \| Team D	-	General Motors\| Explosive C4
Round 6			Round 6
Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	-	Amazon \| R to D2	General Motors\| Explosive C4	-	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights
Amazon \| Team A	-	Amazon \| Team C	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple
Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	Cision \| Cision Chess 2	-	BYE
Adobe \| Creative Chess	-	Garmin \| Fischer Finder	Cision \| Cision Chess 1	-	Amazon \| Team D
Round 7			Round 7
Adobe \| Creative Chess	-	Amazon \| Team A	Cision \| Cision Chess 1	-	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced
Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	-	Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	General Motors\| Explosive C4	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 2
Amazon \| R to D2	-	Amazon \| Team C	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple
Garmin \| Fischer Finder	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	Amazon \| Team D	-	BYE

Two teams - One winner

Rivalry events are organized by the CEA for participating corporate and collegiate institutions.
If you would like to join the next rivalry weekend, please reach out to chess@cea.gg

Next event: October 8, 2022

Registration via CEA Discord

Rule Summary:

Both teams submit a roster of as many players as possible. (Player eligibility of corporate or collegiate section applies)
Going down the roster, CEA will create as many as possible reasonable pairings between two players of the two companies
(usually within +-100 rating)
2 games in every pairings (players play white and black once)
game time control:10m + 5s inc (games expected to take 25m, whole rivalry event expected to take 1h including a 10 min break between games)
Scoring: Accumulate scores across all games played
Match opponents are encouraged to join a networking call after the event

Spring 2022

Corporate
Division 1: Regular Season Group A - Regular Season Group B - Playoffs
Division 2: Regular Season Group A - Regular Season Group B - Playoffs

Rivalry Match (4/2/22): Corporate 11.5 - 18.5 Collegiate

Fall 2021

Corporate
Division 1: Regular Season Group A - Regular Season Group B - Playoffs
Division 2: Regular Season Group A - Regular Season Group B - Playoffs

Rivalry Events:
Corporate 37.5 - 44.5 Collegiate (11/6/21)
Amazon 41.5 - 40.5 Microsoft (8/14/2021)
Facebook 18 - 16 IBM (8/14/2021)
Google 5 - 3 Boeing (8/14/2021)

Review Article

Summer 2021
Summer Season Pairings

Spring 2021
Corporate: Regular Season, Playoffs
Collegiate: Regular Season, Playoffs

Rivalry Event: Amazon vs Microsoft Rivalry Weekend - tied after regular matches - Microsoft wins on blitz tiebreaks (7/30/2017)

Grow your network

Meet players across 200 CEA participating companies and universities

Personal Development

Exclusive development and networking opportunities with CEA corporate partners

Team up with your peers

93% of participants make new connections through the event

Be broadcasted

Weekly broadcasted live on Twitch

Support non-profits

100% of registration fees donated to charity of winners choice

Division 1			Division 2
Round 1			Round 1
Amazon \| Team C	-	Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple	-	General Motors\| Explosive C4
Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	-	Adobe \| Creative Chess	Cision \| Cision Chess 2	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 1
Amazon \| Team A	-	Garmin \| Fischer Finder	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced	-	Amazon \| Team D
Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	-	Amazon \| R to D2	BYE	-	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights
Round 2			Round 2
Amazon \| R to D2	-	Garmin \| Fischer Finder	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights	-	Amazon \| Team D
Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	-	Amazon \| Team A	Cision \| Cision Chess 2	-	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced
Adobe \| Creative Chess	-	Amazon \| Team C	Cision \| Cision Chess 1	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple
Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	General Motors\| Explosive C4	-	BYE
Round 3			Round 3
Amazon \| Team A	-	Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced	-	General Motors\| Explosive C4
Amazon \| R to D2	-	Adobe \| Creative Chess	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 1
Garmin \| Fischer Finder	-	Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	Amazon \| Team D	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 2
Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	-	Amazon \| Team C	BYE	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple
Round 4			Round 4
Amazon \| Team C	-	Garmin \| Fischer Finder	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple	-	Amazon \| Team D
Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	-	Amazon \| R to D2	Cision \| Cision Chess 2	-	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights
Adobe \| Creative Chess	-	Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	Cision \| Cision Chess 1	-	General Motors\| Explosive C4
Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	-	Amazon \| Team A	BYE	-	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced
Round 5			Round 5
Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	-	Adobe \| Creative Chess	BYE	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 1
Amazon \| Team C	-	Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 2
Amazon \| R to D2	-	Amazon \| Team A	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights	-	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced
Garmin \| Fischer Finder	-	Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	Amazon \| Team D	-	General Motors\| Explosive C4
Round 6			Round 6
Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	-	Amazon \| R to D2	General Motors\| Explosive C4	-	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights
Amazon \| Team A	-	Amazon \| Team C	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple
Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	Cision \| Cision Chess 2	-	BYE
Adobe \| Creative Chess	-	Garmin \| Fischer Finder	Cision \| Cision Chess 1	-	Amazon \| Team D
Round 7			Round 7
Adobe \| Creative Chess	-	Amazon \| Team A	Cision \| Cision Chess 1	-	Epic Systems \| E.P.I.C. En Passant Is Cforced
Boeing \| We're Just Winging It	-	Slalom \| Slalom Chess Team	General Motors\| Explosive C4	-	Cision \| Cision Chess 2
Amazon \| R to D2	-	Amazon \| Team C	Garmin \| Dark Squared Knights	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Purple
Garmin \| Fischer Finder	-	Twitch \| Glitch Gambit Blue	Amazon \| Team D	-	BYE

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