Torbay Chess League 2025-26 Season

South Hams Chess Club fields teams in three of the Torbay Chess League competitions running in the 2025-26 season: the Division 1, RapidPlay and Knockout Competitions. Games played in the TCL are submitted to the ECF rating database.

In TCL competitions, fixtures, results league tables and player stats for all teams are set out using the ECF League Management System. The South Hams fixtures and results are also set out on this website.

Competition rules and match result sheets can be viewed or downloaded here.

The final league tables for the 2025-26 season are as follows.

Division 1 - Open

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Newton Abt. Abbots	6	5	0	1	17	7	10
Newton Abt. Bishops	6	3	1	2	13	11	7
Totnes	6	2	1	3	9½	14½	5
South Hams	6	1	0	5	8½	15½	2

Division 2 - Under 6800

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Teignmouth	4	3	0	1	10½	5½	6
Newton Abbot	4	2	1	1	9	7	5
Plymouth	4	0	1	3	4½	11½	1

Division 3 - Under 6400

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Newton Abbot	6	4	1	1	13½	10½	9
Totnes	6	2	1	3	12½	11½	5
Teignmouth	6	2	1	3	12½	11½	5
Plymouth University	6	2	1	3	9½	14½	5

Division 4 - Under 6000 Maximum Individual Rating of 1600

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Plymouth	6	5	1	0	18½	5½	11
Newton Abbot	6	2	3	1	15	9	7
Torquay BGS	5	1	2	2	8½	11½	4
Stover School	5	0	0	5	2	18	0

Rapidplay - Under 7000

Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Newton Abbot Knights	6	4	2	29	19	8
Newton Abbot Pawns	6	4	2	26	20	8
Torquay BGS	6	2	4	20	28	4
South Hams	6	2	4	19	27	4