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NACCL News Season 8

Symetra Pulls Ahead

Team Standings After week 2 of the North American Corporate Chess League’s eighth season, Symetra established an early lead.  A new team to the NACCL, Symetra is led by four very strong players who represent the Washington-based insurance subsidiary: GM Andrey Stukopin, GM Vladimir Belous, IM Yannick Kambrath, and IM Irakli Beradze.  With 21.5 points […]

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NACCL News Season 8

Season 8 Opening Week – Nobody’s Perfect!

Thursday evening, the North American Corporate Chess League returned for season 8.  With 528 players representing 38 company teams, the NACCL continues to be the largest corporate chess league in the world! All four previous NACCL champions have returned to seek another title: Susquehanna International Group (SIG) (Season 1 Champions), Google (Seasons 2, 3, and […]

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NACCL News Season 7

Season 7 – Capital One Prevails!

In a nail-biting finish of championship week of the North American Corporate Chess League’s season 7, Capital One held onto their narrow lead to secure the S7 title.  This is Capital One’s first title, and they join Deloitte, Google,and the Susquehanna International Group as NACCL champions. Team Standings Finishing with 51.5 points, Capital One’s team […]

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NACCL News Season 7

Season 7, Week 5 – Capital One, EY, and Google Vie for NACCL Title

Team Standings After five weeks of the North American Corporate Chess League’s seventh season, Capital One maintains a narrow lead in a very competitive league leaderboard. With 44 team points, Capital One is just ahead of second place Ernst & Young (42.5) and Google’s competitive squads – Google-A has 41 points, while Google-B has 40.5.  […]

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NACCL News Season 7

Season 7, Week 4 – Capital One Takes the Lead

Week 4 of the North American Corporate Chess League’s Season 7 is in the books, with Capital One capturing a small lead over Ernst & Young and 40+ other companies in the team standings. Team Standings The Capital One team is off to a great four weeks in the NACCL, taking a two-point lead into […]

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NACCL News Season 7

Season 7, Week 3 – Big Four Makes its Move

At the halfway mark of the North American Corporate Chess League’s seventh season, major accounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young stand atop the leaderboardat 28 team points. While about 40% of Thursday’s first games (round 7) were affected by lichess server instability issues, the NACCL tournament directors and system operators have adjusted player scores […]

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NACCL News Season 7

Season 7, Week 2 – Logjam at the Top

After 2 weeks of the North American Corporate Chess League’s seventh season, we have a trio of teams at the top of the leaderboard.  This is particularly exciting as this is the NACCL’s largest season with 43 teams and 550+ players.  The NACCL has maintained itself as the largest corporate chess league in the world. […]

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NACCL News Season 7

Season 7 – Records were meant to be broken!

Welcome to season 7 of the North American Corporate Chess League! While the NACCL continues to be the largest corporate chess league in the world, season 7 has broken all previous records with an amazing turnout.  As of week 1, 43 teams and 548 players are signed up – a record by both counts. There […]

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NACCL News Season 6

S6 Final – Google Clinches 4th NACCL Title!

In championship week of the North American Corporate Chess League’s season 6, Google held onto their narrow lead to secure the S6 title.  This is Google’s fourth title, having also won in seasons 2, 3, and 5. Team Standings Finishing with 34 points, Google’s team was led by FM Richard Chen (9 points), Lambert Liu […]

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NACCL News Season 6

S6 Week 5 – Google Searches for 4th Title!

After 5 weeks of the North American Corporate Chess League’s sixth season, Google leapfrogged previous frontrunners Deloitte to top the leaderboard with 31 points.  The Google squad is led by NM Richard Chen and Lasha Lakirbaia (8 points) plus Kathan Shukla and Justin Kunkel at 7.5 points.  Google won the NACCL in season 2, 3, […]