Announcing Chess.com's International Club Match Series
Chess.com is excited to announce our international club tournament series for Spanish, Russian, French, Portugese, Turkish, and Polish users. To celebrate our international communities and streamers, we'll be doing a club tournament series between users in these languages!
All matches will be streamed on Chess.com's Twitch channels.
Format
Teams will play three "club matches" back to back in rapid (15+5), blitz (5+3), and bullet (2+1) time controls.
The club match format pairs entrants representing their club against a member of the opposing club for two games, one with White and one with Black.
Schedule
Matches will take place on Fridays at 9 a.m. PT (January 18, 25, February 8, 15, 22). Here are the scheduled weekly matchups.
| Matches | Match One | Match Two | Match Three |
| January 18 |
Turkish vs. Russian: |
Polish vs. Portuguese: |
French vs. Spanish: |
| January 25 |
Russian vs. Polish: |
Spanish vs. Turkish: |
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| February 8 | French vs. Polish: (Rapid, Blitz, Bullet) | Portuguese vs. Turkish (Rapid, Blitz, Bullet) | Russian vs. Spanish: (Rapid, Blitz, Bullet) |
| February 15 | Russian vs. French: (Rapid, Blitz, Bullet) | Polish vs. Turkish: (Rapid, Blitz, Bullet) | |
| February 22 | French vs. Turkish: (Rapid, Blitz, Bullet) | Polish vs. Spanish: (Rapid, Blitz, Bullet) | Portuguese vs. Russian: (Rapid, Blitz, Bullet) |
Prizes
The top-five-scoring players from the winning team will all receive one-year diamond 
memberships on Chess.com. ALL of the players on the winning team who play in at least 4/5 matches will get one-month memberships.
Spanish
FM Luis Siles (@LuisFSiles) the face of Chess.com Español will be streaming on twitch.tv/chesscomES. Don't miss the opportunity to have "Luison" comment on your games! What kind of antics will he be up to? We don't know yet, but we're sure he'll have some surprises.
Russian
GM Vlad Dobrov (@VladDobrov) will be streaming on twitch.tv/chesscomRU. An experienced instructor and a streamer at twitch.tv/tortugachess, Dobrov is best known for his role as a coach of the Russian national team.
French
Kevin Bordi (@blitzstream) is leading the charge (allez les Bleus!) for the French team at twitch.tv/chesscomFR. He'll be bringing his famous French energy and competitiveness to all the streamers. Don't get in his way!
Portuguese
GM Krikor Mekhitarian (@GMKrikor) will be streaming for the twitch.tv/chesscomPT channel. He's the highest-rated streamer; hopefully his strength will rub off his club members!
Turkish
GM Cemil Can Ali Marandi (@jjchess2018) is one of the strongest grandmasters in Turkey, and a regular streamer at twitch.tv/jjchess. Join his coverage at twitch.tv/chesscomTR for high energy and enthusiasm.
Polish
FM Kacper Polok (@KacperPolok) is one of the most popular streamers in Poland at twitch.tv/kacperpolok. He'll be bringing you the official show at twitch.tv/chesscomPL.
I'm the Head of Community for Chess.com. I earned the National Master title in 2012, and in 2014, I returned to my home state of South Carolina to start Strategery: Chess and Games. In late 2015, I began working for Chess.com and haven't looked back since.
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