Results of the Atomic Chess League Season 1

The Atomic Chess League was launched in July 2025, organized by @MaxwellsSilvrHammer and @HowlinD.
It gathered 36 players, in 8 teams, across two leagues, the Elite league (for ~2200+ players) and the Challenger league (for U~2200 players).

Every two weeks, each team would face another one, with 4 matches played across 4 boards, of a different time control (3+2, 3+0, 1+0, 1/2+0). For each round, team captains would assign their players to a time control, not knowing what the opposing team line up would be, which led to a lot of strategizing, trying to end up with favourable pairings.

Two months have passed and it's now time to look at the final standings!

Elite league results

1 - Team NeverofZero / Natso with 3 wins!
Round 1: 4-0 / Round 2: 2-2 (tiebreak win) / Round 3: 3-1
2 - Team Ihatespammers with 2 wins.
Round 1: 3-1 / Round 2: 2-2 (tiebreak loss) / Round 3: 2.5-1.5
3 - Team Wolfram_EP with 1 win.
Round 1: 1-3 / Round 2: 4-0 / Round 3: 1-3
4 - Team RandoomPlayer with no win.
Round 1: 0-4 / Round 2: 0-4 / Round 3: 1.5-2.5

Congratulations to @NeverofZero (2/3), @Natso (2/3), @Rechesster (2.5/3) and @RKROUNIT (2.5/3) for their win, and their individual performances!

Other notable individual performances include @JudeBaeTorrens (2.5/3), @Ihatespammers (2.5/3), @RookGameStrategy (2/3), @Wolfram_EP (2/3). Better than average results against such a tough field truly requires to be elite.

Challenger league results

1 - Team Rabbier with 3 wins!
Round 1: 2.5-1.5 / Round 2: 3-1 / Round 3: 3-1
2 - Team ekulxam with 2 wins.
Round 1: 2.5-1.5 / Round 2: 1-3 / Round 3: 2-2 (tiebreak win)
3 - Team F55555 with 1 win.
Round 1: 1.5-2.5 / Round 2: 2-2 (tiebreak win) / Round 3: 2-2 (tiebreak loss)
4 - Team average200 with no win.
Round 1: 1.5-2.5 / Round 2: 2-2 (tiebreak loss) / Round 3: 1-3

Congratulations to @Rabbier (1/3), @DanDan2016 (3/3), @StUdIeB (2/3), @bercerk_atim (2.5/3), and substitute player @Jmilie for their win, and their individual performances!

Other notable performances include @seaside_tiramisu (3/3), @bijiy (2/2), @always_play_atomic (2/3), @milky_way12 (2/3). Maybe we'll see some of them in the Elite league next season!

What now?

Now that Season 1 is over, the ACL will take a break for a few months to let place to the Atomic World Championship. We hope you'll be back for Season 2! There might be some changes to the tournament format and the players. Join The Atomic Chess League team to stay updated.

One last thing

We had a lot of fun organizing this tournament, strategizing the team line-ups, spectating the games, and discussing the (often surprising) results. Thank you to all the players involved.

We'd like to hear your thoughts too, so please comment under this post to tell us about your favourite moment from this event! Or what was the most beautiful game according to you? Feedback is also welcome. See you soon!