United States Chess League
(USCL)

Sport	Chess
Founded	2005
Ceased	2016
Replaced by	Professional Online Rapid Chess League
President	Greg Shahade
No. of teams	20
Country	United States
Last champion(s)	Manhattan Applesauce(1 title)
Most titles	Dallas Destiny New York Knights (2 titles)
Official website	http://uschessleague.com/

The United States Chess League (USCL) was the only nationwide chess league in the United States for eleven years. In 2016 the League announced it would be opened to cities from around the world, moved to the website chess.com, and renamed the Professional Rapid Online Chess League.^[1]

At its peak, the USCL comprised twenty teams, whose members included some of the highest-rated chess players in the United States.^[2] Participants in the last season included Wesley So, Alexander Onischuk, Alex Lenderman, Anton Kovalyov, Varuzhan Akobian, Daniel Naroditsky, Julio Becerra, Joel Benjamin, and many other grandmasters. The League was founded in 2005 by International Master Greg Shahade.^[3] In later seasons the league was run by Arun Sharma, who was the Vice President of the USCL.

2005

The 2005 season began on August 30 and ended on November 23 with the Baltimore Kingfishers crushing the Miami Sharks to win the inaugural USCL title.^[4]

Team origins

The following teams were selected to play in the inaugural season.

Teams	Date Joined
San Francisco Mechanics	January 30[5]
New York Knights	February 3[6]
Philadelphia Masterminds	February 3[7]
Baltimore Kingfishers	March 24[8]
Dallas Destiny	March 30[9]
Miami Sharks	April 23[10]
Boston Blitz	April 25[11]
Carolina Cobras	April 30[12]

Standings

Eastern Division W L Game Points New York Knights 8 2 25.5 Baltimore Kingfishers 6.5 3.5 24 Boston Blitz 4 6 18 Philadelphia Inventors 3.5 6.5 16

Western Division W L Game Points San Francisco Mechanics 6 4 22 Miami Sharks 5.5 4.5 19.5 Dallas Destiny 3.5 6.5 18.5 Carolina Cobras 3 7 16.5

Playoffs

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