2026 Championships - Dates
BUCA is pleased to announce that the 2026 Team Championships will be helf on the 21st-22nd February 2026 at the Holiday Inn Coventry M6, Jct.2. Get your teams ready!
8th June 2025 6:42
2025 Championship - Winners
This year's Championship saw a thrilling finish, with UCL claiming their first-ever title on tiebreaks against Oxford—congratulations to their outstanding team!Oxford secured the Plate, edging out a strong Warwick side on tiebreaks and bringing an end to Cambridge's recent dominance. Meanwhile, LSE successfully defended their Bowl title.
In other divisions, Queen Mary's celebrated their first-ever BUCA title by winning the Shield, while Reading triumphed in the inaugural Cup division.
UCL's success didn't stop there - Aaravamudhan Balaji dominated the Blitz tournament, finishing with an impressive 8/9 to take home the trophy.
A huge thank you to all participants and organizers for an unforgettable weekend. See you next year!
23rd February 2025 15:24
2025 Championship - Live!
| Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 |
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 |
| Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 |
| Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 |
| Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 |
| Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 |
| Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 |
| Round 8 | Round 8 | Round 8 | Round 8 | Round 8 |
| Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 |
| Table | Table | Table | Table | Table |
Watch live on lichess!
22nd February 2025 8:14
2025 Championship - Entry
The entry form for the 2025 Championship is now available!
Please send your entries to thomasjevans@hotmail.co.uk!
18th November 2024 10:39
2024 Championship - Live!
| Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 |
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 |
| Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 |
| Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 |
| Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 |
| Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 |
| Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 |
| Round 8 | Round 8 | Round 8 | Round 8 |
| Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 |
| Table | Table | Table | Table |
Watch live on lichess!
23rd February 2024 19:15
2024 Championship - Entry
The entry form for the 2024 Championship is now available!
Please send your entries to !
13th December 2023 16:12
2023 Championship - Entry
The entry form and registration form for the 2023 Championship are now available! The deadline for entries is the start of the Technical Meeting (19:30 on 20th February).
Please send your entries to !
1st February 2023 16:12
2022 Championship - Entry
The registration form for the 2022 Championship is now available! The deadline for entries is the start of the Technical Meeting (19:00 on 28th February).
The latest 2022 Tournament regulations are also available to view.
Please send your entries to !
24th January 2022 8:19
European University Games postponed
European University Sports Association would like to announce that the upcoming edition of the 5th European Universities Games will not be held in Belgrade this July.
Despite the hard work of the local Organising Committee, EUSA and all the partners, taking into account the current pandemic situation regarding COVID-19, after much analysis and deliberation, a decision has been made that the event in Serbia cannot safely take place in the scheduled period between July 14-27, 2021.
27th February 2021 16:34
2021 Championship - Live!
Fixtures and Results
Today is the day! The tournament standings and details are available on chess-results.com and will be updated as the tournament progresses.
Live Games
Don't forget you can follow all the live action on chessbomb.com too!
Blitz Tournament
As ever, the late night blitz tournament is available on chess.com.
You can also stay up to date with the results of the 2021 Championship by following @bucachess!
27th February 2021 16:34