The league will consist of a six-round team-restricted Swiss paired regular season, followed by knockout playoffs. All games will be played using US Chess Online-Rated G/30 +5 increment time control.

Players will be paired following Team-Restricted Swiss pairing rules. Games will be played on Chess.com.

Players will earn 1 point for a win, 1/2 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. Team score will be the sum of the five highest-scoring players for playoff standings.

The top eight teams will progress to 5v5 team match-play playoffs.

Playoff matches will be played on Chess.com using the Team Match Software.

Playoff ties only will be broken with immediately-scheduled G/3 +2 increment matches, as needed.

Trophies and Medals will be awarded to the teams who finish the season in First, Second, and Third place.

*K-5 Section is not US Chess Online Rated