An overview of the maximum amount of teams per club, with exception of 6th division can be found here.
Division I
305 €
Division II
80 €
Division III
55 €
Division IV
30 €
Division V
30 €
Division VI
30 €
Competition schedule
15.07 – 31.07: teams registration period
15.08: publication of the first version of the calendar
01.09 – 16.09: composition of force lists
27.09: rounde 1
Round 1: 27-09-26
Round 2: 11-10-26
Round 3: 15-11-26
Round 4: 29-11-26
reserve 1: 06-12-26
Round 5: 20-12-26*
Round 6: 31-01-27*
Round 7: 14-02-27
Round 8: 07-03-27
reserve 2: 14-03-27
Round 9: 21-03-27
Round 10: 11-04-27
Round 11: 18-04-27
Test matches: 25-04-27
*only for divisions 1-5, not for division 6
Regulation changes
A guiding powerpoint presentation shown on the Extraordinary General Assembly, that details the implementation of the 6th division, is added below for additional background information:
The below tries to summarize the main changes to the tournament regulations. Please refer to the tournament regulations for full details.
6th division (Article 31.a)
Regional character
Maximum of 16 series
Maximum of 10 teams per series (same dates except those of rounds 5 and 6 in the system for teams with 12 teams per series)
All other teams end up in the 6th division.
78 teams can be promoted directly to the 5th division on a voluntary basis (numbers 2 through 5 and the 6 best number 6s).
If there are too few teams, additional teams can be promoted (the next number 6s).
With the same number of teams as last season, there would be 110 teams.
Additional period to add players (Article 31.g)
The format is extended with a third period (february 14th) in which new players can be added to the player list.
Board alignment rules (Article 33.a)
The flexibility in board position is reduced by one board compared to the previous season.
ELO thresholds (Article 33.d)
This season, the thresholds are:
D1: 2350
D2: 2200 (increased from 2150)
D3: 2050
D4: 1950 (increased from 1900)
D5: 1800 (increased from 1750)
D6 (New):1700(Proposal; the final limit for the 6th division can still be modified by the board on July 28th, 2026)
ELO limitation in first division (Article 33.j)
Valid only for the first division:
Players with an Interclub Elo lower than 1800 are not eligible to play.
Notwithstanding Art. 33.a., players with an Elo lower than 2000 on the date of the game, according to the last published standard IDE ranking, cannot play on the first four boards.
If a motorically disabled player faces an inaccessible away venue, they can swap places for that match day with another player from another team within their club:
The alternative team must play in a division as close as possible to the player’s original one.
The disabled player must play on Board 1 for the new team.
