China Chess League A (China Chess League A team)

National Chess League AChina Chess League ANational Chess League AChina Chess League A, referred to as the "Elephant League" for short, is the highest-level national chess team competition sponsored by the Chinese Chess Academy of the Chess Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration. Chinese chess is a kind of chess that originated in China and belongs to a kind of two-person confrontational game. It has a long history in China.

The classification of the China Chess League A is mainly dynamically adjusted based on the strength and performance of the participating teams. Specific classification methods and characteristics are as follows: In the regular season, all participating teams will be divided into several groups based on the draw results during the regular season. Teams in each group will conduct home and away double round-robin games to determine the ranking of each team within the group, playoff elimination system. After the regular season, based on factors such as the winning and losing games of each team in the group, points and small points, etc.

Elephant armor is divided into three stages: the game system, the league system, the playoffs, the first eight rounds of each season. All teams compete in the same place, and each round plays for two days, totaling 16 days. 2 league system. In the ninth to 18th rounds of each season, each team plays in a home-away rotation, with each round playing for two days, totaling 20 days. The 19th to 21st rounds of each season, based on league points.

Since 2016, the Elephant League has made bold innovations in its competition system. For the first time, it has divided the league into two stages: the regular season and the playoffs. The regular season still adopts the double round-robin competition system. After the 26 rounds of the regular season, the top six teams in the final points enter the playoffs. In the playoffs, the top two in the regular season directly enter the semi-finals, and the third to sixth place compete for qualifications for the other two semi-finals through a round of knockout rounds. In addition to the competition system, changes in the game rules are more important.