How about we pit the U.S. against Russia in Vote Chess?

Good call.

 

65,000 chess.com members vs. 585? :)

The problem is that it leaves out the rest of the world.

Europe vs the rest of the world, or US vs the rest of the world would be cool.

us vs worls was already done, except with australia to cover their backs when it's night in america. europe would lose

Perhaps U.S.A. vs. Europe?

Is there an option? Eastern European countries and former Soviet Blocs have dominated chess for decades.

yeah, but there are more americans then any other country on this site.

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Really, we should do it. U.S. vs. Europe. We'll kick ass.

erik wrote: 65,000 chess.com members vs. 585? :)

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 Would it really make a difference, once you have more than a certain number of people?  I know that means there's a lot more people to see a potentially good move, but there's also a lot more people to vote for a potentially bad move, and there are a lot more bad chess players than good chess players in 65,000 players as compared to 585 players. 

How about this, as an experiment?  USA v Russia - 65,000 v 585 (not taking into account the people that will choose not to play), and USA v Russia - 500 v 500.  Maybe even two games of each setting, one USA v Russia, the other Russia v USA.  That would see if there's any significant difference in ability if there's a larger group.  Also, Russians are traditionally the best chess players in the world, right?  :D  I think this could be a lot of fun.  

USA vs Rest of World is better idea.

dalmatinac wrote: USA vs Rest of World is better idea.

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 Already been done, except that it was USA and Australia so the game could be kept going 24-7. 

erik wrote: 65,000 chess.com members vs. 585? :)

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USA would get its clock cleaned its avrg rating is going to be 1350 v 1700.

actually its 1246 and 1464

russia's highest rating is 2317. america's is  2499.

The highest rating doesn't really matter.  After all, that's only one person among hundreds or thousands.  The best they can do is suggest a move in the discussion board and hope enough other people vote for that move that the move is made.

I think Russia would win, seeing that the difference between the average rating is almost 200 points. 

some people won't play or vote