Team Vote Chess (a few suggestions)

"Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men."

---Douglas Bader

"Every game is defined by it's rules. If there's no rules there's no game."

--- wormrose

This group is dedicated to playing the Benko Gambit. It is the only opening we play. It is the only reason this group exists. The Benko Gambit is offered after the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5!?. It usually involves a fianchetto and castling kingside.

Our method is twofold: 1-Find the best move. 2-Play the best move.

1 - Find the best move

- To accomplish this goal we submit and discuss candidate moves in the game forum. Our games allow three days for us to make a move. The first 48 hrs are for the submission and suggestion of candidate moves, plans, and strategies and for the subsequent discussion, evaluation and appraisal of those candidates by the members of the team.

2 - Play the best move - Votes are far more effective when saved until the final 24 hrs. If you must vote early for personal reasons there is nothing to prevent you from doing so. However, please do not mention it as that may encourage others to vote early.

To check your VC games hover [Home] select [Vote Chess] from the drop down menu and a list of your games will appear, arranged according to time remaining. Moves can be submitted from inspiration, experience, books, articles, videos or from chess databases which can be found at various websites. Chess engines are not allowed in normal vote chess games. Archived computer games are also not allowed according to chess.com's definition of cheating. Please avoid computer analysis in our vote game forums. When a new VC game is started you will recieve an alert from chess.com staff. Click on [Go to the Game]. This will open the "Public" game page. Both teams can view the "Public" page. Do not discuss our game plans there. To join the game click [Black] in the upper right corner.

When joining a new vote game tick [x] Notify me of new comments near the bottom of the page or simply submit a comment and it will be done automatically. This will ensure that you will receive alerts when it is our turn and it will also enable the [new comment alert] on your home page. If you submit a comment in the discussion forum at any time, that action automatically enables alerts for the remainder of that game.

If you see a foolish move or blunder being suggested by another team member please be courteous, respectful and constructive in your appraisal of the move. Starting or participating in a flame-war will get you removed from the group.

If you get mad and decide to leave the game or if you should accidentally click on [Leave Game] you will see a confirmation pop up which will give you a second chance to stay in the game (suggested). If you still chose to leave; that action is irreversible.

Please show respect for your team mates and keep the language clean.

If anyone feels any of these suggestions are unfair, send the Admin a message.

Enjoy the games!

Benko Gambit

Super Admins