Team Romania won the match against Anime & Manga Chess Club .

Congrats for the result!

A reliability factor could be determined from the stats at the group's home page from the number of vote games timed out by that group divided by their total number of vote games. Groups would be required to have a "better than" percentage to compete in tournaments like this. There could also be a "minimum number of games completed" requirement. It does not seem that these requirements need be too stringent - just enough to demonstrate that the group is likely to remain active during a lengthy tournament like this one.

Team Britain vs. Cheers! Vote Chess Café  0-1  :)

Team Canada vs. Team South Africa1-0 :(

Thanks all, results updated in first post

Team Italia wins against The Blakenators: The Blakenators vs. Team Italia 0-1.

Thanks for updating the schedule!

Andrea

Chessaholics Anonymous vs. Nimzo-Larsen Attack (A01) 1-0

thanks, only Narz's People vs. THE POWER OF CHESS left in this round!

This might be a quick round.  :)

Narz's People and THE POWER OF CHESS have agreed a draw.  On to round 2.

I'll get round 2 started ASAP, expect further announcements.

Monday 29 June I will perform the draw for the second round.
The pairings will be listed in the first message of this topic.
The first team named has White and sends the challenge. The challenges must be sent no later than Thursday and accepted no later than Friday.
But I'll work out more specific instructions and will send all admins a message.
(Hopefully, not too many holidays...)

>(Hopefully, not too many holidays...)

I am on holidays, which means I am much more active than usual... 

Second round pairings are up in the first message!!! Good luck!

Only 2 matches yet to start in the second round, very good! I have provided links to the games that have started in the first message.

Team South Africa vs. Vote Chess and Fun Group1-0 White won on time

Ok.. Our game against The Premier of All has started.. name is only Open Swiss R2 instead of Open Swiss R2: The premier of All Vs Indian Marauders.. Hope its okay

People will have trouble finding it with the search engine.

But they can use the links I provide in the first post