This post will be updated as games are played.

 

Fortnight 1: 11/9-11/22

We Chat Global vs Burning Pawns - Burning Pawns win by submission (move 40) 

The Power of Chess vs Light Force - The Power of Chess wins by timeout (move 21)

The Dark Knights vs Chess Empire - game drawn by agreement (move 27)
 
Rapid Chess vs The Scotch Fans Team - The Scotch Fans win by submission (move 34)

Team Antarctica vs Super Troopers - Super Troopers win by submission (move 30) 

The Premier of All vs Chess Unlimited - Chess Unlimited wins by timeout (move 35) 

The Scotch Fans Team vs Burning Pawns - Burning Pawns win by timeout (move 1)

Burning Pawns vs The Scotch Fans Team (Take 2) - Burning Pawns win by knockout (move 23)

Chess Nuts vs The Winning Team - Chess Nuts win by forfeit

Fast Players Group vs We Chat Global - Fast Players Group wins by submission (move 43)

Week Off: Checkmate, Burning Pawns, Chess Maniacs, The Red Army

 

So far in Season 2:

4 games have been won by Black (44%)

3 games have been won by White (33%)

1 game has been drawn (11%)

1 game was forfeit (11%)

 

4 games have been won by Submission (44%)

1 game has been won by Knockout (11%)

2 games have been won by Timeout (22%)

 

Average length of games: 31.625 moves (10.54 hours) 
(253 total moves - 8 total games)

Average length of games that timed out: 28 moves (9.33 hours) 
(56 total moves - 2 total games)

Average length of games that went the distance: 32.83 moves (10.94 hours) 
(197 total moves - 6 total games)

 

Shortest game: 21 moves (7 hours ?? mins)

Longest game: 40 moves (13 hours 45 mins)

 

Overall Breakdown on Openings:

White Wins:

 

Black Wins:

A45: Indian Game: Tartakower Attack

B33: Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian, Normal

E19: Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation Main Line

 

Draws:

C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation

 

Timeouts:

B30: Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian

B70: Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation

 

Standings (as of Nov 21st):

6 points - Burning Pawns (2-0) (South)

3 points - The Power of Chess (1-0) (East)

3 points - The Scotch Fans Team (1-1) (South)

3 points - Super Troopers (1-0) (East)

3 points - Chess Unlimited (1-0) (West)

3 points - Chess Nuts (1-0) (North)

1 point - The Dark Knights (0-0-1) (North)

1 point - Chess Empire (0-0-1) (North)

0 points - We Chat Global (0-1) (South)

0 points - Light Force (0-1) (East)

0 points - Rapid Chess (0-1) (South)

0 points - Team Antarctica (0-1) (East)

0 points - The Premiere of All (0-1) (West)

0 points - The Winning Team (0-1) (North)

Billium did you answer to my message?

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Season 2 fortnight 1

Team Antarctica v SuperTroopers

14th November 1200 GMT

See you all there

Look like most games are going to start 14th November!

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The Power of Chess vs Light Force will take place 31st of October from 19:00 - 21:00 GMT

Which time, it cant be both times?

Ask Komoliddon that Question. He's arranging the time.

It is important to make sure you have an exact clear time, in our 2nd semi final match AL v Chess Nuts! AL got a bit confused because of daylight saving times and nearly missed the challenge

Would you like to challenge Light Force now timmy?

No thank you, I would like to consult my team before commiting them to an intensive Speed Vote Match so at least that way with our small team we could plan ahead and maximise our members online, but if you wish to play a normal 1 day or 2 day per move match then yes we would be up for a game

Yeah, you don't want to have a start window that wide open.  If you round up your team and have them online and ready to play, and the game doesn't start until 2 hours later, people will get upset.  The 2 of you should have one specific time set so that everyone can be ready.

And I can't believe you're starting a game that late at night!!  Especially on Halloween!!  You'll be cutting in on everyone's Trick-or-Treat time.    Seriously tho, 7-9pm GMT may be Noon-2pm in California (Kairav would LOVE this start time ), and 7-9am Sunday in New Zealand, but anyone in Europe will have to give up any sleep as the game will likely not end before the sun comes up Sunday morning.  The Americans lose an hour of sleep that night too, as that's the night Daylight Savings Time ends over here.

I'm not saying you CAN'T start it that late.  In fact, if that's what you guys agree on, then that's what you guys agree on.  I just hope there's a lot of American and Aussie players for that game, as there probably won't be a lot of Europeans for the bulk of it.  But as we've discussed many times, you can't please all the people all the time, so just let us know what you work out.  But I really don't think you should have a 2-hour range like that.  Pick a start time and stick to it, whatever it is.

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 We have agreed on 20:00 GMT for this match.

Not good for Europe but for America and Australia its cool.

some teams are stronger then others so why not have divisions with promotion and relegation?

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I tried to divide all the conferences as equally as I could so that all the strong players weren't in one division and all the weaker teams were in another.  By spreading out the strongest and weakest teams, (so that every division has 1 strong team, 1 weak team, etc.) it helps to ensure that the strongest teams will meet in the playoffs, rather than getting eliminated too early.

for the longest game are you goingto put the game?

???

like are you going to put the link to the longest game to where it says longest game?