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The starting position: I will let you know later on.
WCoCO - 2010 Registration
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White with Scotch Game
Thanks for all your interest guys!!! But unfortunately, this competition is strictly for groups that represent a specific opening. Whichever opening you prefer, there's probably a group already dedicated to it, and I'm sure they would love for you to join them!! 
Here are the one's I've found so far (membership #s as of 6/21):
Group - # of members
Please could I register the 'Wandering King Appreciation Society' - http://www.chess.com/groups/home/the-wandering-king-appreciation-society
Please could I be the administrator in charge.
The Wandering King is a WHITE opening.
It begins with the moves:
1. f3 e5/d5
2. Kf2
Thanks.
OG
did friendly group register yet?
if no please sign it in!
So only groups that specialise in specific openings can enter this tournament William?
alright, im te only actibve admin in this group... i register http://www.chess.com/groups/home/budapest-gambiteers
chess_kebabs wrote:
So only groups that specialise in specific openings can enter this tournament William?
Yeah, I think we're going to keep this one for all the little guys. There are plenty of tournaments and leagues for all the big powerhouse teams to compete in. Meanwhile there are obviously over 100 groups specifically dedicated to learning and studying one particular opening. Many of these groups love to play Vote Chess from their pre-determined position, but it's the same dozen people in every game. Some of these groups have done extensive research on their opening of choice, and it's a shame that all that work is only seen by a small handfull of people. Just as the FSVL has introduced many groups to the wonderful world of Speed Vote Games, hopefully this league will help give some much needed exposure to some very deserving groups.
I'll register the Benko Gambit.
Ivanenko_Tony wrote:
btw, can we play for some other team? because kid_of_chess wants to play for my team and vice versa
A whole lot of these groups have a whole lot of overlapping memberships. By the time this is thru, I hope that to be even more true. In any one game you can only play for one side of course, but there's no limit as to how many teams you can play for thruout the tournament. In fact, the teams that make it the farthest usually see a swell in membership as a result (at least that's been the case in the FSVL).
There aren't many vote chess tournaments around at all William.. Masters II, Swiss (which is 1 day moves so not interested), Speed, which is once a month..
but as far as standard vote chess tournaments go.. 2 day moves.. there is only 1 that I know of.. the Masters .. is there any others I don't know about?
rigamagician wrote:
A few of the newer vote chess leagues:
The World Cup Headquarters organizes a World Cup tournament between all the various national teams on chess.com. Teams play each other as black and white in small divisions with 4 simultaneous games. The Time control is 2 days per move. The first round is under way, but because of the large number of teams involved, this tournament may take several years to complete. This was founded by kokino, but Ko7 has been running it. This is the largest vote chess tournament on chess.com. Team Slovakia, Team Canada, Indian Marauders, Team Italia, Team Philippines, Team Romania, Team Germany, Team England et al are all playing.
Ko7 recently set up the Tergirmon Vote Cup. Teams such as SuperTroopers, Indian Marauders, Black Or White and THE POWER OF CHESS are competing against each other in tournaments at 1, 2 or 3 days per move.
The High Speed Vote Championships organized by Team India for teams with over 100 members.
The S & S Vote Chess League organized by wilt18. Ten teams compete at a time control of 3 days per move.
The Top 10 TM + Vote Chess League HQ runs tournaments amongst THE POWER OF CHESS, Team Romania, The Dream Team, D'Chessbomb at al.
And here's some of the older ones:
http://www.chess.com/groups/home/vote-chess-league-tournaments
http://www.chess.com/groups/view/vote-chess-league-head-quarters
http://www.chess.com/groups/view/chesscom-fast-vote-chess-league-hq
http://www.chess.com/groups/view/animal-cup
Ok, thanks William. I guess they have all started now.. will look into it after work.
Definitely not too late. You're only team #9 out of 32, so there's still plenty of room for you. And 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 is an opening position in Chess.com's database (they've got more than I can count), so that's where you guys will be starting from. 
Group : http://www.chess.com/groups/home/flying-chess-team
Contact Admin: swapnali and DaveBunn
Color :white
Starting Position :d4
Gambitking wrote:
Why is the Latvian Gambit listed as a "White position"??? BLACK initiates this gambit, not White!
Sure, there ARE some gambit lines for White (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5!? 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. b3!?, for instance!) -- but 2. ...f5!? is BLACK playing a gambit!
I'm not sure why it was listed up with the white openings. Clearly, the last move in the sequence I posted was black's move. I was probably just really tired from staying up all night on this site. Thanks for the catch.
I imagine that there will be a lot of players who overlap into several groups, so if you have another group dedicated to a specific opening that you'd like to register, feel free. The more the merrier.
If you would like to register your team for the 2010 World Cup of Chess Openings, please post a comment here with:
Your Group Name (and a link to the group you're entering)
The Administrator in charge of these games
Whether you play this position as White or Black
Specific Starting Position (actual move order would be very helpful)
Thank you.
Good Luck Everyone!!! Have Fun and Don't Time Out!!!
Here are the teams that have registered so far (10):
White Positions (5):
The Scotch Fans Team - Chessy4000
C44 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. d4)
The Wandering King Appreciation Society - OpeningGambit
A00 (1.f3 e5 2.Kf2)
Trompovsky Attack Lovers - rich
A45 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5)
King's Gambit Players - Jaller435718
C30 (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack - polleke
B23 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4)
Black Positions (5):
The Dark Knights - Billium248
(probably a variation of the Alekhine or possibly Indian defenses)
Sicilian Sveshnikov Group!! - Ivanenko_Tony
B33 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5)
Budapest Gambiteers - kid_of_chess
A51 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Benko Gambit - SensFan33
A57 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Latvian Gambit Players - Gambitking
C40 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5)
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