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Bulgaria vs. Team USA Southeast

  • ValleyBoy
  • on Mon, 1/23/2012 2:35pm.

We have been challenged to a match for up to 15 players by Bulgaria, which is not Team Bulgaria from the World League but a much larger group of Bulgarians.  This match is for <2200 rated players only, 2 concurrent games at 3 days per move.  This is an auto-start match so it is important for us to get 15 players registered as soon as possible so we are not at a disadvantage against a team well over twice our size.  That's why I'm giving you this advance notice that I will be accepting the match on Monday night, 1/23/12, so that you can plan ahead to register promptly.

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  • 3 months ago

    ValleyBoy

    We clinched the match against the Bulgarians this week.  Congratulations to all!  http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match.html?id=100191

  • 4 months ago

    ValleyBoy

    It is always good to have players from all rating levels ready to go, and I do not cherry-pick my team members match-by-match.  The downside of the match system on chess.com is that often the lower rated players are squeezed out of popular matches by an abundance of higher rateds.  That's why I make sure to schedule matches specifically for lower rated players, too, so they get a chance to compete without having to play up hundreds of points all the time.  If you are worried about too much higher rated opponents, wait to see what kind of players register on both sides so you can gauge where and who you might end up playing if you wanted to play.

  • 4 months ago

    groganmg

    I am a lower ranked player around 1260, is it helpful for me to register for team matches?

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