Team Match Leage (2) starts May 15th

Submitted by DaveShack on Tue, 05/05/2009 at 11:15pm.

As I posted several weeks ago, we're signed up to a team match league. The league looks to be starting around May 15th. Games will be 3 days/move. More info will be posted as the date gets closer.

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by DaveShack - 6 months ago
Tucson AZ United States

Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 314

Hmm, I posted the pairing info to the wrong thread. It's in the other one.

Oh, I see... this is the news item. The pairing info is in a forum thread.

by Flying_Pig - 6 months ago
CivFanatics Forum United Kingdom

Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 65

I'll join in.

by petergrimes - 6 months ago
Long Island City, NY United States

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 155

This should be pretty interesting, indeed. I won't start any other personal games until after we see how many games this will add to my schedule.

by 1badmf - 6 months ago
Philadelphia, NY United States

Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 17

sounds like fun

by DaveShack - 6 months ago
Tucson AZ United States

Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 314

This is a team match league. Several teams (20-32) sign up for the league, and their relative strengths are calculated. They will be seeded into sections by strength so the highest strength teams are distributed equally. Then each team will play a team match against the other teams in their section.

So for example, we might be in a section with Chess for Fun and e4 Lovers. We would then have a team match with each of those teams.

by DaveShack - 6 months ago
Tucson AZ United States

Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 314

Here is a cut/paste of the rules.

General Rules of the Chess.com TM CHAMPIONSHIP		DRAFT 1

1. Definition:
	Chess.com TM CHAMPIONSHIP (TML) is a mixed Tournament (Round Robin and knock-out) that match teams of Chess.com with at least 20 members and with active team matches.
	TMC will start xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and should take approximately 9 months
2. Pairing Board:
	An initial teams classification is created according to its estimated potential (2*#MEMBERS+AVG RATING. According to data extracted on 4/25)
	The 8 Top ranked teams will lead each group followed by the next 8 and so on until seeding the 32 slots available
3. TML Groups and Methodology:
	-ROUND 1(1/8 Finals): 8 groups / 4 teams. 2 first class. Go to ROUND 2
	-ROUND 2(1/4 Finals): 4 groups / 4 teams. 1 first class. Go to ROUND 3 knock outs.
	-ROUND 3(1/2 Finals): 2 single matches / 4 teams. winners. Go to FINAL. losers Go to 3rd PLACE match
	The best 3 classified are susceptible to promote to the Chess.com TM LEAGUE for the next season
4. Match challenges and group classification:
	All groups, team challenges and dates will be defined by the pairing board
	From the pairing board date, there are 2 days to accept the challenge and a total of 5 days to lock the rosters and start the games. In case of a team refusing to play or not meeting these dates will mean losing the match with an score of 20-0
	All games have to finish before 90 days from the initial date, otherwise we will take the score in that given moment as the final result.
	The challenging group will ISSUE 1 challenge with the following features: -"TMC ROUND #:TEAM A vs TEAM B -" NO rating limit / 5-∞ players / 2 concurrent games / autostart off / 3 days move
	Win will count as 1 point, a lost 0 and draw (in case of) 0.5.
	-TIE BREAK SYSTEM is defined by the single scoring differential.
5. General rules and recommendations:
	Due to Chess.com limitations in case of a player were a member of the 2 teams opponents in a match he/she won't be allowed to join, so in case he/she really wanted to play it's up to him/her -self to withdraw one of them to be able to participate with the other.
	All queries, complains, suggestions or improvement ideas should be addressed to the "chess.com TM CHAMPIONSHIP forums"
	Any changes on the team names or any other info affecting the correct function of this championship, must be communicated inmediatly!
	2 administrators of each team participating in league are encouraged to join this Head Quarters of the CHAMPIONSHIP
	Check the forums periodically for updates
	2 first classified will receive a custom trophy and diploma certificating its classification in the TM CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
	All teams registered accept these rules.

by 1badmf - 6 months ago
Philadelphia, NY United States

Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 17

this is new stuff to me, somebody please give me a brief description.

by Narz - 6 months ago
Pitman, New Jersey United States

Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 2798

Very cool Dave, thanks. I will not start any new Team Match games in the meantime.

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