Latter-day Saint Chess Friends Newsletter #1
Welcome
Welcome to the first newsletter! Our admin team thought that with all the new members and new activity in the club, we could help describe what happens here and what will happen in the future.
We compete in chess leagues, and vote chess matches. We also arrange 'friendly' matches to help ensure everyone who wants to play can do so. Signing up for matches is entirely optional, of course. If you do sign up, please check at least every three days so that your games don't time out.
Team Matches
In Team Matches, the players on the teams are ranked in order of rating against each other. Some players may not get a board if we have more players registered than our opponents. Some matches are limited by your daily chess rating, for example "< 1400" or U1400 means the match is limited to players with a daily-chess rating of less than 1400. Click on the match name, and if your rating is such that you are eligible to join the match, a "Join" button will appear. Chess.com handles all this automatically.
There is one 'friendly' team matches currently in registration:
10 matches still in play with all of them over 80% done. It might be time to add a couple more friendlies.
Chess Leagues
Vote Chess Snow Dragon League
We are placed in the new Snow Dragon League. Play just started with our first match against Scary Ninjas. The next match will come in April.
Vote Chess
Vote Chess is a team game. Each move takes 3 days. You discuss the each move with other members for the first 2 days, and after there's been consideration of all the proposed moves, normally during the last 24 hours, the Vote Chess Captain will post the agreed move (or a few alternative moves if no clear advantage was shown).
We have 4 vote chess matches in progress right now. We’ve won half of our game and expect more to follow. One was the Evan’s Gambit and we took the attack to them and broke through with checkmate. Expect to see more Vote Chess matches in the future. They are good for those trying to learn to play better. We encourage beginners but strongly encourage questions and joining in the discussions.
You can join Vote Chess games at any time. Click here to join or check on each game. Games can be found here https://www.chess.com/club/votechess/latter-day-saint-chess-friends.
Recruitment Update
We reached 100 members at the end of last year and currently have 107. A warm welcome to all of you!
Please help by inviting fellow Saints on chess.com or those you play over-the-board or in local chess clubs to join. Just ask them to come to https://www.chess.com/club/latter-day-saint-chess-friends.
Top Match Players List
Top Match Players list can be found here: https://www.chess.com/club/leaderboard/latter-day-saint-chess-friends. Bishopskewer is in the lead but let’s push him for the top spot. How to do it? Play in more matches and win. 1 point per win and a half point for a draw. Or go for top win percentage. GrandURAL leads with 83.3% (10 game minimum).
Team Statistics
We have 10 matches in progress, but overall we have won only 47% of our matches. Our ranking among all Clubs on chess.com is #1423 of 30702 which is 95.4%. Vote Chess is #2094 of 29407 which is 92.9%. Expect is to move up the charts.
