We welcome ClaudiaM to the team, our first female member and our first native Portuguese speaker from the Azores! I speak and write Portuguese but I am not a native speaker. This is inspiration for me to get another team challenge going. Our c...
The Paraguay match has been re-posted. Please click below to sign up: http://www.chess.com/groups/home/all-4-idaho Regards. Raul
The Paraguay team ran into the same problem as the Uruguay team. They could not find the numbers. They too have asked me to cancel the existing challenge and re-post it without parameters. I have done that now. As soon as it is accepted and it...
New Uruguay match open. Click on to: http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match.html?id=49176 The first was cancelled, so if you registered before, you must register again. Raul
I had to cancel the Uruguay match. They could not get a third player with the parameters we offered, which basically just eliminated their weakest players. Their administrator asked us to cancel and re-challenge without parameters. I have done ...
We welcome Jimmy Patterson from Ireland to the team. Welcome aboard! Our matches against the Longhorn fans and the Canadians are underway. We are waiting on the Uruguayan and Paraguyan squads to fill their ranks. Those matches could start any...
A hearty welcome to our two newest members. Torpehereceg is from Hungary and the DarkKnight is, well -- I think his cave is in England, but he is a man of the world. Match update: we are waiting for the Uruguayan team and the Paraguayan team to ...
We need just one more player to match the 5 that Chess Players of Canada have already locked in. Open "My Teams and Groups". Find "All 4 Idaho!" and current matches to sign up. Raul
Witek Czaszka, of Poland, joined our team a few days ago. A big warm welcome to him. We are becoming an excellent multinational team for small team matches. Our ratings run the spectrum. I have played most of you and figured out quickly that y...
The challenge from the Canadian Team is for 1-5 players. Three of us already have signed up. There is room for 2 more if you are interested. For the challenge, paste the following link http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match.html?id=49028 into yo...
All 4 Idaho! has been challeged to a match by a Canadian team. We have two matches pending, in which the other side are dragging their feat -- the Paraguayans and the Uruguayans. SO, I went ahead and accepted the Canadian match. I hope you will...
We are waiting for one player with the Texas Longhorns for that match to begin. Our team is set. We are waiting for two players with the Uruguayan footballers for that match to begin. Our team is set. I got antsy to start a match so I challege...
Welcome Brian Lewis, our newest member! George Ramos stepped out of the team until we finish our match with the Texas Longhorns. He is one of the administrators for that team, but not enough players have stepped up to the plate so he will be pla...
Super, team! Our side is locked in with respect to both pending matches -- against the Uruguayan footballers and the Texas Longhorns. We are just waiting for them now. Thanks for your involvement. Raul
Two match challenges have now been accepted with teams of similar size and strength as ours. One is against an alumni group from the University of Texas. One of you suggested we kick their asses. I agree, but careful! I am originally from Texa...
Our first team challenge was accepted by an alumni group from the University of Texas. Please sign up. Raul
Welcome aboard, Bohdi Jansen, our #10 member of All 4 Idaho!, from South Africa. I am scouting teams to challenge, which are similar in numbers of members and rating range. I posted a challenge to Team Costa Rica and I am waiting for a reply. I ...
We are now 9 players on this team. Welcome our latest and highest rated member, GeniusKJ. He actually resides in the great state of Idaho, in Coeur d'Alene, which is about a 1.5 hour drive north of where I live in Moscow. It may be time to star...
Witek Czaszka of Poland has joined our group. Welcome aboard. Keep you're eye open for a team match soon. We are nearing critical mass. Thanks to all of you! Raul
Welcome Grazhoper, our newest member! He's originally from, or lived a long while in Spokane, WA, which is "spitting distance" from Idaho. He now lives in Nashville, which has better restaurants and a more swinging night life. And then there's ...
You are among the founding first 6 members of All 4 Idaho!. Welcome, all! Know that you are among friends, even if you don't know each other. George I have known each other since we were 6 years old. The rest of you I met more recently through...
