In the match against Beograd, it's currently 25-18 registrations. Still, Beograd can file some 35 players, so I worry a bit about last-minute tricks, again. Any volunteers to further strengthen our team? https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-the-hague/1939073
Not really surprisingly, Prishtina is adding quite a few players on the last day before the match start: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-the-hague/1923977/games. Any additional The Hague players who can support us?
There are plans to set up a Live Chess Cities World League: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/live-world-cities-league-lwcl-2026-registration-forum-about-the-league -- Anyone interested in taking the lead and organising Team The Hague live matches? (I'm too busy to cover this.)
In the end, we were not able to keep pace with the registrations of Buenos Aires and are now outrated by quite a margin at the lower boards. Still, this can become a more interesting match than in the previous years. Good luck everyone!
The next season of the World Cities League is approaching, but there is still time for some friendly matches: The Hague vs Athens https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-the-hague/1848123
De pauze voor het nieuwe WCL-seizoen (november) geeft ons ieder jaar de kans voor vrienschappelijke wedstrijden tegen teams die we wat minder goed kennen. Om te beginnen zijn we uitgedaagd door Hawaii: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/1828642. De wedstrijd begint op 24 augustus.
5 juli: HSB rapidkampioenschap voor teams (ook open voor vriendenteams): https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/chess-events-in-the-hague?page=2&newCommentCount=1#comment-116162290
It's not likely to persist, but thanks to a quick win by @capricorn9 in the match against Buenos Aires, we are currently leading the live ranking: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/world-cities-league-2025-13?page=1&newCommentCount=1#comment-113117468
The Hague vs Shostka has started with strange line-ups: On the first 9 boards, we are heavily outrated, then there are two roughly even boards, and on the lower 9 boards, we have a large rating advantage. Good luck to everyone!
The Hague vs Prishtina promises to become a close match. The rating averages are almost equal: 1564 (The Hague) vs 1575 (Prishtina). Good luck everyone!
Last opportunity to register in the match against Prishtina https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-the-hague/1694047. The match will start a 6 pm. today. Current registrations: 25-28, so some slots are available for additional players.