Hello colleagues,

for some months I've been using the same invitation message for everyone. At some point in the past I used a tailored invitation that I sent to some titled players, with a couple of good answers.

Now I want to try to write something that would be more appealing to high rated players.

This is what our candidates currently get:

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Want to play in casual matches, or prefer tough competitions, in both, just a few or many? Promote to King is the perfect club for you!

Created by daily chess lovers for daily chess lovers, we are a highly dynamic and extremely competitive team dedicated to chess enthusiasts, enjoying playing daily games in a friendly spirit. We are welcoming serious players seeking challenges and willing to improve or share their knowledge.

We are playing matches with many other clubs, from the smallest to the biggest ones, either in friendly encounters or for league competitions in which we are already one of the most competitive team around. We are now playing in major leagues at the highest level and can regularly offer to our fellow teammates exciting new challenges.

We also play Vote Chess and occasionally some live matches.

Requirements to join (unless you've been invited):

Having won at least 20 daily matches on chess.com,
Having less that 10% timeout in in daily games in the last 3 months,
Having an account at least 2 months old.

If you don't comply to those requirements but still want to apply, please contact @Ximoon by message before you do.

Showcase (non-exhaustive):

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Join us, help improving the team, and have fun!

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For comparison, here's the invite I got from The Great Viking Warriors when @DJ_Haubi was still managing it (in 2023 & 2024). Having a GM sending the invite obviously help, but we don't have this luxury. I don't know what their current invite looks like.

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(yes, that's pictures, I guess he was better at powerpoint, canva or photoshop than HTML)

That's simple & efficient. Also, It's not personalized.

Here's what I got last year from Chess Dream Team:

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We have the honor and the pleasure to invite YOU to CHESS DREAM TEAM, a welcoming club, which stands out for its many activities and great distinctions, but above all for the morals, principles and mutual respect among its members!

All this makes us feel very beautiful and pushes us to improve even more!

We are a good team, who love chess and try to escape from the problems of everyday life by playing and having fun in this cozy place!

In our club, each of us has the opportunity and the pleasure of playing many interesting games of any type, e.g. Standard, 960 and Vote Chess!

Don't have the slightest doubt that your decision to join Chess Dream Team will justify you for this your choice!

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Also not personalized. More colourful, concise.

The Golden Phoenix:

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Hello Chris,

I'd like to invite you to join a club, The Golden Phoenix, which was "hatched" over 5 years ago. The Club was formed by experienced admins who had a vision of an active club that would be attractive to its members. Our first priority is to maintain a clean club. To do this, we enlisted several cheat-hunters.
This team-oriented club will never become big, but would concentrate on quality in all things. We arrange matches for all levels, so ratings are not an issue. We certainly play chess at a high level, but also have several features to assist in learning more about the game...and others to simply enjoy being a member.

It seems that our ideas have worked. We have managed matches with over 300 boards, and many over 200 boards. We can still get over 200 boards, but we aim to rise again stronger like the phoenix of old stories and surpass our records.

We don't expect our members to join every match because we know there is more to life than chess; but we do expect some participation with your new teammates. Please feel free to give us a try. Bring your sense of humor and team spirit. We even have a back door should you decide that we're not for you.

Kind regards, Simon ( @ImperfectAge, The Golden Phoenix)

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This time, personalized. I know they change the text regularly depending on which admin sends the invite.

I'd like to see if we could improve our invite. Personalized, yes or no? Add colours, emphasis, pictures? Keep the prizes or not?

Any ideas are welcome.

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