Here in the United States, today is election day. Here's one more thing for everybody to vote on: It has been proposed and seconded that the Annual Schedule for the Speed Vote Chess League run from February thru October of each year with Novembe...
After the amount of games that have been ended with time forfeits and "winning by forfeit" I have compiled this forum so that it makes it easier to run a proper SVC game. http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/step-by-step-on-how-to-run-a-proper-s...
. GUIDELINES FOR PLAYING IN THE SPEED VOTE CHESS TOURNAMENT. All team schedules and list of contacts can be found here. http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/svc-season-4-schedule-and-contact-information2 November games must be played in Novem...
SVCL Official Rules (Updated for Season 4): The SVCL (formerly the FSVL) will have 18 teams this season (down from 24 last season). Each team will have 5 games scheduled in the Regular Season (no change). Season 4 will run from November 2011...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! It is the season where the dead appear to live again. Likewise, after the longest off-season in Speed Vote history, the league returns to life with Season 4: The MK vs DC Season First and foremost, I must thank Daws74...
I promise that Season 4 will start in November. Right now I need confirmations as to who's in and who's out. Please post in the following thread if you're planning on playing or if you're going to sit this one out. Thanks. http://www.chess....
Happy Halloween Everybody!!! The regular season is over, and it's time for the Playoffs!!! Here are your match ups for The Fortnight Speed Vote League Season 3 Quarter Finals: #1 Burning Pawns (SVC) vs #8 Chess Destination #2 Fast Player...
RULES FOR SPEED VOTE CHESS GAMES Hi all, Just thought I would remind everyone of the 'basic' rules for this group and for playing in these speed tournaments. Saturdays are default days to play Firstly, Saturdays are the set days f...
Happy 69 Day Everyone!!! Welcome to Season 3 of the Fortnight Speed Vote League!!! The Alien vs. Predator Season There have been a couple of changes made for Season 3. First of all, as most of you know, we are now on a monthly sche...
The Fortnight Speed Vote League Champions for Season 2 (The Frankenstein vs Dracula Season) are: Animal Lovers!! Congratulations!!! That's pretty good for a group that only entered Season 1 cuz we needed one more team to make 20...
Ok, there are only 2 weeks left in the Fortnight Speed Vote League Regular Season, and there are 11 games that have yet to be played. Only 2 of those games have actually arranged a start time!! So here is the schedule for the Final Fortnight of...
Well, we are half way thru Season 2, and I'm just now finding the time to post all the final results from Season 1. Sorry about that!! The Fortnight Speed Vote League Champions for Season 1 (The Freddy vs Jason Season) are: Fast Pla...
Happy Halloween Everybody!! The 2nd Season of the Fortnight Speed Vote League is nearly upon us. Here are the teams that will be competing in the Dracula vs Frankenstein Season: North A: Chess Nuts! - (Chess_Kebabs), (NabeelDaSorcerer) B...
The Season 2 schedule will look like this: Fortnight 1: 11/9-11/22Fortnight 2: 11/23-12/6Fortnight 3: 12/7-12/20Holiday Break: 12/21-1/3Fortnight 4: 1/4-1/17Fortnight 5: 1/18-1/31Quarter-Finals: 2/1-2/14Semi-Finals: 2/15-2/28Finals: 3/1-3/14Off-S...
Hello Everybody, It looks like Season 2 is getting pushed back a bit, but that's ok since so many groups who have expressed an interest in joining have yet to play a single qualifying Speed Vote game. The first Fortnight of Season 2 will be 11/...
The Fortnight Speed Vote League has come to the end of its first regular season! The final standings are: Teams in red are the leaders in their division (automatically seeded #1-4). Teams in bold have gone the distance. Teams in italics have t...
Well, it looks like we've finally worked out all the issues regarding the playoffs. Here are the new and improved rules (there shouldn't be any more changes (cross your fingers)): FSVL Rules: (last updated 8/4) The FSVL is open to 20 teams p...
We all knew that this was going to be a learning process. Thank you to all the people who have offered ideas and suggestions. A lot has been discussed and changed based on those discussions. This news bulletin is to inform everyone of those cha...
Happy First Day of Summer Everyone!!! I hope everyone had a good Father's Day. Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's out there!! Well here it is: The 2009 Summer Season Schedule for the Weekend Speed Vote League. It looks like we've got 18 teams...
New Weekend Speed Vote League Hi everyone, This team has entered the Weekend Speed Vote League. We will be playing one game of Vote Chess at 10-minutes per turn every weekend. The games may be played on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday depending on...
