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This is to contain a list of members who are interested in finding new members to play Teams with. The goal is to compile a large list of members, all of whom saying what rating range they are in, and also saying what kind of player they'd like to get paired with. If you are interested in putting yourself in this list, please post in this thread, and include your Teams rating, as well as the category (or categories) you'd like to be put in and the time you normally play (optional; if you aren't available at specific times, just say "Time varies"). You can use this thread as a reference list, and you can invite people from it to play on your team. Below are the different categories listed. Trainers will be volunteering their services to people of lower rating brackets. By putting yourself in the Trainer category, you will be offering to play with teammates of a lesser rating in the Students category, or who are new to 4PC. Equals are looking for other people in their rating bracket. By putting yourself in the Equals category, you will be asking for and looking for other people in your Equals rating grouping. Students will be requesting the aid of higher-rated members. By putting yourself in the Student category, you will be looking for members in the Trainer category to play with you, and guide you by teaching new tactics and styles of gameplay. Fun just means that you are playing completely casually; you don't have strong feelings about wins and losses, and just want to play and enjoy yourself. This category is by itself at the bottom of the table, and it does not have any information regarding ratings. All times below are listed in Greenwich Mean Time (UTC ±00:00). Click the » before members' usernames to their comments on the What "Good Teammate" Means to You thread. The two threads are meant to work in tandem. Please make sure you check out that thread as well!   Trainer Equal Student <1500 - - @ IanReneHn (Time varies) 1500-1700 - @Nevergiveup05-18 (06:30-09:00, 17-18:00) @ChessLord_I (Time varies) » @SpikingSpiker (Time varies) @Arjun1516 (time varies) @Michael9213 (03:30, 07:00) @Nevergiveup05-18 (06:30-09:00, 17-18:00) @WalentyWisnia (09-15:00) @i_dug_your_graveyard (17:00-18:30 weekdays) @ChessLord_I (Time varies) » @SpikingSpiker (Time varies) @Arjun1516 (time varies) 1700-1900 » @ninjaswat (09:30-12:00) » @Green_Sleeves (05-06:00) » @ninjaswat (09:30-12:00) @BabyCow73 (11:00-50, 12:05-30 weekends) » @Green_Sleeves (05-06:00) » @ninjaswat (09:30-12:00) @BabyCow73 (11:00-50, 12:05-30 weekends) » @Green_Sleeves (15-16:00) 1900-2100 @chessknight222 (14-20:00) @chessislife79 (time varies) » » @STIVRDK (Time varies) @Timalina2 (Time varies) @chessislife79 (time varies) @TheChess_Dragon (Time varies) @Timalina2 (Time varies) 2100-2300 @TheCheeseDuck (Weekends, past 22:30 weekdays) » @RozyczkaJ (Time varies) » @NoWellOkay (Time varies) @Cheesebro20 (Time varies) @aFlyingCockroach (Time varies) @TheCheeseDuck (Weekends, past 22:30 weekdays) » @TheUltraTrap (Time varies) » @RozyczkaJ (Time varies) » @NoWellOkay (Time varies) @Cheesebro20 (Time varies) @aFlyingCockroach (Time varies) » @TheUltraTrap (Time Varies) » @RozyczkaJ (Time varies) » @NoWellOkay (Time varies) @Cheesebro20 (Time varies) >2300 » @ProfBlundermaster (Time varies) @fourplayerchess (09:00-13:00) +1 » @LazyImp (Time varies) » @ProfBlundermaster (Time varies) @fourplayerchess (09:00-13:00) @TheCheeseDuck (Weekends, past 22:30 weekdays) » @ProfBlundermaster (Time varies) @TheCheeseDuck (Weekends, past 22:30 weekdays) Fun » @ProfBlundermaster (Time varies) @chessknight222 (Time varies) » @Green_Sleeves (05-06:00) » @ninjaswat (09:30-12:00) @TheCheeseDuck (Weekends, past 22:30 weekdays)   There will also be a system of recommending specific teammates that you play with. After playing at least one game with a teammate that you find here on this list, comment below if you would recommend this player to other members. All recommendations will be recorded above, indicated by +... following a name. Note: this thread will not allow negativity toward teammates. You may recommend a player, but you may not speak publicly against someone. Any such comments will be deleted by admins. The goal is to reward good teammates, not to call out bad teammates.

This thread is for discussing what you value in your teammate, as well as what qualities define you which would help a teammate. This thread is meant to work in tandem with the Find a Teammate thread, so that you can connect with players in the rating range and time zone you're interested in, but also can find players with a personality, play style, or sportsmanship that will make your team succeed!

This thread is for discussing the impact that switching BG's kings and queens has on the game of 4PC Teams. Teams is a very different animal from FFA, and so the impact that this may have could be quite different. Please share your thoughts on this topic! Give various positional advantages and disadvantages, or even share games that you've played that illustrate your points! P.S. Please do not post comments that don't add to the discussion, which simply say "New is bad" or "New is good" without explaining why.

As you may have seen, I have posted some daily puzzles. These puzzles are fun and entertaining. I will post 1 forum for each week to post a daily puzzle for each day. What is a level? A level is how hard this puzzle is. There are four levels. Superhard (2200+) Hard (1900+), Medium (1600+) and easy (1300+). What is a 'Challenge'? What is technically what the goal is for the puzzle. e.g. mate in 1, win a queen and so on. What is a type? I type is what you will do in this puzzle. There are three types 1. Normal* 2. Fill blanks** 3. Theory***. *Normal is just a move to do something (This will occur 4 times a week) **Fill blanks is that I will give you space than a move. For example _______h4______h5 You need to fill in the spaces to do the 'Challenge'. Please note that there will be a 4pc chessboard. (This will occur 2 times a week ***I will give you a chessboard, choose what your favourite move is and put it into the forum. I will also say who to move Message me if you don't understand Thanks @Timalina2 Ps: I may also give out prices (Not a membership gift)

So people's forums are getting locked for advertising but why are those links not being removed? At this point locking the forum changes nothing. So I suggest deleting the link and locking the forum

if you want to join a club: [LINK REMOVED]

Anyone available? I want to play with anyone available.

Recently, I've had an experience in Teams with a bad teammate who, when shown an idea, responded 'aw heckle no', and immediately resigned - on the second or third move of the game. Can such players be reported? Does blocking keep you from getting matched with them? Does anybody know?

Hello, In this game: Why is red is allowed to take blue's king while him being checkmated? From the rules: Checkmate only happens when the checkmated player's turn is reached. The first team to checkmate an enemy player wins! Edit game link: #50661152.

Can someone who wants to team up with me write from the chess chat for 4 people? i can't find someone pls

Hi, I just wanted to bring this to everyone’s attention, since I thought it’d be relevant to this club: @Radon (a streamer, very high rated FFA player and also a teams player) and some of his friends are running 4PCL (4 Player Chess League), there will be seasons (we are currently in the testing phase with around 90 players signed up), games will be in Old Standard, and the current time control is 5|10, although this may be subject to change. BOTH FFA AND TEAMS will have their separate leagues, and you can sign up for one, the other, or both! To sign up, you will need to have a Discord (discord.gg, a messaging app) account, and join the 4PCL server through the link below: https://discord.gg/Y28wCQVRbA Then, you will need to fill out a Google Form found in the server, which will ask you whether you want to play FFA, Teams, or both; and it will also ask you for your chess.com and discord username. I think it’s pretty exciting that an Old Standard league is being made; old players can revisit what they played in 2021 and before, and recent players can learn a new position and regardless, learn more general teams theory

Hi. I'm going to post a small opening theory that may be incorrect as I am not so good. Also please add on to the Nf3 opening theory as it really helps. So this is the first part. (please add on if incorrect) [Variant "Teams"][RuleVariants "EnPassant"][CurrentMove "9"] 1. Ne1-f3 .. b7-c7 .. h13-h11 .. m8-l8+2. Nf3-d4 .. b5-c5 .. i13-i12 .. m6-l63. e2-e3 There are many different variations after this. Also, L6 can be changed to green. nL6 also works. The game I played it: https://www.chess.com/variants/self-partner/game/27920691/9/1 Please help analyse so I can develop a better opening theory for Nf3

can someone analyse this game? 4 Player Chess - STIVRDK vs vurranob vs grc-hmrz vs Cornellos - Play Chess Variants Online - Chess.com

In normal chess, the Fool's Mate is an opening in which white is checkmated before move 3. Likewise, in 4 Player Chess, there are a few openings which should be avoided to prevent a quick mate. This is the case especially for team Blue-Green, but these same setups can technically be used against Red-Yellow. I imagine that most players in 4PC have either mated someone or been mated by someone in one of these dangerous fool's-mate scenarios. If you're a new player, be sure to familiarize yourself with these unassuming pitfalls of 4PC Teams! Old Standard: Old Standard (with every player's king on a white square) has been explored by players for years now, and an easy mate has been boiled down to a science. The most common first move for team RY is for each player to move his king's pawn forward one. This opens up channels for coordinated attacks against the pieces surrounding BG's kings, as shown below. If Team BG also opens with the King-pawn, the results are disastrous. Below are two games: in one, Green falls for the trap, and in the next, Blue takes the bait. First off, we have Green moves King-pawn, when both Red and Yellow already have. At this point, there's nothing that Green or Blue can do to stop it. It's mate before move three. Here's a real-life game where this happened. https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=10083089 1. h2-h4 .. b6-d6 .. g13-g12 .. m7-k72. Qg1xQn8+ .. Na5-c6 .. Bf14-m7 .. # When Green moves the King-pawn, it opens his queen up to Red's queen, and the game is over, as Yellow backs up Red with his bishop. Now let's take a look at Blue moving the King-pawn, and also falling for a remove-the-defender/back-rank tactic. Unlike with Green, this opening is not irrecoverable after the first move. Be careful, and learn how to defend against this! https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=11151105 1. h2-h3 .. b8-c8 .. g13-g12 .. m8-l82. Bi1xBa9 .. Ka8xBa9 ( .. Qa7xQh14+ .. Kg14xQh14 ) .. Qh14xQa7+ .. R Here, Green resigns, recognizing that Blue is in checkmate. Again, the RY queen and bishop work in tandem to get the mate. However, not that Blue here has taken Red's bishop thinking that it's just a bishop-bishop trade. However, this leaves Blue's queen open for Yellow to swoop in, stealing the queen and securing a back-rank mate. Loading up the PGN notation above in an analysis board, you can see that an alternate play would have prevented mate. When in this situation, do not take the bishop. Trading queens is the best way to avoid checkmate. The game will go on with only the loss of Blue's bishop. Far better than losing altogether! In the end, the takeaway is that leading King-pawn as BG is dangerous in Old Standard. I tend to lead with my Queen-pawn as BG, but I've seen others move knights, Bishop-pawns, and even Rook-pawns. New ("Omatamix") Standard: Omatamix setup (which, at the time of this writing, is quite new) has RY's kings on white squares and BG's kings on black squares. Again, RY tends to open with King-pawn, creating lines of attack specifically on the pawn diagonal to the kings of BG. Note that the pawns being targeted are actually the only pieces keeping BG from being in check. If those pawns were gone, Red would have Green in check, and Yellow would have Blue. There are still many aspects of Omatamix opening theory to be explored, but the two fool's mates which I have encountered are shown below. Fool's Mate #1: Queen-Pawn Vulnerability https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=11090819 [Variant "Teams"][StartFen4 "R-0,0,0,0-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-0-{'uniquify':61534}-3,yR,yN,yB,yK,yQ,yB,yN,yR,3/3,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,3/14/bR,bP,10,gP,gR/bN,bP,10,gP,gN/bB,bP,10,gP,gB/bQ,bP,10,gP,gK/bK,bP,10,gP,gQ/bB,bP,10,gP,gB/bN,bP,10,gP,gN/bR,bP,10,gP,gR/14/3,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,3/3,rR,rN,rB,rQ,rK,rB,rN,rR,3"] 1. h2-h3 .. b8-d8 .. g13-g12+ .. m8-k82. Bi1xBa9 .. Na10-b8 .. Qh14xNb8+ .. Bn9-l73. Qg1-h2 .. Qa8xQb8 .. Bf14-g13 .. Bl7-m84. Qh2xQb8+ .. # Here, we see that Yellow put Blue in check with his very first move, all because the Queen-pawn was gone. This allowed Red to sneak in and take the bishop, and Blue couldn't retaliate. From there, Yellow and Red force the moves and take a quick mate. The upside to Omatamix is that Green physically cannot find himself in this position. If Red's King-pawn is already forward, it is illegal for Green to move his Queen-pawn up, as that would put him in check. However, if Red doesn't start with King-pawn, then Green could fall into the same trap, as shown in this hypothetical. [Variant "Teams"][StartFen4 "R-0,0,0,0-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-0-{'uniquify':61534}-3,yR,yN,yB,yK,yQ,yB,yN,yR,3/3,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,3/14/bR,bP,10,gP,gR/bN,bP,10,gP,gN/bB,bP,10,gP,gB/bQ,bP,10,gP,gK/bK,bP,10,gP,gQ/bB,bP,10,gP,gB/bN,bP,10,gP,gN/bR,bP,10,gP,gR/14/3,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,3/3,rR,rN,rB,rQ,rK,rB,rN,rR,3"] 1. f2-f3 .. b7-c7 .. g13-g12 .. m7-l72. h2-h3+ .. Ba6-b7 .. Bf14xBn6 .. Nn5-m73. Qg1xNm7+ .. Na10-c9 ( .. Bb7xg12 .. Qh14-g13 .. Qn7xQm74. Bi1-h2 .. Bg12xf13+ .. Kg14xBf13 .. m9-l95. Bh2xQm7+ .. b9-c9+ .. e13-e12 .. Kn8-m9 ) .. Qh14-g13 .. Qn7xQm74. Bi1-h2 .. b4-d4 .. Qg13xQm7+ .. # But even though Green can fall into this trap, I included another possible line above, noting that Blue can come to Green's rescue and thwart RY's plans. What we see in this section is that leading Queen-pawn as BG is dangerous in New Standard. I tend to do King-pawn instead, but there are plenty of viable options to begin with. Fool's Mate #2: Bishop-Pawn Attack https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=11166650 [Variant "Teams"][StartFen4 "R-0,0,0,0-1,1,1,1-1,1,1,1-0,0,0,0-0-{'uniquify':61534}-3,yR,yN,yB,yK,yQ,yB,yN,yR,3/3,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,yP,3/14/bR,bP,10,gP,gR/bN,bP,10,gP,gN/bB,bP,10,gP,gB/bQ,bP,10,gP,gK/bK,bP,10,gP,gQ/bB,bP,10,gP,gB/bN,bP,10,gP,gN/bR,bP,10,gP,gR/14/3,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,rP,3/3,rR,rN,rB,rQ,rK,rB,rN,rR,3"] 1. h2-h3 .. b7-c7 .. i13-i12 .. m8-k82. Bi1-g3 .. Qa8-c6 .. Qh14xm9+ .. # I coordinated this attack with my teammate three times in one day, quickly showing me how effective this opening is. When R opens with King-pawn and Yellow with Bishop-pawn, it immediately opens up a channel of attack aimed at Green's King. Green almost completely seals his fate by moving his pawn forward 2 rather than just 1, because it leaves m9 completely unbolstered. The only thing Blue could have done to prevent this mate would have been Ba6xh13+. If you are Green and you are faced with Red and Yellow opening like this, do not move your King-pawn forward 2 spaces. Either move it forward one, or consider moving a different piece altogether. The general takeaway from this rather lengthy article (sorry!) should be to watch out for where your opponents' queens and bishops are aimed. Use your pawns to protect yourself, not open up vulnerabilities! And even though these focused on how this is dangerous for BG (especially in the very opening moves of the game), similar positions can occur slightly later in the game, and can even happen to RY! Watch out, coordinate with your teammate, and protect your teammate if you can. If you can't, then there's always the rematch button.

Hey guys! I'm currently working on a Teams variant called 4P Gothic, and I need help testing it! I don't know how many of you like NCVs (New Custom Variants), but even if you don't like them, I think you'll still enjoy this one. It's actually pretty similar to standard. You can find all the info about this variant by heading to https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-variants/4p-gothic and reading all the posts there. Thanks for helping!

here is one puzzle, have fun solving it https://www.chess.com/variants/4-player-chess/game/26550306 so, it's 5th move for red, red's move, go to green's 4th move, so you don't see the answer. You will see the end of the game, but don't look at it, so you don't spoil yourself. (Before you start reading any further, take a look at the game first) here is an example, how you can stop mate, but it ends with mate for red and yellow in 15 moves. before you read what's under, copy and paste this and look at the game, and then come back 1. h2-h3 .. b7-c7 .. i13-i12 .. m8-l82. Qg1-j4 .. Ba6-c8 .. g13-g12 .. Nn10-l93. Qj4-j6 .. b9-c9 .. d13-d11 .. m10-l104. e2-e3 .. b4-c4 .. Bf14-h12 .. Nn5-l65. Bi1xc7 .. Qa8-b7 .. Qh14xc9 .. Bn9xh36. Bc7xb6+ .. Ka7-a8 .. Qc9-e11 .. Bh3xi2+7. Kh1-g1 .. Qb7-h7 .. Qe11-e4+ .. Nl6-k48. Qj6-g6 .. Bc8-b7 .. Qe4-j4 .. m6-l69. Qg6xQh7 .. Na10-c9 .. d11-d10 .. m5-k510. k2-k3 .. Nc9-e10 .. Qj4-e9 .. Nk4xj211. Qh7-h2 .. Na5-c6 .. j13-j11 .. Qn7-k412. Rk1-k2 .. b11-d11 .. Bh12xl8 .. m7xBl813. Rk2xNj2 .. Ne10-f12+ .. Ne14xNf12 .. Nl9-k714. Nj1-i3 .. b10-c10 .. Qe9-b9+ .. Qk4-h715. Qh2xb8+ .. # so what happend in the game? Queens are good for attack but also very helpful defending yourself. Blue and green lost because blue's queen left the base. I think that blue and green would lose anyway, because green can't mate red alone, and blue needs to defend himself. Red and yellow also have their queens in the middle, which is very helpful, so here's what I think who would win if both teams play smart: advantages for red and yellow: -queens in the middle -they have multiple figures attacking blue -they have better developed pieces -green has too many weak squares on the king's side disadvantages for red and yellow: red is weak(weaker than blue) red has no pawns protecting the king in the center I think in the end the red and yellow would have won If you don't understand one move from what I've shown, you can ask here. I am not a pro, but I think almost all moves are the best

Here's one game I just played, and ask you to find 3 mates that my 2,000 rated teammate didn't find 4 Player Chess - DhayaIniyaa vs 390exp vs JosefineCapa vs STIVRDK - Play Chess Variants Online - Chess.com I think you should copy and paste this link, and if this doesn't work, try this one: https://www.chess.com/variants/4-player-chess/game/26427848/105/4

This is the longest (and best) Four-Player-Chess game I've ever played:https://www.chess.com/variants/4-player-chess/game/26279678/132/3

I had a teammate who doesn't listen to me. 1. h2-h4 .. b7-d7 .. h13-h12 .. m10-l102. Qg1-h2 .. b8-d8 .. g13-g11 .. Bn9-m103. g2-g3 .. Ba6xBi14 .. Qh14xBi14 .. m5-l54. Bf1-g2+ .. Na5-c6 .. Bf14-g13 .. Bn6-m55. k2-k3 .. Na10-c9 Teammate (yellow) should have done 5... Qc8+ Any 6. BxNc6 #

I've seen you've already talked about this subject, and it's really sad that this club isn't official. I came to the club maybe three hours ago, but I saw that the club was very active with 200 members. imagine then what would happen with 500 members. I think this club deserves to have more members, I mean there's even a "find a prtner in the teams" topic and in the end my question is: why is this club not popular and why it's not official?