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Group D pairings for 2010. Dates shown are lock by dates. Team listed first sends challenge to team listed 2nd. If I overlook a place where only one team is listed -- that represents a "bye". Each team has 2 matches in groups with 3, and 3 matches in groups with 4. Later matches can start earlier with agreement of both teams, it is only staggered in case admins don't want to saddle their members with lots of simultaneous matches. Match settings: 3 days per move, 2 simultaneous games, 5+ players. ROUND 1: GROUPs DIVISION D MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 1. e4 Lovers 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 The Checkmate Club 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 Team Maharashtra 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 4 FOX 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0% #DIV/0! TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT 07/05/2010 TMC ROUND 1: 1. e4 Lovers vs Team Maharashtra #DIV/0! 07/05/2010 TMC ROUND 1: The Checkmate Club vs FOX #DIV/0! 07/11/2010 TMC ROUND 1: The Checkmate Club vs 1. e4 Lovers #DIV/0! 07/11/2010 TMC ROUND 1: FOX vs Team Maharashtra #DIV/0! 07/16/2010 TMC ROUND 1: 1. e4 Lovers vs FOX #DIV/0! 07/16/2010 TMC ROUND 1: Team Maharashtra vs The Checkmate Club #DIV/0!

Group E pairings for 2010. Dates shown are lock by dates. Team listed first sends challenge to team listed 2nd. If I overlook a place where only one team is listed -- that represents a "bye". Each team has 2 matches in groups with 3, and 3 matches in groups with 4. Later matches can start earlier with agreement of both teams, it is only staggered in case admins don't want to saddle their members with lots of simultaneous matches. Match settings: 3 days per move, 2 simultaneous games, 5+ players. ROUND 1: GROUPs DIVISION E MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 Chess Destination 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 FREE IRAN 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 The Ancient of Days 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 4 Coat of Arms 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0% #DIV/0! TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT 07/05/2010 TMC ROUND 1: Chess Destination vs The Ancient of Days #DIV/0! 07/05/2010 TMC ROUND 1: FREE IRAN vs Coat of Arms #DIV/0! 07/11/2010 TMC ROUND 1: FREE IRAN vs Chess Destination #DIV/0! 07/11/2010 TMC ROUND 1: Coat of Arms vs The Ancient of Days #DIV/0! 07/16/2010 TMC ROUND 1: Chess Destination vs Coat of Arms #DIV/0! 07/16/2010 TMC ROUND 1: The Ancient of Days vs FREE IRAN #DIV/0!

Dear all, The TML 2010 for larger teams is currently registering the teams for the 2010 season. If your team is over 250 members, you have read all the tournament rules and you want to participate in the most exigent and competitive tournament, then you can register it here: TM LEAGUE 2010 REGISTRATION (do not forget to join the Head-Quarters!) TOURNAMENT RULES OFFICIAL RULES OF THE TM LEAGUE 2009 (these are for last season but they will be pretty similar to those) NOTE! TML is not the same as TMC, if your team is under 250 members and want to participate in the Team Match Championships please keep track of this group and a forum for registration will be created pretty soon!

Here are the pairings for the Grand Final and 3rd Place matches. The team on the left must challenge the team on the right by the date shown. The match must be accepted within 2 days of the challenge issued, and start within 5 days. Matches should be 5+ players, open rating range, 2 simultaneous games. The victor of each match and final standings positions will be declared as soon as the team's score exceeds the number of players in the match, or on July 20, 2010 if not decided by them. Congratulations for making it to the final round, and Good chess to all! Final Grand Final MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 Slavic Pride #NAME? 0 #NAME? 0 #NAME? #NAME? #NAME? #NAME? 2 Chess Nuts! #NAME? 0 #NAME? 0 #NAME? #NAME? #NAME? #NAME? #NAME? #DIV/0! TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT April 25, 2010 TMC Final Slavic Pride vs Chess Nuts! 0.0 0.0 FALSE 0 0 0 0% 3RD 3rd Place Match MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 Best of the West: Team Western Canada 0 0 0 0 0 #NAME? #NAME? #NAME? 2 Artistas de Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 #NAME? #NAME? #NAME? #NAME? #DIV/0! TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT April 25, 2010 TMC 3RD Best of the West: Team Western Canada vs Artistas de Portugal 0.0 0.0 FALSE 0 0 0 0%

This match was due to be locked by both teams on 16th July (4 days ago now) I recontacted the admin today and he refuses to lock the match "because we are not ready yet" http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match.html?id=39237 Already more players have joined their side in the past 24 hours since I brought this up in the group notes: TMC R1: The Thunder Knights vs World Chess Players The Thunder Knights world chess players Ready! Unlock Your Team atudor (2235) vs. tiggermeister (2300) jkdk (2122) vs. mah135 (1906) sanco (1936) vs. Abzalon (1802) DreamingVoid (1917) vs. rickycorong (1767) flirtyking (1914) vs. Kent0n (1732) Kacparov (1904) vs. totos001 (1707) trysts (1838) vs. Dreambak_120 (1656) Superporter (1815) vs. Cvonko (1639) flying2828 (1798) vs. sivasaravanan (1638) lurch122 (1784) vs. sz14189 (1539) Lawin7 (1773) vs. Hyannis (1489) proKnight98 (1683) vs. alexnichols66 (1460) rt_r69 (1676) vs. billionofans31 (1437) Cormac_the_Wolf (1662) vs. WolfLeader (1381) adjourn (1653) vs. microcens (1336) ibiwisi (1618) vs. chess180 (1293) Tasho (1552) vs. doonhamer (1282) tauruss85 (1550) vs. spd12765 (1082) rainbowpencil (1516) vs. guilhias (974) DONSUTTONLBCA (1481) karolkiss (1463) Bertieboy (1439) sku91 (1438) Lantifer (1433) lTheAbsoluteValuel (1415) gimmewuchagot (1407) newworldworker (1351) blackfirestorm666 (1350) Shockers (1317) grump007 (1280) Daverose0106 (1265) gburow (1258) grb1152 (1206) NumberOneNumpty (1183) aaronmurphy2002 (1167) coug1031 (1071) ppeets (1065)

At present we have either 21 or 22 teams, depending on whether TEAM TOSHKENT is real or not. This will result in the following structure. Round 1, 7 groups of 3 (one group with 4), 2 advance. The top two non-qualifying teams with the highest match score, with game differential as tiebreak, also advance. This gives 16 teams to round 2. Round 2, 4 groups of 4, 2 advance. Round 3, 2 groups of 4, 2 advance. Round 4, 1 group of 4, yielding 1st-4th place. Tentative group assignments 7 Seven 7 276 1841 A Dr Pepper United 121 1628 A šahovski klub ajdovščina 103 1976 A Wolf Pack 256 1448 B Adults Only Group 127 1747 B Artistas de Portugal 80 1637 B The Hindu 227 1475 C Chess Mistresses 132 1560 C FC Bunyodkor 77 1689 C 1. e4 Lovers 223 1523 D The Checkmate Club 147 1804 D Team Maharashtra 54 1424 D Chess Destination 215 1476 E FREE IRAN 165 1359 E The Ancient of Days 44 1520 E The Thunder Knights 198 1532 F Learning with Fun 173 1539 F Artists of the World 29 1744 F Corrupt-a-wish group 185 1449 G England 178 1620 G Online Chess Masters 22 G TEAM TOSHKENT G

There are some suggestions about for rule changes for the 2010 season. I reserve the right as admin to set the rules as necessary to make the championships work smoothly, but it is a good thing to consider suggestions and requests from the teams. Ultimately teams will have to agree to the next season's rules before it can begin. I would like to set a couple of ground rules for the discussion. This is not the place to discuss any past incidents! Continuing to hammer on past actions of teams or individuals (actual or suspected) is inappropriate. It could constitute harassing under the site terms of service. Any rules for a competition of this type must be verifiable. It must be possible to determine if the rule is actually violated. Circumstantial evidence is insufficient. When possible, settle it on the board. This is a chess competition, not a "prove your opponents broke a rule" competition. Maybe we can come up with an element to the tournament that rewards teams that get all the way through without attempting to use the rules as a weapon.

chess-kebabs identified a need for a competition that bridged the gap for mid range groups. We have this group for 20-250 and the TM league for 250+ My suggestion: I have created a tournament that will cater for teams 250-700. It would be for 32 groups / teams and would work on a knockout basis. What do you think? Join this group if you think it would be good. http://www.chess.com/groups/home/team-match-international

Last year I entered my team in this championships under the impression that it was for smaller groups ... then of course once registered teams were setting about recruiting beyond a joke. My team (adults only) then got kicked out of the first round because we had a small well out ranked team compared to the teams in our "section" I noticed thegab has said the same thing as I am saying but due to my being blocked I cannot comment on his thread ... however I do want to ask is this going to be an issue this time round and is there any kind of limit on team sizes???

ROUND 3: GROUPs DIVISION A MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 Slavic Pride 1 1 0 0 1 209.0 181 28 2 International Chess Players 1 1 0 0 1 170.0 182.0 -12 3 Best of the West: Team Western Canada 2 1 0 1 1 56.5 59.5 -3 4 Chess'nChicks® Club 2 0 0 2 0 80.5 93.5 -13 50% 93% TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT 10-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: Slavic Pride vs International Chess Players 147.0 133.0 0 FALSE FALSE 150 93% 10-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: Best of the West: Team Western Canada vs Chess'nChicks® Club 30.5 23.5 0 FALSE FALSE 29 93% 15-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: Best of the West: Team Western Canada vs Slavic Pride 19.0 32.0 0 FALSE FALSE 27 94% 15-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: Chess'nChicks® Club vs International Chess Players 28.0 33.0 0 FALSE FALSE 31 98% 20-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: Slavic Pride vs Chess'nChicks® Club 30.0 29.0 0 FALSE FALSE 32 92% 20-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: International Chess Players vs Best of the West: Team Western Canada 4.0 7.0 0 FALSE FALSE 7 79% The team listed first must challenge the team listed 2nd, by the date in the 1st column. Team being challenged has 2 days to accept challenge, and both teams have 5 further days to lock rosters. Please post a link to the match.

Semi B pairings ROUND 3: GROUPs DIVISION B MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 Chess Nuts! 2 2 0 0 2 99.0 48.0 51 2 Artistas de Portugal 2 1 0 1 1 66.0 74.0 -8 3 **The Checkmate Club** 0 0 0 0 0 51.0 60.0 -9 4 Team Antarctica 2 0 0 2 0 49.0 83.0 -34 50% 85% TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT 10-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: Chess Nuts! vs Artistas de Portugal 41.5 17.5 0 FALSE FALSE 33 89% 10-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: **The Checkmate Club** vs Team Antarctica 19.0 18.0 0 FALSE FALSE 22 84% 15-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: **The Checkmate Club** vs Chess Nuts! 12.5 22.5 0 FALSE FALSE 23 76% 15-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: Team Antarctica vs Artistas de Portugal 13.0 29.0 0 FALSE FALSE 25 84% 20-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: Chess Nuts! vs Team Antarctica 35.0 18.0 0 FALSE FALSE 27 98% 20-1-10 23:59 TMC-ROUND 3: Artistas de Portugal vs **The Checkmate Club** 19.5 19.5 0 FALSE FALSE 25 78% The team listed first must challenge the team listed 2nd, by the date in the 1st column. Team being challenged has 2 days to accept challenge, and both teams have 5 further days to lock rosters. Please post a link to the match.

When does registration for the 2010 season start?

For group owners in this Championship, I would like to announce that I have started a Chess960 League that you can also play in(if your team has more than 150 members) The description is below: Hello! This is a group for Chess960 group owners(or members that just want to play Chess960 Team Matches and see the tourney results). This is a team match league and any group can enter. You can enter 3 groups of your own for this league. World League Teams ARE allowed to play in this league!!! Group Owners can join and also group members! The league will start soon! Let the games begin! http://www.chess.com/groups/view/the-official-chess-960-team-match-league

It seems quite unfair, for from what I understood this league was for small groups, of around 100 players, though as the competition went on, a lot of groups started to recruit like Hell, so when round 2 came, many groups had around or over 300 players, & those groups that stayed in the limit range of the rules found themselves heavily out matched, which I find very sad, as it breaks the spirit of fairness, sort of like David & Goliah, groups recruiting in numbers & hardly know the members of their own groups, in the soul goal " TO WIN BY ANY MEANS " . What happened to the idea, that a group was for fun, friendship, learning together....etc? this has been a good competition until certain groups bent the rules, it's a real pity, & a sure sign of greed, which surely would make one think twice, if not, just forget the idea of fair competition, for there's no fun in winning by huge numbers, one might aswell use a chess engine if winning by any means is ones aim. I wish the rest of yous the best of fun, but most of the enjoyment has already been destroyed, why bother with another team event, if all ends in this way, it's probally better just sticking to normal team matches, that way nobody is cheating no one at all, thank yous for your time & I hope that the ones involved in the deception are proud of themselves, for yous set a very bad example of what chess is about, yo!

Update 13 Dec ROUND 2: GROUPs DIVISION A MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 D` CHESSBOMB 1 1 0 0 1 81.5 78 4 2 Slavic Pride 1 1 0 0 1 90.0 72.0 18 3 **The Checkmate Club** 1 0 0 1 0 57.0 68 -11 4 666 3 1 0 2 1 49.5 71 -21 50% 86% TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT 10-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: D` CHESSBOMB vs Slavic Pride 37.5 42.5 0 ### ### 43 93% 10-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: **The Checkmate Club** vs 666 13.0 24.0 0 ### ### 23 80% 15-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: **The Checkmate Club** vs D` CHESSBOMB 21.5 18.5 0 ### ### 25 80% 15-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: 666 vs Slavic Pride 12.0 32.0 0 ### ### 24 92% 20-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: D` CHESSBOMB vs 666 25.5 13.5 0 ### ### 22 89% 20-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Slavic Pride vs **The Checkmate Club** 15.5 22.5 0 ### ### 24 79%

ROUND 2: GROUPs DIVISION C MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 Learning with Fun 3 0 0 3 0 49.0 67 -18 2 Chess Empire 3 2 0 1 2 60.5 65.5 -5 3 Chess Nuts! 3 2 0 1 2 81.5 38 44 4 Best of the West: Team Western Canada 3 2 0 1 2 23.0 27 -4 100% 96% TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT 10-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Learning with Fun vs Chess Empire 17.5 22.5 0 ### ### 21 95% 10-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Chess Nuts! vs Best of the West: Team Western Canada 5.5 6.5 0 ### ### 7 86% 15-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Chess Nuts! vs Learning with Fun 28.0 20.0 0 ### ### 25 96% 15-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Best of the West: Team Western Canada vs Chess Empire 0.0 10.0 0 0 1 5 100% 20-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Learning with Fun vs Best of the West: Team Western Canada 11.5 16.5 0 ### ### 15 93% 20-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Chess Empire vs Chess Nuts! 28.0 48.0 0 ### ### 39 97% Standings updated Jan 2 2010, 2:26PM MST. In a final twist of fate, Best of the West: Team Western Canada edges out Chess Empire for 2nd place, on tiebreaks!

Updated 13 Dec ROUND 2: GROUPs DIVISION B MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 International Chess Players 3 3 0 0 3 87.0 28.0 59 2 Narz's People 3 1 0 2 1 31.5 43.5 -12 3 King's Gambit Players 3 0 0 3 0 0.0 66.0 -66 4 Team Antarctica 3 2 0 1 2 39.5 56.5 -17 100% 94% TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT 10-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: International Chess Players vs Narz's People 31.0 11.0 0 ### ### 22 95% 10-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: King's Gambit Players vs Team Antarctica 0.0 10.0 0 0 1 5 100% 15-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: King's Gambit Players vs International Chess Players 0.0 10.0 0 0 1 5 100% 15-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Team Antarctica vs Narz's People 12.5 10.5 0 ### ### 12 96% 20-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: International Chess Players vs Team Antarctica 46.0 17.0 0 ### ### 35 90% 20-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Narz's People vs King's Gambit Players 10.0 0.0 1 0 0 5 100% One team is through, congratulations to International Chess Players who have won enough games to go 3-0 in the matches. (King's Gambit Players withdrew) Team Antarctica gets 2nd place and goes through to the next round. Congratulations to both semi-finalists.

Update 13 Dec ROUND 2: GROUPs DIVISION D MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 Carpathian Brigade 3 1 0 2 1 33.5 59 -25 2 Artistas de Portugal 3 3 0 0 3 81.5 39.5 42 3 Chess'nChicks® Club 3 2 0 1 2 73.0 33 41 4 Venom Chess Group 3 0 0 3 0 17.0 45 -28 100% 98% TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT 10-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Carpathian Brigade vs Artistas de Portugal 8.0 24.0 0 ### ### 17 94% 10-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Chess'nChicks® Club vs Venom Chess Group 17.0 7.0 1 0 0 12 100% 15-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Chess'nChicks® Club vs Carpathian Brigade 28.0 12.0 1 0 0 20 100% 15-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Venom Chess Group vs Artistas de Portugal 3.5 14.5 0 0 1 9 100% 20-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Carpathian Brigade vs Venom Chess Group 13.5 6.5 1 0 0 10 100% 20-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Artistas de Portugal vs Chess'nChicks® Club 43.0 28.0 0 ### ### 37 96% The two qualifiers for this division are Artistas de Portugal and Chess'nChicks Club, congratulations to both on advancing. Update: Enough games completed in all matches to declare winners. Artistas de Portugal take 1st, Chess'nChicks Club take 2nd.

Round 2 will end sometime around (+/- 8 hours) Dec 31st, 2300GMT. Teams in the lead of unfinished matches at that time will be awarded points accordingly, matches which are tied will be scored as draws. Then the top two teams in each division will advance to round 3, with tiebreakers used if needed. Round 3 match challenges will be due Jan 5th, 10th, and 15th for games 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Pairings should be ready some time on Jan 1st, earlier if certain matches reach a decisive score. Teams are reminded that the team listed first on the pairing is responsible for issuing the challenge. The match should be minimum 5 players, no maximum players, and 2 games start simultaneously. Failure to issue a challenge, accept, or lock roster on schedule can result in a forfeit.

ROUND 2: GROUPs DIVISION C MP W D L PTS GW GL TB 1 Learning with Fun 0 0 0 0 0 0,0 0 0 2 Chess Empire 0 0 0 0 0 0,0 0,0 0 3 Chess Nuts! 0 0 0 0 0 0,0 0 0 4 Best of the West: Team Western Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0,0 0 0 0% #¡DIV/0! TM DATE TM NAME SCORE PPT 10-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Learning with Fun vs Chess Empire 0,0 0,0 ### 0 0 0 0% 10-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Chess Nuts! vs Best of the West: Team Western Canada 0,0 0,0 ### 0 0 0 0% 15-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Chess Nuts! vs Learning with Fun 0,0 0,0 ### 0 0 0 0% 15-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Best of the West: Team Western Canada vs Chess Empire 0,0 0,0 ### 0 0 0 0% 20-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Learning with Fun vs Best of the West: Team Western Canada 0,0 0,0 ### 0 0 0 0% 20-9-09 23:59 TMC-ROUND 2: Chess Empire vs Chess Nuts! 0,0 0,0 ### 0 0 0 0%