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Now that we have a small federation, I think we should discuss how many other memers should be admitted, and what are their qualifications. 1) My suggestion is 5-6 members max. 2) I'm aware of two members here who are also on the bulldog chess federation (Martin0 and me). As for requests for new admissions here, I think we should give a preference to members who are already NOT on the bulldog committee (except in exceptional cases). (bulldog has: Martin0, Fly-Eagles-Fly, aidanB1, vickalan, Waredude, Junebug444). 3) Other criteria? Suggestions: I would like to suggest offers be made to (1) Naviary, and (2) thegreatauk to join this federation. Naviary has written some code which is really interesting for making chess diagrams for boards which can be scaled or extended in any direction. He's played several games, proving out his software. I like thegreatauk simply because he is rated as a "Candidate Master" (in chess). Being from New Zealand is also very cool (helps with worlwide diversification). Let me know if you guys agree or have other suggestions. If we don't make criteria soon, we may get requests to join soon, without any basis to reject of approve.

Some time ago, I issued this as the system to decide the World Champion of "Chess on an Infinite Plane". Players can challenge the champion with the following conditions: a) They must have at least one "level 2" win. This means they have won at least one game against an opponent who also has a win. (they are at a level equal to the completed final game* - they are trying to do what the last contender could not do). *(refers to a tournament) b) If a player previously played the champion but lost, he can challenge the champion only if his score has improved since his game against the champion. c) If there are multiple qualifying contenders, the player with the highest score can challenge the champion. If this player is idle (not in a game) and does not challenge the champion within 7 days, then the qualifying contender with the next highest score can challenge the champion. d) A tie in score is broken first by judging the scores of player's opponent, and then by the number of games won as Black. A champion normally plays White (unless he requests Black). A champion that does not accept a challenge and begins play within two-weeks forfeits the crown. Eventually, I'd like to use this thread to discuss improvements or amendments to the system. I haven't explicitly said so, but the term "score" I'm using recently is the player's ELO rating (which is from Martin0's calculations). Comments, and ideas to improve are welcome.

Here is a suggested icon for this club. It's like the normal club icon, but for this federation has inverted colors. Do others agree ok or not for this federation?