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What are Team Matches? A team match is when two teams have a match against each other with multiple players from each group playing games against each other. Each player selected to participate in the match will play two games against the other team (one game each with White and Black colors). Players are matched up by highest rating against the other team. The score is kept and the winner will be the Team with the higher score at the end of the match. Example: Team 1 Team 2 = 5.5 = 6.5 WINNER! Player 1 (2224) 2 view | view 0 Player 1 (2141) Player 2 (1683) 1 view | view 1 Player 2 (1859) Player 3 (1499) 1 view | view 1 Player 3 (1707) Player 4 (1473) 0 view | view 2 Player 4 (1638) Player 5 (1472) 0 view | view 2 Player 5 (1559) Player 6 (1452) 1 view | view 1 Player 6 (1484) Player 7 (1253) 1.5 view | view .5 Player 7 (1180) How do I join a Team Match? When a new team match starts, all members of that group/team will receive a message. You can click through to view and then join the match. Or, you can go to your group�s homepage and then use the �Team Matches� link under the Group Menu when you will see a list of any active/available Team Matches. If there are any available matches then you can click the �view� link and you will be brought to the specific Team Match page. There you will see a link to join the Team Match if there is still space available for more players. How are Team Match points scored?? Each team's cumulative score is added up and compared to decide who wins the match. The winner of the team match gets points based on the following: Win Match: 5 points Draw Match: 2 points for each team Lose Match: 0 points Those points are then multiplied by the total number of players in the match to get the total match value. These match points are used to determine the status on the Team Match Leaderboard. I joined a Team Match but then wasn't chosen to play - why not? Team matches must have even numbers of players to create the pairings. Additionally, match organizers may set the number of players for each team in a match. Once that number of players is reached, other players may join, but may not be able to play. The way it works is that all players on a team are rank-ordered by rating. Then the top players are chosen to play for each team. Players who are not in the top ranking cannot play. Example: Let's say this is a 5 player match for each team. If 7 players from Team A join, only the top 5 rated will be allowed to play. The other 2 lower rated players would fall below the line (though they will remain as alternates until the match begins just in case the team admin decides to remove a player or one of the other players quits). What is Team Vote Chess? Thematic tournaments require all games to start from a pre-defined starting position (such as the first 3 moves of the King's Gambit, for example). This allows players to play similar games and test each other in certain openings. Thematic tournaments are indicated with a special icon and also show the starting position of the games. Team Vote Chess is no different from regular Vote Chess. To learn more about the rules and how to play, please click here. How do I join a Team Vote Chess game? When a new Team Vote Chess game is started all members of the group will get a message to view and then join the game. Or, you can go to your group�s homepage and then under the Group Menu click on the �Vote Chess� link where you will then be taken to the page with a list of any available vote chess games for your group. Once there you can click on the �view� link next to any vote chess game where you will be taken to your group�s vote chess game against another group where you can participate and vote for the move you would like your group to play. How are Team Vote Chess games scored? Team Vote Chess games are scored as follows: Win = 5 points Draw = 2 points for each team Loss = 0 points These points are then used to rank teams on the Team Vote Chess Leaderboard!

Some nice puzzles: If you struggled with the last puzzle you may not want to try this one.... Those two puzzles came out of the Traxler Gambit. I have made a Tourney for the Traxler Gambit so if you like it, please feel free to join here: http://www.chess.com/tournament/traxler-gambit-tourney-1 !! CAUTION:If you play the Traxler Gambit VERY sharp lines will occur!

Please join this vote chess game agianst the Power of Chess ESPECIALLY THE HIGH RATED PLAYERS

we got to 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

everybody here please also join the group "Ponage..." to join, click on my profile and go to groups and team membership

The title is completely self-explanatory. Do you have any good ideas for the group? If you do, then this is the right place to say it! Any feedback and/or suggestions should go here, to an admin, or to myself. Thank you in advance! ~ CalbaMan

WE HAVE REACHED 50 MEMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

please tell me now if you would like to apply to become an admin of our group i will randomly choose out of all the people that apply if you are chosen you i will send you a message and talk about it with you privately.