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How do I join a team?

Think about this! Find a win or a draw and enter it!

Last year they played very decent finishing at the top of the division and making it all the way to the top 4 but lost to the 2017 winners St Louis. This year after looking at all the match ups, It looks like we match up well against the hole division. The only teams who posses a real treat are again the St Louis archbishops and the Webster windmills. In my opinion the chessbrah can definitely make it in the playoffs if they play well against St Louis, the Webster and of course the two super Saturday. With that said, my prediction for the ChessBrah is (Top 8 of the Playoffs) Let me know what's your prediction below ------------------------Let's Go ChessBrahs Let's Go----------------------------

So what exactly are the rules for it? Is there some relation between points, perf rating and number of games?

Enjoyed the PRO Chess League, but were bummed that you were unable to compete? Maybe you did compete but just can't wait another year to play again? Please come join us in the Not-So PRO Chess League! It's like the PCL, but... well... not so pro. The NSPCL is a league modeled after the PCL. While we do have some differences (partly because we are smaller right now!), this is still a fun place to make teams, compete, and even make new friends. You can create a small in-group team of your own, or join someone else's team (there will be several more teams created by other members.) The teams will compete to prove which is the best! Each week, teams will be paired (in the Swiss pairing style) and face off, board 1 playing board 1, 2 playing 2, and so on. Individuals will play a single game each week (with colors predetermined by random draw), with 6 days to schedule and play the game at a time convenient for both players--we hope this will make it easy for the league to work with everyone's schedules! The time control for all games is 15|2. You can see the complete rules at http://www.notsoprochessleague.com/rule-book.html. We are hoping to gather enough players--GM to beginner--from around the globe, so that we can form 32 teams of 4 players. If we can get this number, then the top 16 teams will go into the Playoffs, and one team will be declared victorious! We have less than 25 guaranteed spots remaining, so hurry, and secure your place today! Visit http://www.notsoprochessleague.com/sign-up.html to register for season three, and also join the Official Club at https://www.chess.com/club/not-so-pro-chess-league. Registrations are set to close on May 3rd! We sincerely hope that you will join us for this next season. We want everyone to have a chance to compete like the pros! Well, almost like the pros.

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The tireless chess promoter Canadian WCM Yelizaveta Orlova (LegendOfEagle) is putting together an event where the Pro Chess League match between the Toronto Dragons and Montreal Chessbrahs will be shown live on the TV screens of a pub in Toronto's downtown area. They are expecting a large turn out of fans to come. There will also be a blitz tournament held the same night, as well as casual chess. If you ever come to Toronto, you might want to check out this interesting event, held in the Madison Pub every Wednesday. https://www.facebook.com/events/1855380711342777/ https://www.chess.com/clubs/toronto-dragons-fan-club

I mentioned to the Toronto Dragons that Eric Hansen and Jorden van Foreest of the Montreal Chessbrahs would likely not play in our match with them since they are playing at Tata Steel right now. Bator noted that Eric is probably "Van Kampen in Van Foreest." I retweeted this, and Seth Morgan tweeted back, "I hope he doesn't hit a bump, and lose a Van Wely." "Maybe he's too Timman to play. Who's van der Sterren their team anyway?" Seth: "These puns are So good. We're really developing a Rapport." "I Donner Werle you come up with all these puns. Euwe are really good at them." Seth: "That compliment had me Smirin from Vachier to Vachier." https://twitter.com/TODragonsChesshttps://www.chess.com/club/toronto-dragons-fan-club

The Dragons and Hackers aren't slated to play in the regular season, but here's a little taste of what that match might be like. Here is the Dragons' Razvan Preotu playing blitz with the Hackers' Kostya Kavutskiy. Razvan's position looks a bit dire, but he still finds a way to checkmate. https://youtu.be/Av00X6SBHj0

Mark Crowther's The Week in Chess website has put up a page covering the Pro Chess League with PGN files using the player's real names. The Toronto Dragons are playing in the Atlantic division. http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/pro-chess-league-2017

Greg has just pointed out that if you type /follow Hikaru into the Game Chat in Live Chess, it will automatically take you to each of Hikaru Nakamura's game as they start. You can follow as many players as you like, and you will see a tab for each game below the board on the left of your screen. Just click on each tab to go to that game. You can find out players' nicknames on this page: https://www.chess.com/article/view/2017-pro-chess-league-teams

Canada's John Upper has annotated Toronto Dragon GM Razvan Preotu's win over Montclair Soprano's Pascal Charbonneau along with the Dragons' other encounters with Pascal from Week 1: http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/924 https://www.chess.com/club/toronto-dragons-fan-club

Can anybody explain to me exactly how the format works? I'm a bit slow and I haven't quite figured it out yet. There are 12 teams in each division, and six weeks of matches. That means every team will play six other teams in their division. In other words, not every team will play each other before the playoffs. How does this work, and am I missing something? Thanks.

I've posted detailed results with links to each of Toronto's games to a thread in the Toronto Dragons Fan Club: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/week-1-results-and-links-to-each-game To get to the PGN of a game, click on the Download symbol just to the right of the board: To see a list of a player's recent games, click on the little chessboard just beneath that player's profile text: Links to each player's profile can be found on the Pro Chess League Teams page: https://www.chess.com/article/view/2017-pro-chess-league-teams

Here is the schedule for which teams are playing against which for the first six weeks: https://www.chess.com/article/view/2017-pro-chess-league-schedule

Sam Copeland has posted a full list of teams here: https://www.chess.com/news/48-teams-over-100-grandmasters-to-play-pro-chess-league-7020

My question is How is this will all gonna organized and played . Also can everyone join this ? If Yes , then what about Cheatings ? Thank You