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Happy 69 Day Everyone!!! Welcome to Season 3 of the Fortnight Speed Vote League!!! The Alien vs. Predator Season There have been a couple of changes made for Season 3. First of all, as most of you know, we are now on a monthly schedule which means that each team will only need to play one game per month rather than one game every 2 weeks. EVERY GAME MUST BE PLAYED WITHIN THE MONTH THAT IT IS SCHEDULED!!!You may NOT play your games ahead of schedule if you wish for that game to count!!! Secondly, there are no more divisions. The 5 teams you face will not be the same 5 your opponents face. This should produce more separation between teams with similar records (instead of each division mirroring each other). Standings will be based first on Total Score (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 for a loss), then on Opponent's Strength (Chess.com's tournament tie-breaker system), and only if two teams are still tied will the First Blood rule take effect. I hope this makes everybody happy. I worked real hard on trying to address each of your concerns. We are constantly trying to improve the league so that everyone can have as much fun as possible. When I was making up the schedule, I did not pay any attention to group size, overall vote chess winning percentage, or leaderboard points. The stats I used were exclusively speed vote games. Groups were ordered by experience (# of games and length of games) and playing strength (win/loss record). I tried to make sure no one played a team that they played in a previous season, but in one case (Animal Lovers vs Chess Empire) it was unavoidable. I also tried to avoid any conflicts of interest by not scheduling 2 teams against each other who had a common administrator. But in a few cases, I couldn't help it. Sorry to Atudor (Chess Nuts vs Chess Unlimited) and Olympiakaras (Chess Unlimited vs Light Force). So many teams have made me an administrator, that it happened to me twice (Team Antarctica vs Burning Pawns; The Dark Knights vs Wallyjack's Wonderful Wizards of Oz). And finally, knowing everyone's time zone really did help a lot. I can't guarantee that everyone is playing against someone in the exact same time zone, but I did the best I could at grouping everyone together so that scheduling conflicts should be at a minimum. So here is your schedule for Season 3:(because I was late in posting this, any games scheduled for June 2010 will have until July 10th to be played - July games must still be played between July 1st and July 31st regardless of when the June game is played) June 2010 Animal Lovers vs The Power of ChessChess Nuts vs Chess UnlimitedFast Players Group vs The Dark KnightsTeam Antarctica vs Burning PawnsSuper Troopers vs CheckmateRed Army vs Light ForceChess Empire vs We Chat GlobalWallyjack's Wonderful Wizards of Oz vs The Winning TeamGlorius Chess vs Wallyjack's Premium Members GroupChess Destination vs Lovers of ChessThe Learning Group vs Night Owls Insanity ClubElectronic Team vs Turk Chess Players July 2010 Animal Lovers vs Chess Empire Chess Nuts vs Super Troopers Fast Players Group vs Wallyjack's Wonderful Wizards of OzTeam Antarctica vs Red ArmyThe Power of Chess vs Chess DestinationThe Dark Knights vs Glorius ChessChess Unlimited vs Electronic TeamBurning Pawns vs The Learning GroupLight Force vs Lovers of ChessWe Chat Global vs Wallyjack's Premium Members GroupCheckmate vs Turk Chess PlayersThe Winning Team vs Night Owls Insanity Club August 2010 Animal Lovers vs The Winning Team Chess Nuts vs We Chat Global Fast Players Group vs Light Force Team Antarctica vs CheckmateThe Power of Chess vs Turk Chess Players The Dark Knights vs Night Owls Insanity Club Chess Unlimited vs Wallyjack's Premium Members Group Burning Pawns vs Lovers of ChessSuper Troopers vs Glorius ChessRed Army vs The Learning GroupChess Empire vs Electronic Team Wallyjack's Wonderful Wizards of Oz vs Chess Destination September 2010 Animal Lovers vs The Learning Group Chess Nuts vs Electronic Team Fast Players Group vs Chess Destination Team Antarctica vs Glorius ChessThe Power of Chess vs Checkmate The Dark Knights vs We Chat Global Chess Unlimited vs Light Force Burning Pawns vs The Winning TeamSuper Troopers vs Wallyjack's Premium Members GroupRed Army vs Night Owls Insanity ClubChess Empire vs Turk Chess Players Wallyjack's Wonderful Wizards of Oz vs Lovers of Chess October 2010 Animal Lovers vs Lovers of Chess Chess Nuts vs Turk Chess Players Fast Players Group vs Night Owls Insanity Club Team Antarctica vs Wallyjack's Premium Members GroupThe Power of Chess vs Chess Empire The Dark Knights vs Wallyjack's Wonderful Wizards of Oz Chess Unlimited vs Super TroopersBurning Pawns vs Red ArmyLight Force vs The Learning Group We Chat Global vs Chess Destination Checkmate vs Electronic Team The Winning Team vs Glorius Chess November 2010 Quarter-Finals (teams to be determined) December 2010 Semi-Finals (teams to be determined) January 2011 Finals (teams to be determined) Here are the links to each group's home page (listed alphabetically): Animal Lovers Burning Pawns (SVC) Checkmate! Chess Destination Chess Empire Chess Nuts Chess Unlimited Electronic Team Fast Players Group Glorius Chess Light Force Lovers of Chess Red Army Super Troopers (SVC) Team Antarctica The Dark Knights The Learning Group The Night Owls Insanity Club The Power of Chess The Winning Team Turk Chess Players Wallyjack's Premium Members Group Wallyjack's Wonderful Wizards of Oz We Chat Global Good Luck Everybody!!! Have Fun and Don't Time Out!!!

White sacs a piece and wins in under 20.

After a wild and wooly start, the Red Army trapped White's Queen early and proceeded to win the ensuing Q vs. Two Rook's ending.

The 10 Minute Vote League will begin its third season in May. We are currently in the league. Are people interested in playing 10 Minute Vote games with other teams for another season, or should we go a different direction and concentrate on things that people are more interested in? For this to work, two things have to happen. One is, it can't just be me and Vudu all the time -- we have to eat, work, and sleep like everyone else. Manchero is a fanatic about 10 Minute vote chess, but he comes and goes for long periods of time depending on what his work is like. So, we need a good portion of the membership willing to come in and vote and help, even if it is only for an hour or two. That eliminates problems with drive-by voters. Also, another problem is that both me and Vudu live in similar time zones, which means that come Midnight American time, we are tired and worn out and ready to sleep. And many times, we are still in a heated battle with the other team. As stated above, Manchero is more than willing to help cover the times we are not able to be here, since he is in Japan, but that depends on his situation. So, we need at least two people from East Asia or Australia/Pacific Islands who have a reliable connection who would be willing to check in every 20 minutes starting at 8:00 a.m. local time and vote so that we don't time out. If there is sufficient interest, we will sign up for a third season. If not, we will go a different direction and figure out something else that the membership is more interested in. Edit: After I posted this, Burning Pawns messaged me about a possible practice game on the 10th of April. What we can do is accept this offer and see where we are at participationwise as well. It's your group; the more participation we get in that game, the more likely we are to continue to play in the 10 Minute League. It's a team game; it can't just be me and Vudu.

The Fortnight Speed Vote League Champions for Season 2 (The Frankenstein vs Dracula Season) are: Animal Lovers!! Congratulations!!! That's pretty good for a group that only entered Season 1 cuz we needed one more team to make 20. That's like the last kid to get picked for the team who ends up making the winning play. Animal Lovers finished the season with 6 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw. Their 1 loss came in the regular season against Chess Unlimited, and their 1 draw came in the playoffs against Red Army. This is appropriate because in the regular season, Chess Unlimited beat Animal Lovers, Animal Lovers beat Red Army, and Red Army beat Chess Unlimited (ironically, all 3 games were won by black). All 3 made it to the playoffs. In the playoffs, they found themselves once again in the Semi-Finals, and once again, their opponent was the Chess Nuts!! This time however, it was the Animal Lovers who would be advancing to the Finals. No one knew who the Animal Lovers, the Cinderella team who barely squeaked into the playoffs last season, would face in the final round. Burning Pawns and Super Troopers waged a war that lasted for 138 moves (that's 2 moves longer than the combined total of Chess Nuts vs Animal Lovers last season)!!! Shock waves from that contest were felt all over the league. In the end, it was Burning Pawns who would take home the Silver Medal. The Grand Finale Game was doubly ironic since the Burning Pawns opened up with an opening named after an Animal, and the Animal Lovers ended up promoting a Pawn. Here's a few links to threads that deal specifically with this game: http://blog.chess.com/view/how-to-tame-your-dragon-or-al-v-bp-101 http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/final-game-al-vs-burning-pawns The Animal Lovers averaged 41.5 moves (13.83 hours) per game. Here are each of the players, and how many games they played: Name Games Billium248 6 blackfirestorm666 5 wpostma 5 drieske23 4 OLYMPIAKARAS 4 Rekees 4 _Chess_Boy_ 3 fredgleeson 3 Horned_Owl 3 RELKEEL 3 seminoleman 3 votechess 3 BlackNight_13 2 bluebottle 2 ped123 2 PoseidonXIII 2 rrrttt 2 amrita1 1 bluskey 1 chesstrophy 1 emtofaan 1 falling-upwards 1 filart 1 FOFO1 1 Gambitbuster 1 idosheepallnight 1 jaller435718 1 KittyB 1 maxwell4 1 nicetoall 1 pegasususa 1 Sly4Ever 1 spidermorsy_p3 1 timmygadget 1 why0712 1 WolfLeader 1 Here is the link to the Fortnight Speed Vote League Headquarters where everyone is welcomed and encouraged to follow along with all the fun: http://www.chess.com/groups/home/the-fortnight-speed-vote-league-headquarters And here are the Final Results from Season #2: Teams in red are the leaders in their division (automatically seeded #1-4). Teams in bold have gone the distance. Teams in italics have timed out. Standings (Final): #1: 19 points - Animal Lovers (6-1-1) (West) (Season 2 Champions!!) #2: 19 points - Burning Pawns (6-1-1) (South) (Finalist) #3: 15 points - Chess Nuts (5-1) (North) (Semi-Finalist) #4: 14 points - Super Troopers (4-1-2) (East) (Semi-Finalist) #5: 10 points - Red Army (3-2-1) (West) (Quarter-Finalist) #6: 9 points - Fast Players Group (3-2) (South) (Quarter-Finalist) #7: 7 points - Chess Unlimited (2-2-1) (West) (Quarter-Finalist) #8: 7 points - Light Force (2-2-1) (East) (Quarter-Finalist) #9: 7 points - The Dark Knights (2-1-1) (North) (eliminated from the playoffs) #10: 7 points - Chess Empire (2-1-1) (North) (eliminated from the playoffs) #11: 6 points - The Power of Chess (2-2) (East) (eliminated from the playoffs) #12: 6 points - We Chat Global (2-2) (South) (eliminated from the playoffs) #13: 6 points - Team Antarctica (2-2) (East) (eliminated from the playoffs) #14: 4 points - Wizards of Oz (1-2-1) (West) (eliminated from the playoffs) #15: 3 points - The Scotch Fans Team (1-3) (South) (eliminated from the playoffs) #16: 0 points - Rapid Chess (0-4) (South) (eliminated from the playoffs) #17: 0 points - Checkmate! (0-4) (North) (eliminated from the playoffs) #18: 0 points - The Winning Team (0-4) (North) (eliminated from the playoffs) #19: 0 points - Chess Maniacs (0-4) (East) (eliminated from the playoffs) #20: withdrawn - The Premiere of All (0-4) (West) (eliminated from the playoffs) Season 2 Games: 01: We Chat Global vs Burning Pawns - Submission (move 40)02: The Power of Chess vs Light Force - Timeout (move 21)03: The Dark Knights vs Chess Empire - Draw (move 27)04: Rapid Chess vs The Scotch Fans Team - Submission (move 34)05: Team Antarctica vs Super Troopers - Submission (move 30)06: The Premier of All vs Chess Unlimited - Timeout (move 35)07: Burning Pawns vs The Scotch Fans Team - Knockout (move 23)08: Chess Nuts vs The Winning Team - Forfeit (Move 0)09: Fast Players Group vs We Chat Global - Submission (move 43)10: Super Troopers vs Chess Maniacs - Timeout (move 1)11: Animal Lovers vs Wizards of Oz - Forfeit (move 0)12: Chess Unlimited vs The Red Army - Submission (move 56)13: Checkmate vs The Dark Knights - Timeout (move 0)14: Chess Empire vs Chess Nuts - Timeout (move 53)15: Animal Lovers vs Chess Unlimited - Submission (move 52)16: Light Force vs Team Antarctica - Submission (move 28)17: Red Army vs Animal Lovers - Timeout (move 40)18: Chess Nuts vs Checkmate - Submission (move 21)19: Wizards of Oz vs Chess Unlimited - Draw (move 31)20: The Premier of All vs Animal Lovers - Forfeit (move 0)21: The Premier of All vs Wizards of Oz - Forfeit (move 0)22: The Premier of All vs Red Army - Forfeit (move 0)23: Light Force vs Chess Maniacs - Timeout (move 2)24: We Chat Global vs Rapid Chess - Knockout (move 36)25: Chess Empire vs The Winning Team - Timeout (move 1)26: Burning Pawns vs Fast Players Group - Submission (move 48)27: Chess Nuts vs The Dark Knights - Submission (move 23)28: Light Force vs Super Troopers - Draw (move 30)29: Red Army vs Wizards of Oz - Submission (move 53)30: The Dark Knights vs The Winning Team - Forfeit (move 0)31: Chess Maniacs vs The Power of Chess - Timeout (move 4)32: Team Antarctica vs The Power of Chess - Timeout (move 20)33: Rapid Chess vs Burning Pawns - Timeout (move 35)34: Chess Empire vs Checkmate - Submission (move 55)35: The Scotch Fans Team vs Fast Players Group - Submission (move 58)36: We Chat Global vs The Scotch Fans Team - Timeout (move 2)37: Team Antarctica vs Chess Maniacs - Forfeit (move 0)38: Fast Players Group vs Rapid Chess - Submission (move 30)39: Super Troopers vs The Power of Chess - Submission (move 52)40: The Winning Team vs Checkmate - Double Forfeit (move 0)41: Burning Pawns vs Chess Unlimited - Submission (move 28)42: Chess Nuts vs Light Force - Knockout (move 26)43: Super Troopers vs Fast Players Group - Submission (move 50)44: Animal Lovers vs Red Army - Draw (move 41)45: Red Army vs Animal Lovers - Timeout (move 33)46: Super Troopers vs Burning Pawns - Draw (move 75)47: Animal Lovers vs Chess Nuts - Submission (move 33)48: Burning Pawns vs Super Troopers - Submission (move 63)49: Animal Lovers vs Burning Pawns - Submission (move 50) Complete Statistics for Season 2: 23 games were won by White (47%) 13 games were won by Black (27%) 8 games were forfeit (16%) 5 games were drawn (10%) 20 games were won by Submission (41%) 13 games were won by Timeout (27%) 3 games were won by Knockout (6%) Average length of games: 28.22 moves (9.41 hours) (1383 total moves - 49 total games) Average length of games that timed out (including forfeits): 11.76 moves (3.92 hours)(247 total moves - 21 total games) Average length of games that went the distance: 40.57 moves (13.52 hours) (1136 total moves - 28 total games) Shortest game: 0 moves (0 hours 10 mins) Longest game: 75 moves (25 hours +) Fastest Knockout: 23 moves (7 hours 30 mins) Fastest Submission: 21 moves (6 hours 50 mins) Overall Breakdown on Openings: White Wins: A03: Bird Opening: Dutch Variation A42: Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon B02: Alekhine Defense: Two Pawn Attack B03: Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation B30: Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian B50: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations B54: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations B76: Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack Modern Line B90: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Adams Attack C45: Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit C45: Scotch Game: Mieses Variation C45: Scotch Game: Mieses Variation C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Fishing Pole Variation C70: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation C78: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense D15: Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation E00: Indian Game: East Indian Defense E10: Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian E91: King's Indian Defense: Kazakh Variation Black Wins: A45: Indian Game: Tartakower Attack A46: Indian Game: Knight's Variation B33: Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian, Normal B70: Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation B90: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack B90: Sicilain Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack B96: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation B99: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line C45: Scotch Game: Mieses Variation E12: Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation E19: Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation Main Line Draws: B08: Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, Quiet System B33: Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation B50: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations C17: French Defense: Winnawer Variation, Advance Variation C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation Timeouts: A40: Queen's Pawn Opening A50: Indian Game: Normal Variation B00: King's Pawn B27: Sicilian Defense: Misc. Defenses B36: Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6219 We regret to announce the passing of Vasily Smyslov, who died on 27th March 2010 in Moscow, just three days after his 89th birthday. This information was passed to us by Boris Spassky, who had just returned from Moscow. "Vasily was one of the great chess geniuses of the twentieth century," Spassky said. "For me there were four titans of chess in the Soviet Union after the Second World War: Botvinnik, Smyslov, Keres and Bronstein" Smyslov, Bronstein, Keres and Botvinnik in 1954 Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov was born on March 24, 1921. He learnt chess at the age of six, and after studying books in his father's library, became really serious about the game at the age of 13, when two world champions, Capablanca and Lasker, visited his native city of Moscow. At the age of 16 he won the All-Union boys' championship, and at 17 he shared first in the Moscow City Championship. At 19 he came third in the unrestricted USSR Championship. There followed a string of successes that caught the eye of world champion Alexander Alekhine, and he became internationally known when he beat Samuel Reshevsky twice in the famous USSR vs USA radio match in 1945.

Newest Red Army thematic, the Schliemann, is here: http://www.chess.com/tournament/red-army-schliemann-thematic Moves start 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5. There were no takers for the open tournament -- the chess.com thing for tournaments is crappy; I had to scroll through 13 pages to find mine. People would have had to look for it to find it. So, I'm doing closed thematics instead. I have been thinking about this some more and the best way to get new members in is through us. I'll do my part to recruit, but you're our best salesman -- if you're having fun here and you want to share it with friends, you're much more effective than I would be talking to the same person. There is plenty of interest in the closed tournaments, so I think I will keep them up. Right now, I'm taking requests for future thematics; if you have an opening that you would like to see played/discussed/worked on, then post it here. Or if you want to have another BDG or Latvian or Schliemann thematic, post it here as well.

Tal, Morphy, Kasparov, Fischer(maybe?) Who is your favorite attacking master?

for inviting me to be part of the Red Army. Glad to be here

Here are the matchups for the Playoffs in Season 2: #1 Chess Nuts vs #8 Light Force #2 Burning Pawns vs #7 Chess Unlimited #3 Super Troopers vs #6 Fast Players Group #4 Animal Lovers vs #5 Red Army It looks like we had 4 teams with 7 points (2-1-1 record). 2 of them made it into the playoffs, and 2 of them didn't. If we didn't have the First Blood System, we'd be playing a whole lot of Tie-Breaker games (6 of them) and the Playoffs would be delayed almost 2 months. There'd be another 4 Tie-Breaker Games if you wanted to sort out the rest of the playoff standings too (2 teams with 12 points (4-0) and 3 teams with 9 points (3-1)).

I think a creedo or charter would be a much better way of having everyone to get together as a team and agree to a common code which we should all contribute to and all follow. Each post can be judged on their merits and at the end the admins can select the better components of the creedo and create a charter for us and all future members to follow. We the good members of the Manchester United RED ARMY will promise on the pain of expulsion to: Wear my Manchester United football top under my clothes at all times even when I begin to smell a bit rank rotten or ranker than usual.

..Going to leave THE Red Army TEAM if i dont receive any reasonable clarification for deleting my thread ... ...Do you think that i am a cheater :)) ..which was published in our Team Forum in 01/01/2010 .. ..leaving the group dont mean any offend ..it will be an objection for deleting my thread without even informing me about that.. ..i am not going to represent a team which dont respect his members... ..wishing all the best for our respectable team ..& for his admins & members..

From the first of August onwards, I'll be posting puzzles for everyone in the Red Army group every week. The puzzles will come in the form of news/messages, which means you won't find it in the forums. There will be 5 puzzles per week: The first puzzle is Very Easy. The second puzzle is Easy. The third puzzle is Normal. The fourth puzzle is Hard. The fifth puzzle is very Hard. Now, these puzzles are obtained from all over the Internet and I made up only some, so if you come across familiar ones, count your lucky stars, you've got one less puzzle to solve out of five. Also, this means we will have our own "Daily Puzzle" section! We'll put dailypuzzle the staff out of a job! This forum was created for: any comments on the puzzles posted weekly any ideas or suggestions on how the puzzles could be presented, for example the colour of the board, the size of the board, 3D or 2D etc. a trip down memory lane(mainly, checking out previous puzzles posted) Also, if you have any puzzles, feel free to send a message to me with the puzzle! I will categorize it into its right category and don't worry, I will make sure to give all the credit to you! What's more, if you send me 5 puzzles, I'll give you a trophy! How's that? That means if you give me 30 puzzles, you get 6 trophies! Quoting VuduChile, we play (puzzles) in the Theater of Dreams. And for the uninitiated, ask VuduChile (he'll tell you eagerly!). If you want to check out the previous puzzles posted here, here it is. Puzzles for week...... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 These are the 125 puzzles prepared just for the fellow supporters of the world's greatest football team ever. May Manchester United forever be the Red Devil of the world's greatest sport ever introduced! Nope, not chess, although it comes close to it. You know what it is. Oh yes, you know. Now go out there and show the world the power of chess puzzles and football!

This, is the Red Army Academy link. This is what we coaches do in the Red Army Academy: 1. Put up weekly forums on various openings. The coaches who play this role strive to improve the openings of our students. 2. Play unrated takeback games. The coaches who play this role strive to build up both a positional eye and tactical one for students in chess as well as giving them a test to see whether they have learnt what they should have from the lessons given. P.S. If a student asks the coach to give more details and yet the coach is unwilling (not unable) to give more, the student can send a message to the Super Admin to complain. Then, the Super Admin will sort things out. 3. Post weekly forums on middlegame strategies and tactics. The coaches who play this role strive to improve the middegame of our students. 4. Post weekly forums on endgames. The coaches who play this role strive to improve the endgame of our students. 5. Play Open Forum games with our students. The coaches who play this role strive to improve the teamwork between our students and familiarize students with the correct sequences in a position. To sign up, just state: your username, your online rating, and the field of interest you choose to teach in. If you have any thoughts, any at all, please, we'd like to hear them. Thanks! Here's the list of coaches who have signed up, by the way.From Funandnice. whossnext:NO DEFINITE FIELD. escral:NO DEFINITE FIELD. changyin1: Middlegame or endgame turn: openings jwhitesj: Middlegame and endgame frr: Any field. Manchero: Vote chess vuvuchile: Unrated takeback games newcreator:NO DEFINITE FIELD. kili: Any field. consalvo: NO DEFINITE FIELD. LYCAN148: middlegame NotNezmetdinov: endgame magnus75: openings I will add to the list as they grow.

Currently entered: #1 -- arnoldeast#2 -- sramanigs#3 -- wkf Time control will be three days per move. You will be playing four opponents two games each. These tournaments are designed so that regular (non-premium) members can play more than one tournament. Everything will be done manually since we are not using the tournament system. Please remove any formulas that will prevent you from accepting challenges at this time. To enter, please post here in this thread. I will then message you with instructions on what to do. We currently have three players and are looking for two more. Please start all your games promptly and finish all your games. Thanks for participating and have good luck.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!! HAVE A GREAT 2010!!! Don't forget that there's a BLUE MOON this New Year's Eve!!!

Same rules as last time, only this time I'm white and the major change being the most popular move of the first three votes will be counted. If the vote is split, first post gets move. This new rule ought to cut down on blunders. Good synapses! This is your current view:

This was a stunning three-piece sacrifice which left Black biting the dust. The first piece sac was not totally correct -- White had an obvious win whereas Black might have held. But the other two piece sacs were totally sound. It arose out of the London System, supposedly one of White's tamest replies. Black paid the price for excessively exposing his King.

A Rooney hatrick and Ryan Giggs 100th premier league Goal from a free kick,kicked off Man UTD's chrismas points extravaganza what are the odds on Man UTD being 3 points clear on Jan 6.We do well over christmas and new year whilst the others tend to struggle and why should this year be any different I've been saying to my Celtic supporting friends are taking great delight in telling me we are'nt top of the table and they now are I say if we are in with a shout at christmas we will go on and win the premier league and it is looking good.