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Congratulations to the following Team USA Live members, who received Chess.com membership prizes for their consistent participation and high performance. This forum will be updated upon the conclusion of each season. LCPAL S2 Rapid Cup (2019): 2-month Diamond: @FunkyStuff 2-month Diamond: @PhaseShift 1-month Diamond: @FREEMASON-77 3-month Platinum: @losingreallybadly 3-month Platinum: @adaguilera LCPAL S2 Blitz Cup (2019): 3-month Gold: @mattdune 2-month Gold: @losingreallybadly 2-month Gold: @resop2 1-month Gold: @Fuzzician 1-month Gold: @Pierrum

The Pan American Live Chess League published its final results today in a blog post. It's in Spanish, but you could always feed it into Google Translate: https://www.chess.com/es/blog/mariocamposs/argentina-live-chess-campeon-panamericano-de-ajedrez-en-vivo-blitz-5-2 And, here's our 3rd place medal:

The Pan American Live Chess League (LCPAL) playoff pairings are now final. We are the #1 seed, and will face the winner of Team Peru and Team Puerto Rico in the semifinals on October 26th or 27th. Mark your calendars!

The Pan American Live Chess League (LCPAL) is running an Under-1600 Blitz tournament that requires a minimum of 10 players per match. Would any players be interested in Team USA Live joining such an event? The deadline to join the tournament is October 6th, so I would need a considerable number of responses before then from U1600 players to feel comfortable signing us up for the event.

Given that the rating cutoff for today's LCWL Blitz match was around 1730, would any players be interested in a U1700 (or U1730) live match next weekend? We don't have other LCWL matches next weekend, so this would give an opportunity to play to some of our dedicated members who have shown up the last two weeks but haven't gotten to play.

Congrats folks! Thank you to the 73 of you who showed up for the blitz match and the 33 of you who showed up for the Rapid 960 match. We'll get you a game in future matches- against Iran, for instance. Blitz Match Results: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/team-usa-live/3620/games Rapid 960 Match Results: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/team-usa-live/3621/games Warm Up Arena Results: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/team-usa-live-vs-team-of-the-czech-republic-warm-up-121212

1) Is it the more the merrier, or will you only need a certain number of people. I ask I'm not really all that strong of a player, and certainly only at a blitz time control (1400ish) 2) Do you normally have that number? 3) If we really aren't very good at eg bullet or chess 960 is it better not to join or if we are available should try and play 4) what is the best way to find the matches do most people use the tiny url link or is there something easier? thanks

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/team-usa-live/3562 https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/team-usa-live/3563

Team USA Live Honors: LCWL Season 3 Division 3 - Champions (2019) LCPAL Season 2 - 3rd Place (2019) LCPAL Season 2 Rapid Cup - Champions (2019) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team USA participates in two live chess competitions: the Pan American Live Chess League (LCPAL), and the Live Chess World League (LCWL). All Team USA Live individual match results prior to the founding of this club can be found here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/matches/live/team-usa Team USA Live Chess Team Records: LCPAL Season 1: 7 Wins, 5 Losses, 0 Draws, Final Standing: 5th out of 13 teams LCWL Season 3: 7 Wins, 3 Losses, 0 Draws, Final Standing: 1st out of 8 teams in Division 3 LCPAL Season 2 Bullet Cup: 4 Wins, 4 Losses, 1 Draw, Final Standing: 4th out of 15 teams LCWL Season 4: 6 Wins, 12 Losses, 0 Draws, Final Standing: 4th out of 8 teams in Division 2 LCPAL Season 2: 25 Wins, 5 Losses, 0 Draws, Final Standing: 3rd out of 15 teams LCPAL Season 2 U1600: 3 Wins, 4 Losses, 0 Draws, Final Standing: 5th/6th out of 9 teams LCPAL Season 2 Rapid Cup: 4 Wins, 2 Losses, 1 Draw, Final Standing: 1st out of 7 teams LCWL Season 5: 9 Wins, 11 Losses, 0 Draws, Final Standing: 4th out of 8 teams in Division 2 LCPAL Season 3 Blitz Cup: 11 Wins, 6 Losses, 0 Draws, Final Standing: 8th out of 16 teams LCPAL Season 3 U1600: 2 Wins, 4 Losses, 0 Draws,