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Team listed first issues challenge, Team listed second accepts challenge Round #1: Rogues vs. Warriors Players Without Borders vs. Tal Fans Round #2: Tal Fans vs. Rogues Warriors vs. Players Without Borders Round #3: Rogues vs. Players Without Borders Tal Fans vs. Warriors

Post your Match Links here after accepting the challenges for The Local Group season schedule.

1) The season will consist of a round robin daily chess tournament between the member clubs. 2) After the start of the first round, subsequent rounds will start in 8 weeks after the start of the start of the prior round. 3) Each round will consist of two concurrent games (one of each color). 4) Time control will be 3 days per move unless the club Admin representatives agree to a faster time control. 5) The minimum number of boards per match will be 6. If a team cannot sign up six players for any given match, they will not forfeit the match but will lose 2 points for each unfilled boards. 6) If for any reason a player's account is closed during the match, the team will lose points for those games. 7) Players may be members of more than one club but may only play for one club per season. Players found registered for a 2nd club should be removed from the match of the second team before it starts and politely reminded that it is not allowed. Players found playing for a 2nd team will forfeit the match games. 8) Scoring System: Teams will be awarded 1 point for every match they win, and ½ point for every match they draw. Ties will be settled by formula TieBreak= B*C for each match, where B is the percentage of board points won, assuming all unfinished games are draws, and C is the fraction of finished games in the match. When a team wins a match by forfeit, the average tiebreak per match for this team in this season is added to this team's tiebreak. Team match scores will be adjusted for all closed accounts and for players playing for multiple teams (in 2 or more matches for each of 2 or more teams). A player whose opponent is subject to an adjustment will receive 2 points. If both accounts are subject to an adjustment, the points will be split 1:1 regardless of the actual result. 9. Admins are asked not to delete players from the roster or group, and a 2 point penalty may be applied by The Local Group, Exception: a player can ask a member of The Local Group, to be removed from a match before it starts, for personal reasons, without penalty to club. 10. A player must not remove themself from a match in this league. See 9 above. 11. Admins have the option to remove players from the roster who have a timeout percentage of 30% or higher. Admins are to post match comments for any player removed from the roster. Please make sure to use the following parameters on all 2022 season Local Group matches including Round number in Match Name. Match Name: LG2022 Rx: Team ... vs Team ....(Example: LG2022 R1: Team Z vs Team U ) Game Type: Standard chessDays per Move: 3Quick Description: leave blankRating: Min / Max: leave blankMinimum Games: 10Players per Club: Min: 6 players Max: leave blankConcurrent games per Opponent: 2Start Date: Start Time: use 9 pm or 21:00 Auto Start: leave blank, do not selectGames are rated: select yes

Here are a few examples and after we pick the little bit we want we can delete this forum. 1. World League example Here are the Chess960 World League 2022 Round 7 pairings. Some reminders about Chess960 WL play this year: Some time ago, Chess.com made a change about start times that is affecting everyone.Please everyone follow the new procedure as follows:First set your chess.com time zone,in https://www.chess.com/settings ,to Los Angeles Time.and save the settings.Then create the challenge entering 09:00 for the start time. Always make sure you set the Start Date and Start Time for your match. Select the announced start date and set the hour to 09:00 AM Los Angeles Time. We will be strictly enforcing start times. No player may be removed from a Chess960 WL match unless they have a timeout ratio of 25% or greater or are playing Chess960 WL matches for another Chess960 WL team in any division. Team match score adjustments will be made for repeat violators of the one-team-per-season rule. Adjusted match scores will be displayed on chessteams.info , which will be updated regularly. If you are new to the Chess960 WL, make sure you check out the Chess960 World League Guide. . From the listing of team matches below sorted by division, find your opponent, go to their team page using the link in the WL2022 Teams and Representatives thread, click on the Challenge Club icon there, and send them a match challenge with details as follows: Match Name - Chess960 WL2022 R7: your team vs opposing team ( for example, Chess960 WL2022 R7: Team Latvia vs Nepal )Please kindly make sure you are using exactly this format, it will save us directors a lot of manual work! Game Type - Chess960 Days per Move - 3 days Minimum Games - 10 Players per Team - see minimum for your division listed below, e.g. 3 for Div E Concurrent Games - 2 Start Date - 31 July 2022 Start Time - 09 00 Games are RATED . Send and accept the challenge without delay. NEVER wait for the other team to send the challenge: If you do not see a challenge from your opponent now, go ahead and send it yourself. Accept the challenge without delay and immediately check to make sure that the match parameters and the start time are set correctly. If they are not correct, please fix the problem immediately by canceling the match and issuing a new challenge with the correct parameters, then contact your opponent's admin to inform them of what you have done. If you have sent your challenge but your opponent is not accepting it, please report it in the Chess960 WL2022 Match Problems thread, and include the link of your match challenge, so that everybody involved can help to find and fix the problem quickly. To contact team representatives for communication and problem fixing, find them in the WL2022 Teams and Representatives thread. . When your match is open for registration, please post its link in the Chess960 WL2022 Match Links thread. Please encourage all your players to sign up for the match by posting announcements in your group's news, notes or forums. Make sure you reach the required minimum participation in time, and build good overall participation. Inform your players they need to choose one single World League team for all season. Check especially the players with a different flag, and find out which team they will choose to play for in Chess960 World League 2021. Regularly check the Chess960 WL2022 Multi-Team Players thread to make sure you quickly find and fix your team's newly reported multiplayer issues before the match starts. Good multiplayer work has allowed the Chess960 World League to reach good new high levels about this --- keep up the good work! . If you have suggestions on how the WL format could be improved, you can post them to the WL2023 Suggestions thread. . Division A (Minimum of 60 Players per Team) Team Bulgaria vs Team Romania Team Ukraine vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (**) Team Slovakia vs Team England Team Russia vs Chess Team Holland (*) Srbija Tim vs Team USA Division B (Minimum of 40 Players per Team) Team of the Czech Republic vs Team Italia Team Kazakhstan vs Team Armenia Team Denmark vs Team France Team Iran vs Team Canada Team Spain vs Team Croatia Division C (Minimum of 25 Players per Team) Belarus vs Team Scotland (*) Team Uzbekistan vs Team Galicia Team Bangladesh vs Team Hungary - Magyar Sakkegylet Team Germany vs Team Azerbaijan Team Poland vs Team Norway

1) The season will consist of a round robin daily chess tournament between the member clubs. 2) After the start of the first round, subsequent rounds will start in 8 weeks after the start of the start of the prior round. 3) Each round will consist of two concurrent games (one of each color). 4) Time control will be 3 days per move unless the players agree to a faster time control. 5) The minimum number of boards per match will be 6. If a team cannot sign up six players for any given match, they will not forfeit the match but will lose points for the unfilled boards. 6) If any player's account is closed for any reason during a game, the team will lose points for those games.