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Teams: here are the teams participating in the 2025 US State Vote Chess League Team Admin in charge of communication Colorado @huntwabow Hawaii @Commando-Poppins Kansas @Schoenhofer Minnesota @MasterMatthew52 Missouri @BlizzardLizzard New Hampshire @pawnjarts Oregon @ImperfectAge South Carolina @DanQuigleyUSA Standings 1:   Missouri Colorado Hawaii Kansas Minnesota New Hampshire Oregon South Carolina Total Missouri X 1             1 Colorado 0 X 1           1 Hawaii   0 X       1   1 Kansas       X         0 Minnesota         X       0 New Hampshire           X     0 Oregon     0       X   0 South Carolina               X 0 Standings 2:   Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Total Colorado 1     0         1 Hawaii 0 1             1 Missouri       1         1 Kansas                 0 Minnesota                 0 New Hampshire                 0 Oregon   0             0 South Carolina                 0 Schedule:   Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Colorado Hawaii @ Kansas Minnesota @ Missouri New Hampshire @ Oregon South Carolina Hawaii @ Colorado Oregon Kansas @ New Hampshire @ Minnesota @ South Carolina Missouri Kansas @ Minnesota Colorado @ Hawaii Oregon South Carolina @ Missouri New Hampshire Minnesota Kansas @ Missouri @ Colorado @ South Carolina Hawaii @ New Hampshire Oregon Missouri @ New Hampshire Minnesota South Carolina Colorado @ Oregon Kansas @ Hawaii New Hampshire Missouri @ South Carolina @ Oregon Hawaii @ Colorado Minnesota @ Kansas Oregon South Carolina @ Hawaii New Hampshire @ Kansas Missouri Colorado @ Minnesota South Carolina @ Oregon New Hampshire @ Missouri Minnesota @ Kansas Hawaii @ Colorado @ means the team on the left plays as black Round 1: Challenging Team Team Being Challenged Day it Starts Colorado Hawaii May 1 Minnesota Kansas May 1 New Hampshire Missouri May 1 Oregon South Carolina May 1 Round 2: Challenging Team Team Being Challenged Day it Starts Kansas Colorado June 1 Missouri Minnesota June 1 Hawaii Oregon June 1 South Carolina New Hampshire June 1 Round 3: Challenging Team Team Being Challenged Day it Starts Colorado Minnesota July 1 Hawaii Kansas July 1 Oregon New Hampshire July 1 Missouri South Carolina July 1 Round 4: Challenging Team Team Being Challenged Day it Starts Missouri Colorado Aug 1 New Hampshire Hawaii Aug 1 Kansas Oregon Aug 1 South Carolina Minnesota Aug 1 Round 5: Challenging Team Team Being Challenged Day it Starts Colorado New Hampshire Sep 1 Minnesota Hawaii Sep 1 Oregon Missouri Sep 1 Kansas  South Carolina Sep 1 Round 6: Challenging Team Team Being Challenged Day it Starts Oregon Colorado Oct 1 New Hampshire Minnesota Oct 1 Missouri Kansas Oct 1 South Carolina Hawaii Oct 1 Round 7: Challenging Team Team Being Challenged Day it Starts Minnesota Oregon Nov 1 Hawaii Missouri Nov 1 Kansas New Hampshire Nov 1 Colorado @ South Carolina Nov 1 Rules: Season: 2025 Format: Round-robin - 7 rounds game time: 3 days per move Match Settings: When setting up matches, please use the following match name: USVCL 2025 R(#): (challenging team) vs (team being challenged) Game Type: Standard Chess Color: Challenging team is white, team being challenged is black Challenges: Challenges can be issued 5 days before the start time and should be issued 2 days before the start time. when the challenge is issued please report it to this Forum. The team being challenged will have 2 days after the start time to accept. If this fails to happen, I will reach out to both admins and try to get it started. No Punishments will be issued unless I fail to get a response from a club. Prizes: you can brag about how you placed on your club homepage. - if you want me to design a trophy, reach out to meNext year format: depends on registration before next season, will play by ear. Tiebreakers: The first tiebreaker will be head-to-head results. The second tiebreaker will be the strength of victories. The third tie breaker will be better record as black and the final tiebreaker will be coin flip. Each tie breaker will be used to eliminate 1 team, so after tiebreaks are used to eliminate a team, they restart. Removal of Players: admins are allowed to remove players at their own discretion Challenge Forfeits: If a match fails to start by the start date, I, or another vote chess admin will reach out to both club admins. if an admin fails to give me a response, the match will be forfeited Cheating: Not Tolerated! if a player on your team gets banned for Cheating, report it to here immediately so we can discuss the consequence. This will be taken Case by Case and there isn't a specific punishment for cheating. Please remember that using games database is legal, but using a chess engine is not. Here are signs to detect if a player on your team is cheating: - Always recommending the best move, even in complicated situations - recommending complicated moves without explanation - sometimes recommending overly complex good moves and other times recommending obviously bad ones - voting for robotic moves - voting for a move the chess engine recommend even when the team consensus is a different move If any of these are happening, report it to me. Timeouts: Teams should not time out. timing out on 2 separate occasions will result in a 1 year suspension from the USVCL. -- If I am missing something please put it in the comments. I will edit the rules and delete your comment to prevent confusion. Thanks

When you send a challenge, report it here

If you think a player on your team is Cheating, report it here

This is here so you can use the hyperlink to look at the matches in progress Round 1 Result Colorado vs Hawaii 1 - 0 Minnesota vs Kansas   New Hampshire vs Missouri   Oregon vs South Carolina       Round 2   Missouri vs Minnesota   Kansas vs Colorado   South Carolina vs New Hampshire    Hawaii vs Oregon 1 - 0     Round 3   Colorado vs Minnesota    Missouri vs South Carolina    Hawaii vs Kansas    Oregon vs New Hampshire        Round 4   Kansas vs Oregon    South Carolina vs Minnesota    New Hampshire vs Hawaii    Missouri vs Colorado  1-0     Round 5   Minnesota vs Hawaii   Oregon vs Missouri   Colorado vs New Hampshire    Kansas vs South Carolina   

if you are SA, admin, or coordinator of a state, please register your club here. The deadline to register is April 22nd ———————————— States registered: Minnesota Hawaii Missouri Oregon Colorado Kansas New Hampshire