Hm.. is this the right The Best team we're supposed to play? They only have one member so i'm just double checking. They also forfeited the last match with Fast Players Group so I'm wondering what's going on...
-Sora (Premier of All Admin)
Week 4 (8/3-8/16) - Summer 2009
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Apparently he removed all 900 members except himself cuz the group "wasn't going anywhere." 
I asked if that meant he was withdrawing from the league, or if he planned on playing all the games by himself, and he has not responded. Fast Players Group sent them a challenge last week that was never anwered (thus the forfeit). My guess is that they won't be playing anymore, but I can't confirm this yet. Try sending him a message and/or challenge, and let me know if you get an answer.
Alright, I'll send him a message and see what's going on.
It's been 4 days since I messaged him and his last logon was on the 6th...
http://www.chess.com/votechess/game.html?id=25496821
Rapid Chess wins by checkmate :((
We had a completely won position when I was here, but then it got late and I had to go, then someone voted Nf6+?? and Rf1?? and it was over...
Good game!
We have a new record for the longest game:
Team Antartica vs Kairav's Chess Masters = 58 moves / 21 hours 4 minutes (19:00 Wednesday - 16:04 Thursday (GMT))
Team Antartica thus holds the record for the longest AND shortest (10 minutes) games!! (The Best also won a game in only 10 minutes)
Here are the stats for this week:
3 games were won by white (75%) (Overall: 14 games (54%))
1 game was won by black (25%) (Overall: 12 games (46%))
1 game was won by timeout (25%) (overall: 14 games (54%))
2 games were won by submission (50%) (overall: 9 games (35%))
1 game was won by knockout (25%) (overall: 3 games (11%))
Average length of games: 32.75 moves (10.92 hours)
(overall: 20.85 moves (6.95 hours)) (542 total moves - 26 total games)
Average length of games that timed out: 2 moves (0.67 hours)
(overall: 10.07 moves (3.36 hours)) (141 total moves - 14 total games)
Average length of games that went the distance: 43 moves (14.33 hours)
(overall: 33.42 moves (11.14 hours)) (401 total moves - 12 total games)
Shortest game: 2 moves (40 mins) (Overall: 0 moves (10 mins))
Longest game: 58 moves (21 hours 4 mins) (Overall: 58 moves (21 hours 4 mins)
Stylistically (this week):
B21: Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit - white wins by submission
C57: Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack - black wins by knockout
E12: Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation - white wins by submission
Overall Opening Statistics:
White Wins:
B21: Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit
B33: Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian, Normal
B90: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack
C00: French Defense: Normal Variation
C02: French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch System
E12: Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation
Black Wins:
A04: Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical Variation
B28: Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Normal System, Taimanov Line
B33: Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian, Normal
B50: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Anti-Qxd4 Move Order
B90: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack
C57: Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack
Timeouts:
A21: English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian
A45: Indian Game: Pawn Push Variation
B56: Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation
C29: Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer Variation
C55: Italian Game: Two Knights Defense
D10: Queen's Gambit: Slav Defense
E21: Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Duchamp Variation
As of August 17:
12 points - Team Antarctica (4-0) (TB:18) (South) (clinched the #1 seed)
12 points - Chess Nuts (4-0) (TB:9) (West) (clinched the #2 seed)
9 points - The Blakenators (3-0) (TB:3) (East) (clinched a spot in the playoffs)
9 points - Fast Players Group (3-0) (TB:6) (North) (clinched a spot in the playoffs)
9 points - Kairav's Chess Masters (3-1) (TB:9) (South) (clinched the #5 seed)
9 points - The Power of Chess (3-1) (TB:6) (West) (clinched a spot in the playoffs)
9 points - The Premiere of All (3-0) (TB:6) (North) (clinched a spot in the playoffs)
6 points - Narz's People (2-2) (TB:0) (West)
6 points - The Dark Knights (2-2) (TB:3) (South) (eliminated from playoffs)
6 points - Animal Lovers (2-1) (TB:0) (East)
6 points - Supreme Pawns (2-2) (TB:3) (North) (eliminated from playoffs)
6 points - Chess & Cola Club (2-1) (TB:6) (East)
3 points - Chess Unlimited (1-3) (TB:0) (South) (eliminated from playoffs)
3 points - Rapid Chess (1-3) (TB:0) (East) (eliminated from playoffs)
3 points - Wizards of Oz (1-3) (TB:0) (West) (eliminated from playoffs)
0 points - Chess Empire (0-3) (TB:0) (East) (eliminated from playoffs)
withdrawn - The Best (1-3) (TB:0) (North)
withdrawn - Chess Team Holland (0-4) (TB:0) (West)
withdrawn - Team Benelux "de Leeuwen" (0-4) (TB:0) (South)
withdrawn - Chess Friends for Friends (0-4) (TB:0) (North)
The pairings/results for Week 4 (8/3-8/16) are:
A vs E and B vs D
The Power of Chess vs Narz's People - The Power of Chess wins by timeout (move 2)
The Best officially withdraws - The Premiere of All and Supreme Pawns win by forfeit
Chess Empire vs Rapid Chess - Rapid Chess wins by knockout (move 30)
Team Antartica vs Kairav's Chess Masters - Team Antartica wins by submission (move 58)
Chess & Cola Club vs Animal Lovers - Chess & Cola Club wins by submission (move 41)
Chess Team Holland withdraws - Wizards of Oz and Chess Nuts win by forfeit
week off: The Blakenators, Fast Players Group, Chess Nuts, Chess Unlimited, Supreme Pawns, The Dark Knights