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Newbie left the team as soon as lukeluke00 used stockfish in the one CA Zodchy game. And also because he and Zisal2029 had been deliberately losing the game simply because they're deranged enough discredit people for a game that was easily won for a long time. You need to read the entire archive of this game. https://www.chess.com/votechess/game/248407

Tuesday, September 19, 2023, The end of all thingsIt was 1988 when I had moved from my parent's house into a small apartment that Jesus Christ came to and told me I will end all life on earth. So I asked, under what circumstances? He told me that the prophecies of the end times will be fulfilled. So I naturally went off to church. But when I got there, corruption had taken hold of the place. So I determined to stand by the word because I knew that the body of Christ would only be verified by the gospel. The devil knew that I had come though and he began to speak against my soul. He told the congregation that I was a false prophet. But since the early 1970's I knew that the presence of god was felt mightily in that church. And so I asked that if God would be in that place as he had aforetime, that I would stand. No matter who I spoke to, they always told me the Lord has not spoken thus. Hosea 9:7 The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility. Then I told the Lord, what will I do here? And he told me, they are not my people and I am not their God. Hosea 1:9 And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God. Then I said how is this so? Then he said because my people do not keep my covenant. The truth be told, what happened to Israel will happen to the whole world. When he told me these things, I began to wonder what had happened because I knew that the pastor of the 1970s had been a very faithful man. And the Lord told me These people do not keep my covenant anymore. So then the Lord said, if they won't have a covenant with me, then I won't have a covenant with them. Precisely whom do you suppose the devil opposes? My understanding of this is that there cannot be a religion or denominations of any kind who do not keep a covenant in their heart. And so I went to the church, but I never really found anyone who kept the covenant. The exact consequences of this were that they always opposed my presence. And I started to wonder if I could ever be someone in the body of Christ. Secularism is the spirit of the world because in principle the devil always says Genesis 3:1 Did God say? And I knew then that departure from the word was a departure into the gates of Hades. At that precise moment, I went deep into thought. Because I was half torn betwixt heaven and earth. If on the one hand, I went to church, I would not be able to have a family ever again if I didn't realize something about this. At that point, I knew that on the other hand, I would have to compromise because I would not be accepted without my covenant in heaven. And I would not be accepted in the church unless I sold my covenant to the devil. Because of this, I wrestled with this thing. Now I realize that I only have the family matter of Jesus Christ in my heart. And I can never really understand something, but I never do not understand something either. Precisely at this moment, I understand what the family matter of Jesus Christ is. It's the difference between knowing the full scope of my prowess and understanding that these people have no more chance at covenant-keeping than anyone else. Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Now I see that covenant-keeping has been replaced with burnt offerings or in other words sacrifice. Because I do not think the church is my people, I can't ever sacrifice anything again of the covenant. So I wander through life. The point of this all is that Jesus Christ has done the same thing. And now I know how I fit into the family of God. Because I can never choose the other kingdom and ever be satisfied with a full heart. The truth be told, I never want to see this people again. Because if they ever really keep the covenant, God will approve of me walking amongst them. Unfortunately, the seminaries practise falsehood. by reason of the new world order. Basically, I now have to admit my sin to the whole congregation of deliberately separating myself to the devil's practices. But, they will not do so since they suppose Jesus Christ forgives under all circumstances without following written ordinance. Namely the apostle Paul's letters. Because of this, they have no basis in reality whatsoever. So I sacrificed my covenant because I was convinced that I could never realize family again. Because the day isn't coming that I will ever find someone who will agree in principle to a covenant between two hearts. This is the problem with my soul. I don't have anyone, and I don't foresee anyone ever keeping a covenant with my soul, since selling their covenants has bought them every desire of the flesh. Now I know who I am, the last soul ever to keep the covenant with the Lord. Now if I'm the last soul ever to keep the covenant with the Lord, I don't support the idea that I ever go to church because they will be jealous of me. Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. This applies only to a covenant keeper, and I just wonder who supports the idea that gathering to eat and drink is somehow the service of the Lord. Now I understand something about this all, the hardship of life is always to convince people to abandon the covenant. So with no one to speak with, I spoke to the Lord. I said what is the knowledge of all these things on earth? Ha, he said, and he began to pour the knowledge into me. I thought it would take a certain amount of time, but it went on and on for eight years. At that point, I just slumped over and told him that I could not contain anymore. The truth be told, Christendom cannot stand anymore, because my understanding of all this is that no one keeps the covenant anymore. There is a monster in Christianity who always sacrifices and never obtains salvation. That monster is the devil. So I support the idea that Christianity has to keep the covenant with God. Now if they don't support this idea, then Jesus Christ won't support them. And now we know who lives on the outside and who doesn't. So I support the idea that people on the outside keep the covenant, and then Christianity will be this true monster. The whole war in heaven is based on the covenant, and in this war, only a covenant keeper will survive. Unfortunately for the church, Christendom has no chance of survival right now because of this fact. One reasonable person does not need to be pushed around by the church. Opportunity is knocking for the gospel right now because the woman with two husbands will find out that her whole system of worship is abominable. Now why is it that the woman with two husbands thinks that she is Christendom? Because the Lord made a covenant with her. And now the woman with two husbands is the great harlot. Furthermore, she only ever wanted to be with the lord for his blessings and prostitute herself. Jeremiah 2:20 Long ago you broke off your yoke and tore off your bonds; you said, ‘I will not serve you!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every spreading tree you lay down as a prostitute. Jeremiah 3:6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. It's not just the catholic church like people claim, it's the whole church. So what can we say about this? Basically, two husbands doesn't work for the first husband. The first husband thinks that the woman has a covenant with him of all people, and now the second husband is angry about it. You must tell the people about the first husband in order for the woman to have a husband. And since the church doesn't even tell people about the first husband, people assume they can do anything in church. I wonder why destiny is calling for people? Obviously, the first husband is angry with the woman. So I support the idea that the church is no longer the Lord's bride. What happened in my lifetime, will happen to the church in their lifetime. Meaning that Christendom will never know when the Lord divorces her for her whoredoms. Christendom can't understand this because two husbands lead to the inability to hear from the Lord. So I support the idea that the woman doesn't understand Christiandom at all. Because if she did, she would know that someday husbands will divorce wives who do this. So I support the idea that Christendom gets its act together before it's too late. Basically, I don't care anymore about what the church says. I'm warning people not to go into that place. A long time ago I knew that someone had infiltrated the church, and I understood that the devil had somehow undermined Christianity. And now I know for certain that providence will never allow the church to threaten the covenant. And the whole neighbourhood knew what I was doing too. And I wonder who also knows about this little detail. And I have done wrong in this world to the point that I'm scared for my soul now. Basically, I realize now that Providence won't allow any more time. Basically, I realize that providence won't allow any more time for the world either. I had so much confidence in the Lord at one time, but now I think that it's all over in my soul. And when I think about it I realize something now, that providence won't accept this much evil. The whole kingdom of God will see and know that this little detail of the covenant will somehow be the only point that God will make in the end. My whole family knows this is the end too, and basically, I know that this little detail of the covenant is the end of the whole matter. So I've been thinking that I cannot sit here and do nothing about all this. Jesus Christ realizes no one can see or hear now. The basic truth is, I'm unfit for the gospel because I can't even express myself within it anymore. At this rate, I can never hope to have a family, which is the only hope of someone's soul in providence. Jesus Christ knows why too. It's because my understanding of the gospel has far exceeded the church. And it doesn't matter anymore, because this little detail of the covenant makes it possible to be someone in the gospel message. The final warning of this detail in Christendom will overwhelmingly be ignored. That's the problem with the church, it doesn't think that the gospel message has a covenant anymore. And the final warning to the world is that Christendom has fallen. And now there's no more perfect time for the great falling away, So understandably, the devil will not allow people to know the time and the season of the great falling away so that he will take those souls with him. And now I know the answer is the great falling away will happen shortly without warning. So people must realize something, that providence will never permit the breaking of the covenant. And now I will tell you why the devil knew this to be true. Because it's at that moment that the apostasy and the great tribulation happen in succession. Jesus Christ warns you all, do not sleep with anyone's wife. Do not break my covenant in any way shape or form because providence will utterly annihilate the covenant breaker. The details of this are that Satan knew the exact moment to close the trap. And now we see that covenant-breaking is so widespread that there's no one left anymore. So I suspect that Christendom will not understand why it has not been saved when the apostasy and the great tribulation happen. There's no point anymore for me says the prophet, because the church won't let me perform my office anymore. Jeremiah 44:16 As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you. `And I think that the time has come to realize something, providence will never allow Christendom to break this covenant over the earth. Because if they are buying and selling Jesus Christ's name for the love of money, they do not stand a chance of listening to this message. Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. Unfortunately for the church, there's no time left. And basically, I know it for a fact too, and I can prove it in one sentence. There's no more time left because the present is the only time for the gospel. And I tried so hard to tell them the wonderful things that God had shown me about this little detail of the covenant. But they always vaunt themselves somehow to make it out to be that I'm somewhat of a leper or something. But the reason for this is this little detail of the covenant with the Lord's soul. Meaning that they won't accept any more reproof from someone who doesn't witness to their congregation anymore. Alas, Satan has deceived them, because the fact I was never welcome in church was in truth that the Lord's soul wasn't welcome in church. So then, I couldn't realize something. I don't want another opportunity to go by without witnessing the gospel. Because with this war in Ukraine, there will be the fall of Babylon the Great. And so I now realize something, that providence will move mountains, but it can't move the unwilling. And now I will tell you where Babylon the Great is. Mystery Babylon is in the heart of all my people, and furthermore, it's the entire earth. My understanding of this is that mystery Babylon will fall because people don't know where it is. For the record mystery Babylon is Jesus Christ's kingdom mixed with the devil's kingdom. And now we know where mystery Babylon is. It's both in the world and in my soul. The record states - The Woman on the Beast 1 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. 2 The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” 3 And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. 5 And on her forehead, a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT,THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTESAND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.The Mystery Explained 6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her. 7“Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was and is not and yet will be. 9 This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. 11 The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction. 12 The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast. 13 These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast.So, I have warned you and I can't tell you that I have been a compassionate person. But I can tell you this one little detail, providence will not allow me to walk out on you without this warning. This is proof that the Lord will reveal mysteries to your souls.

I have just come to personally apologize for leaving the Vote Chess Players without a word. I deceived myself into believing that contending with narcissistic chess.com personalities was somehow a waste of time. But the truth is I was walking out on a chess family. Everyone's chess dreams are precious and when no one could believe anymore, they did the same. It's true that I couldn't work for administrators any more where games were growing exponentially but I wasn't just putting aside my own hope. It was the hope of everyone. I significantly reduced my teams because of gainsaying, apathy, hostility in general and the conquest of personal recognition at the expense of community. Just because the wrong in the world will never change doesn't mean it's acceptable to stop facing it. Each one of you have made a huge difference and have a lot to be proud of in the vote chess league. Of all my accomplishments, none matter more than having a chess family. And if someone can walk out on family, they walk out on their own life and dreams. I know no one will really accept this statement and things will never be the same again. But I don't just suppose we could accomplish anything I know it for a fact. I can see now that the proud and boastful personalities out there are really just a reflection of half of my own self so why should I even blame them? Please never give up on the idea of winning it all just because I did. I'll never again terminate my attachment to the dreams of others, and this I know, those not so nice people will also one day have to play against us and we'll have our say.

Hey guys! I’ve noticed a lot of players in the vote chess club has really good puzzle scores (I.e. tactics) What advice can you give to the rest of us? I’m attempting to get to 2000 by years end and any advice is appreciated.

Club Wars now has a discord server, in case anyone wants to be kept up to date on happenings at club wars. Here is the discord link: https://discord.gg/N39QhYFz

These are the pairings for the 2021/22 Club Wars Vote Chess Championship Clicking on the club names will take you to the club home page. Clicking on the match in between the games will take you to the game played. NOTE: The losers of R1 are not eliminated. R1 is a tiebreaker round, to be used later in case of a draw between clubs. R2 is when clubs could be potentially eliminated. R1: 2021 Vote Chess Championships Match # Pre-War Round - Round 1 -------------- WHITE -------------- BLACK Cooler Chess Match 1 The Better than Awesome Chess Club Home of the Knights Match 2 San Miguel United Chess Club 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖆 𝕾𝖆𝖒𝖘𝖐𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖒 - 𝕾𝖆𝖓𝖘𝖐𝖗𝖎𝖙 𝕮𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖚𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖞 Match 3 International Chess Club. Road to Titled Player Match 4 Road to GM Land Of Chess Match 5 International Football Discussion Chess Ultramasters Match 6 Ricorats Chess Club The Dark Knight Rises #1 Match 7 The Pawns Club The Wolf Winners Match 8 Alpha Zero The Royal Kings Match 9 The Chess Bandit Learn Chess Match 10 Knights and Rooks of the Thunder Battle The Teenager's Chess Club Match 11 Standard Chess Academy The Titans Godzilla Vs. Kong Match 12 Kings of 64 The Golden 64 Squares Match 13 Quarantine Comrades Brilliant Minds Match 14 Vote Chess Players Coolest Chess Match 15 R2GM pfpers Slimjim's Club Match 16 Christian Chess World R2: ᄃﾚひ乃 Wﾑ尺丂 2021 Vote Chess Championships - The 2nd Round White Black ✓ The Golden 64 Squares vs. The Sparntans X 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 1 {} Chess Ultramasters vs. Learn Chess X 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 2 ✓ Road to GM vs. Knights and Rooks of the Thunder Battle ✓ 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 3 {} Chaturanga Samskritam - Sanskrit Chess Community vs. The Pawns Club {} 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 4 {} International Chess Club. vs. Ricorats Chess Club {} 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 5 ✓ Kings of 64 vs. Christian Chess World ✓ 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 6 {} The Dark Knight Rises #1 vs. San Miguel United Chess Club {} 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 7 X Brilliant Minds vs.Coolest Chess {} 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 8 X Cooler Chess vs. Home of the Knights {} 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 9 X Land Of Chess vs.International Football Discussion ✓ 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 10 ✓ The Royal Kings vs. The Wolf Winners X 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 11 X Slimjim's Club vs.Quarantine Comrades X 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 12 ✓ The Better than awesome chess club vs.Road to Titled Player X 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 13 {} R2GM pfpers vs. Vote Chess Players ✓ 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 14 X The Teenager's Chess Club vs.The Chess Bandit X 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 15 ✓ Standard Chess Academy vs.Alpha Zero ✓ 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Round 2 Match 16 (UNAVAILABLE)

These are the pairings for Season 19 of the Knockout-Out Vote Chess League. R1: Team A vs Team B Romeo and Juliet vs Intellectual Chess Players The Great Minds. vs The Tactical Brothers Little Big Pawn vs NAMASTÉ Chess School vs Team Galicia The Empire Of Assassins vs The Netherlands IRON MAIDEN vs Team Match Chess ANTI NAZI LEAGUE vs PURPLE HAZE Unikat - Automat Team vs Team Malaysia NO PASARAN vs BEAUTIFUL ROMANIA Art Of Chess Vote Group vs Chess Champ 3 CHECK FUN vs The Square Knights WRespectW vs Chess House Cafe Royal Wallachian Chess Club vs Team Australia-Brisbane QLD Paradise Chess Club vs Team Hungary - Magyar Sakkegylet The Great British Empire vs Black Stone Vote Chess Players vs Team Les Dames de chess

These are the pairings and standings for R1 of KO Vote Chess League S18(960). R1 Pairings: The Square Knights (1-0) vs Total 960 (½-½) Ajedrez de las Españas (1-0) vs Team Les Dames de chess (1-0) AFC Bournemouth (0-1) vs The Great British Empire (1-0) Team Australia (1-0) vs Squadron Commandos (½-½) NO PASARAN (1-0) vs Team Romania (0-1) Vote Chess Players (1-0) vs 3 CHECK FUN (0-1) Team Galicia (1-0) vs Team Match Chess (½-½) AWESOME_960 (1-0) vs Number 12 Grimmauld Place (0-1) R2 Pairings: The Square Knights vs AWESOME_960 The Great British Empire vs NO PASARAN Team Australia vs Vote Chess Players * Ajedrez de las Españas forfeits both games and Team Galicia receives Byes

These are the clubs playing in our group in the 1WL Vote Chess Championship: Vote Chess Players Team Les Dames de chess The Great Minds. Rosie Venezia Mateiści i Drwale Adults allowed Club Cristiano de ajedrez __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Here are the pairings: R1 Pairings: Venezia VS Vote Chess Players Adults allowed VS The Great Minds. Club Cristiano de ajedrez VS Team Les Dames de chess Mateiści i Drwale VS Rosie R2 Pairings: Vote Chess Players VS Rosie Team Les Dames de chess VS Mateiści i Drwale The Great Minds. VS Club Cristiano de ajedrez Venezia VS Adults allowed R3 Pairings: Vote Chess Players VS Rosie Team Les Dames de chess VS Mateiści i Drwale The Great Minds. VS Club Cristiano de ajedrez Venezia VS Adults allowed R4 Pairings: Adults allowed VS Vote Chess Players Club Cristiano de ajedrez VS Venezia Mateiści i Drwale VS The Great Minds. Rosie VS Team Les Dames de chess R5 Pairings: Club Cristiano de ajedrez Vote Chess Players Mateiści i Drwale Adults allowed Rosie Venezia Team Les Dames de chess The Great Minds.

Hello everyone! It's CLUB WARS! And it's not a surprise that we are here to offer you loads of fun! We are playing in the 2021 Vote Chess Championships - Pre War! Rules to Club Wars' Vote Chess Championships https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-vote-chess-championships-rules-guidelines To learn more click the picture below: Have some good games! Best of Luck! @Nightly-Knight

Currently we are playing a vote chess game where 13 of us are playing 1 player from Philipines finest chess club. https://www.chess.com/votechess/game/193702. This really does not help us improve our understanding of the opening. We can block certain clubs from accepting the our challenges. This will help us concentrate on other games.

The transparent background on dark mode is a problem against custom backgrounds where it's an image as opposed to a regular colour. This is affected on our site but also some others that I view sometimes. I made a quick script to fix it for us and any other clubs and members you may visit. It's not too trivial to install so if you want to try it and get stuck, post it here and I will help. Chess.com will fix it soon enough but I don't have much confidence in their dev team to get to it anytime soon. Step 1: Download "Stylus" browser extension Firefox:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/styl-us/ Chrome:https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylus/clngdbkpkpeebahjckkjfobafhncgmne?hl=en Step 2: Click the new extension (S Icon) and click "Manage" and the "Write new style" button Step 3: Give it a name e.g. "Chess.com dark mode fix" Step 4: Paste in the code: .dark-mode { --globalBackground: #333;}.section-container-component, .profile-header-container, .profile-info-container { background-color: #333!important;} Step 5: Click the plus icon at the bottom next to "Applies to Everything" and choose "URL matching the regexp" and paste in this: https:\/\/www\.chess\.com\/(clubs?|member).* Step 6: Press Save Step 7: Go to chess.com and verify it's fixed

I've been playing vote chess since @mohotma67 got me into this group a few months back. I'm enjoying it and I think this club is amazing and thanks to @n00bm4ster for founding it and everyone for taking part, I've learned a huge amount. However, I feel there is a distinct lack of care for it by the developers and I really feel that there are a tonne of improvements that could be made. I guess that Vote Chess just isn't popular enough for them to make it a priority for development. Doing some research around, I can't find much in the way of vote chess or even collab chess. Here are some problems I've encountered: Poor notifications! They are just awful. Poor experience on a smart phone (mobile, cell whatever you guys call it lol) Large games can make it difficult to contribute. I played a game for "Team England" with several hundred players in and it was impossible for me to keep up with the flood of messages. Also I felt that I just wasn't good enough to be able to contribute to the discussion. I could follow and learn but I may as well just study a master game! Games can be unbalanced. It's not obvious who is on the other team. Is it fair that 10 people ~1400 vs 10 players but one of them is 2000+? This point is an interesting one as this could actually be a really good thing, several players coming together to beat a master for example but probably it's not a fair match in most cases. This has got me thinking a lot. I'm a Technical Lead/Software Architect. I'm an employee but I've been on the lookout for a business opportunity for a while now and I think there might be something here. Especially with the recent boom thanks to the Queens Gambit on Netflix! What if there was something like "Collaboration Chess". Not "Vote Chess" although there will be similarities! Here's how the above problems could be fixed: Poor notifications: Games don't always wait to make the move at a set time. If all players have voted, make the move straight away. It means notifications are easy as it's just like Daily. Could have notifications for low time or if you are the last person to vote. Poor experience on a smart phone: Just build a decent app! Moves could be made as a suggestion before voting. Could have some configurable rules like no voting during first x hours or until all players have commented or made a suggestion etc. If you make a move as a suggestion it might help with the language barrier for teams spreading nations, not everyone speaks English after all. Large games, difficult to contribute: Set team sizes and with rating ranges to keep it balanced. You could play and be randomly assigned with a pair of similar rating. There is a good chance you will learn a lot from each other and of course you would be matched against a similarly rated pair. This would work with any team size. Also of course, you could create a team and play tournaments and leagues. The app would be focused solely on this collab idea, where teams/pairs have a rating. You could join an open seek as a pair but you get assigned a pair of similar rating and vs a similarly rated pair. It might be possible to write some algorithm to create a personal rating based on a team rating. This kind of project is obviously pretty huge and in all honesty, probably not something I will realistically pursue but just putting ideas out there, a bit of "blue sky" thinking. If there is a strong love for it though, I might! Chess.com could fix a lot of the problems with the poor mobile experience and notifications but the Collab idea might have some weight. Maybe I could develop something and just sell it to them!Any thoughts? P.s. On the very slim chance that I did develop something and the slim chance we move over there, I'd still want our fearless leader to be our captain

If you guys have any games that you played, and something went wrong, and you would like to have us check it out together, post it here. It's not exactly vote chess, but it's the same idea. We can help each other out in chess. Just post in the comments those games you would like us to analyze together!

Sometimes my lack of chess knowledge is thrown into the light and exposed, and I am forced to admit to myself the fact that I am still a beginner. In a recent game that was neck-and-neck and quite exciting, I managed to have a pawn and king against their only king in the endgame. I was so happy that I was actually going to pull off the win, and then I didn't. It was a tie, with their king on the back rank, 2 spaces in front of my pawn, with my king unable to assist in kicking their king out of there and promoting for the win. Does anyone have any pointers or good articles/videos on this situation? I want to know it like the back of my hand, and my endgame is my weakest link right now.

Do you guys want us to play a vote chess game with a specific opening? If so, let us know here, and either I or one of the admins can create the game right away. (It might take a while for it to be accepted, but we will try to get it going as fast as we can)

My purple and yellow sets.

So I thought I'd do a forum for one of our previous vote chess games, one of the few so far that have been played out until checkmate. I'm looking at who voted for what moves, which moves were the best, and who had the great ideas.  Here is the game. I'm not putting the comments inside the game, it would be too much. Also, sometimes I will say whose idea the moves are, when in reality everyone was in agreement right from the get-go, I just posted who mentioned it first 1. We had one vote for c6 and one vote for e6, and c6 was played  I think c6 was mohotma's idea 2. Flying_Fox_1's idea was d5. All votes were for d5(6 votes) 3. We all wanted to take back the pawn this move, all votes were for taking back with the c pawn 4. Flying_Fox_1 mentioned it first, all votes were for this 5. Bf5 and Nf6 had equal amount of votes, Nf6 was NubbyCheeseking's idea 6. Bf5 was played this time, which was Lonteon's idea last move and still was this move as well 7. Qb6 was my idea , all votes were for Qb6 8. Lonteon's suggestion, all votes were for e6 except for one 9. Well duh 10. Alekhinekrish's suggestion. Everyone voted for it.  11. Nd7 was Lonteon's idea, all votes except for one were for it. It was a lengthier conversation, involving thoughts about Ne4, but in the end we had all decided on Nd7 12. We had all already discussed this move previously, it wasn't necessarily one person's idea 13. Another lengthy discussion, ending in the decision to play h6, originally Lonteon's suggestion 14. The obvious move(Lonteon was the first to comment about it) 15. Lonteon's suggestion of Kh7 had all votes except for one 16. PawnSt4r jumped up and shouted it out. All people in the discussion agreed to the move 17. Lonteon re-suggested the move, we had already discussed it the previous move 18. Flying_Fox_1 stating the idea, everyone agreed it was a solid move 19. While first thinking Rg8 before Be4+, Flying_Fox_1 was the first to say Be4+ was the best move now. Good discussion on mating patterns this move.  20. Everyone knew this was the best move, mainly discussion whether Bc5+ or Rg8 was the best move for next move 21. CollinRobert12 was the first to think this was best, everyone was immediately in agreement 22. Whereas Lonteon and I had thought Bc5+ was best, PawnSt4r was the one to find the faster mate 23. duh 24. GG to them Now I'm going to the computer analysis to see if we made any sad fails.... Wow guys!! The worst we had was a single inaccuracy, on move 6 Bf5 wasn't the best move, it was actually e6! But I'm proud of us! Go team! I found a game that looked like we played it pretty thoroughly. We don't have many(if any other) games that have been played through to resignation due to a seriously bad position or checkmate.  This one wasn't as interesting of a game because of that reason, but hopefully there will be some more fun ones in the future! Also, if you ever want to do something like this with one of our vote chess games, feel free! I might try to do one if we finish one off that was played through pretty well.    Also, I want to shout out @Lonteon! for finding and letting us know about so many of the good moves that we played! Keep it up!