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World Cities League Groups and Results 2011 (updated September 5th) GROUP A - Standings Berlin 3 - Bristol 1 - Hong Kong 8 - San Diego 4 - Thessal. 5 - Toronto 3 Round 1 1 Thessaloniki vs Berlin finished 2 Toronto vs Bristol finished 3 Hong Kong vs San Diego finished Round 2 1 Bristol vs Thessaloniki 2 Berlin vs San Diego 3 Toronto vs Hong Kong Round 3 1 Thessaloniki vs San Diego finished 2 Bristol vs Hong Kong http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match.html?id=67589 3 Berlin vs Toronto started Round 4 1 Hong Kong vs Thessaloniki finished 2 San Diego vs Toronto 3 Bristol vs Berlin Round 5 1 Thessaloniki vs Toronto 2 Hong Kong vs Berlin finished (draw) 3 San Diego vs Bristol GROUP B - Standings Athens 6 - Beograd 3+3-1= 5 - Liverpool 4 - Portland 5 - Tashkent 1-1-1= -1 Round 1 1 Tashkent bye 2 Athens vs Portland finished 3 Beograd vs Liverpool finished Round 2 1 Portland vs Tashkent finished 2 bye Liverpool 3 Athens vs Beograd Round 3 1 Tashkent vs Liverpool without game - not enough players 2 Portland vs Beograd finished 3 bye Athens Round 4 1 Beograd vs Tashkent no challenges - no game 2 Liverpool vs Athens 3 Portland bye Round 5 1 Tashkent vs Athens without game - no reply 2 Beograd bye 3 Liverpool vs Portland GROUP C - Standings Detroit 1-1= 0 - Leeds -1-1+1= -1 - London 5 - Nis 9 - Sarajevo 9 Round 1 1 London bye 2 Leeds vs Sarajevo finished 3 Nis vs Detroit finished Round 2 1 Sarajevo vs London finished 2 bye Detroit 3 Leeds vs Nis without game - no reply Round 3 1 London vs Detroit 2 Sarajevo vs Nis 3 bye Leeds Round 4 1 Nis vs London finished 2 Detroit vs Leeds started 3 Sarajevo bye Round 5 1 London vs Leeds without game - no reply 2 Nis bye 3 Detroit vs Sarajevo without game - no reply GROUP D - Standings Bradford 6 - Galatsades 8 - Paris 4 - Seichamps 3 - Zagreb 11 Round 1 1 Zagreb bye 2 Bradford vs Seichamps finished 3 Galatsades vs Paris finished Round 2 1 Seichamps vs Zagreb finished 2 bye Paris 3 Bradford vs Galatsades finished Round 3 1 Zagreb vs Paris finished 2 Seichamps vs Galatsades finished 3 bye Bradford Round 4 1 Galatsades vs Zagreb finished 2 Paris vs Bradford 3 Seichamps bye Round 5 1 Zagreb vs Bradford finished (draw) 2 Galatsades bye 3 Paris vs Seichamps

World Cities League 2011 - R5 Here you can report RESULTS of your game in Round 5 ONLY RESULTS!!! GAME STARTED AND FINISHED!!! GAMES STARTED should be reported ASAP after game is started. GAME FINISHED should be reported ASAP after game is finished. Please, report the results ASAP (As Soon As Possible) Games that are not reported will be considered as unplayed for both teams

The following teams do not respond anymore to challenges and to messages. If anyone has any information about this please communicate it. Belgrade, Leeds, Toshkent and Detroit Rook.

World Cities League 2011 R4 - 15 May (challenge day 07 May) Please send links of the games here:

World Cities League 2011 Dates for rounds:R1 - 1 March (challenge day 22. February)R2 - 25 March (challenge day 17. March) R3 - 20 April (challenge day 12. April) R4 - 15 May (challenge day 07. May) R5 - 10 June (challenge day 02. June)

World Cities League 2011 Dates for rounds:R1 - 1 March (challenge day 22. February)R2 - 25 March (challenge day 17. March) R3 - 20 April (challenge day 12. April) R4 - 15 May (challenge day 07. May) R5 - 10 June (challenge day 02. June)

Dates for rounds:R1 - 1 March (challenge day 22. February)R2 - 25 March (challenge day 17. March) R3 - 20 April (challenge day 12. April) R4 - 15 May (challenge day 07. May) R5 - 10 June (challenge day 02. June)

Updated Rules of World Cities League (April 2013) - A group of at least 10 members can access the league - The minimum number of players allowed per game in order to be valid is 8 for the 1st Division and for the preliminary rounds, 5 for the 2nd Division and 4 for the 3rd Division - Only 1000+ players take part in WCL preliminary round games and 1150+ players take part in 1/8 and 1/4 final games and 1200+ players in the final game - Vacation are allowed, with the recommendation that it uses as little possible - Time to challenge the group is 7 days, then the group must be locked. All teams must have locked their teams at the latest by official start date of the round. If not locked, it will be penalized according to already established rules. - Teams on the left side should send a challenge, but also teams from the right side can do that for them, if they have not received any challenge. - System that we will play in the league is a single round-robin in groups and the top teams advance to the next round and then to the playoffs (knockout phase in a one match). - Teams from the main (1st) groups of the preliminary rounds, who had not qualified for the knockout stage, establish new groups. All third-placed will establish the 2nd group, a 3rd group for the teams placed fourth and maybe a 4th group for the teams placed fifth and sixth to specify the ranking at the bottom. These groups will play round robin system. Points won in these new groups will be added to the existing points from the previous main groups. From the group formed by the third-ranked, all 4 teams go to the 1st Division and they only play for the final order of the places 5-8. From the 3rd group that have formed the fourth placed, the 2 top teams go to the 1st division and a final order is set in the bottom of the table. From the group formed by the fifth and sixth-ranked, they only can play for the final order of the places 17-21. Also, these teams in the bottom will play next year in 2nd Division. For the year 2014 half bottom teams of the 2nd Division will form the 3rd Division. The 1st Division is formed from 2012 by 16 teams - 8 finalists + 4 3rd placed + 2 of the top of the 3rd group + 2 top rated of the new teams asking to enter the League. For the 1st division and from 2012 the tournament begins with 4 groups of 4 teams each. The 2 top teams of each group advance and form 2 new groups of 4 teams each. The 2 top teams advance to the playoffs -semi final - (knockout phase in a one match). 3 top teams of DIVISION 2 move up to the 1st DIVISION. 3 teams at the bottom of DIVISION 1 move down to the 2nd DIVISION. 2 teams at the bottom of DIVISION 3 move up to the 3rd DIVISION. 2 teams at the bottom of DIVISION 2 move down to the 3rd DIVISION. Min Players for Division 1: 8 players; for Division 2: 5 players and for 2nd phase 6 players; for Division 3: 4 players. Min Players for the quarter final: 12 players; Min Players for the semi-final: 15 players; Min Players for the final: 18 players - If the teams in the group (or in the playoffs) equal to the number of points we would apply the elimination system: 1) Who has more team victories 2) the result between the teams and if it is a draw then, 3) Who has more individual victories (in first 10 table with all teams in the group) 4) Who has more individual victories with black pieces (in first 10 table with all teams in the group) All matches which had not be finished on the sheduled day(60 days after the match has started) and a player get more than 3-point advantage on his opponent, he would win. With only 3 points advantage or less the match would be declared a draw. - League should be played out on an annual basis - If a player is kicked out for cheating by Chess. com, all of its matches will be declared as not played if he won them and lost if he lost or draw, but his team will not be further penalized. - After completion of one round of matches in the forum in the main 1st group will be appointed the official results and standings. - The annual tournaments start no later than February 1st of each year. - One player will not be able to play for two different teams in the league for the same year, but he can belong to several teams and play other games. If such case occurs in a match, that parties will be annulled. - Every big team (more than 90 members) should play each match with at least 4/5 of the players with city flag, medium teams (50-90 members) with at least 3/4 of the players with city flag and smaller teams with at least 2/3. In all cases a foreign country flag can not be more than 1 in the first 10 tables and more than 3 in the first 25 tables. - Scoring system is W: 3; D: 2; L: 1; who not accept the challenge or not send a challenge (-1); who accepted the challenge but did not get enough players to start the match (0). If a team does not accept a challenge on time or the opponent team does not accept to play with less than 10 players, the "winning" team get 3 points. -Penalty for each day of delay lock team is -1 points, starting within 4 days. After 7 days the team loses the match with 0 points, and 0 points for first 5 table if the team enters the system due to the elimination of equal points. - New round in the main groups stage will begin every 2 to 4 weeks - Match name: 2013 World Cities League R1: Team 1 vs Team 2 Example 2013 WCL R1: Toronto vs Paris Starting Position: Standard Days per move: 3 Rating range: Open Players: 4+ or 5+ or 8+ or 12+ or 15+ or 18+ Concurrent games per opponent: 2 Auto Start: No Rated: Yes - All participating city teams agree with these rules.

The League is about to be rebuild. 4 new super admin will do the job. Here everyone can suggest names. The 4 names with the more suggestiions will be the super admins of the 2011. Please type your preferences until Friday midnight GM. 4 suggestions max. Alternative, be candidate for the position of the super admin. So the persons that have time and are intrested to help will run the league.

THE NEW RULES ARE EXTENSIONS AND CHANGES OF OLD RULES. 1. EVERY CITY CAN HAVE TWO PLAYERS UNRELATED TO THE CITY IN ANY WAY, CAN BE INTERNATIONAL, WITHOUT FLAG, CAN BE FROM PLANET MARS - THEY CAN PLAY. ALL OTHER PLAYERS MUST BE FROM THE CITY OR BE FROM THE ZONE 80 KILOMETERS AROUND THE TOWN. *EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE: CaptainJimTKirk can play anywhere he wants due to his enormous contribution to chess in general. 3. TEAMS MUST HAVE AT LEAST 8 PLAYERS TO PLAY THE MATCH UNLESS THE OPPOSING TEAM ACCEPTS THE LESSER NUMBER.3.ALL PLAYERS EXCEPT THE TWO MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 1 MUST HAVE TOWN NAMES IN THEIR PROFILE. FURTHER, THEY MUST FIND IT ON "GOOGLE" MAP SO THAT OTHERS CAN CHECK THEM. 4. IF PLAYERS FAIL TO PRODUCE TOWN NAMES OR TOWNS ARE FOUND TO BE MORE THAN 80 KILOMETERS AROUNT THE TOWN THE TEAM LOSES THE GAME - NOT THE PLAYER - THE WHOLE TEAM. THIS IS BECAUSE ADMINS ARE AT FAULT. EVERY ADMIN KNOWS THEIR TEAM. YOUR PLAYERS. THEY WILL HAVE OBLIGATION TO LOOK AT THEIR OPPONENTS PROFILE AND FIND - IF THEY HAVE A NAME OF THE CITY - IF SO, WHAT IS TEH DISTANCE FROM THAT CITY TO THE CITY THE TEAM IS NAMED AFTER. THIS CAN BE DONE ON "GOOGLE MAP" VERY EASILY - I HAVE TRIED. THIS CAN BE DONE AT ANY TIME DURIN THE MATCH BUT THE ADMINS AND SAs SHOULD ENCOURAGE PLAYERS TO DO IT IMMEDIATELY. IF THE PLAYER FINDS IRREGULARITIES HE/SHE INFORMS ADMIN OR SA WHO DOUBLE CHECKS.

OK, the time out is over. We will do things my way but THIS IS FOR YOU. I WILL NOT PARTICIPATE NOR EVEN LOOK BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WILL DISTRACT ME. New rules will be added slowly, completed probably by Sunday and they will annoy you because it will mean work for you, none for me. From the day Milan resigned I knew the course and the goal - you need to own this League like your own. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS YOU MUST WORK ON THE LEAGUE TO MAKE IT BETTER. YOU CAN NOT GO TO ONE PERSON TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS. So start. Agree on the rules, agree on players AGREE on everything. Here is advice from my daughter who is Psychologist: when you come to this post think "AGREEMENT" never think "DISCUSSION". This is supposed to help (never liked psychologists and now I have one in the family). Some/many cities might/will leave which will make point system difficult. The rules are far from perfect or even good. But while you try to agree remeber I AM STILL THE ONLY SA AND INTOLERANT ONE. However, I will give you time to adjust to rules and make your own agreements. Good luck.

Hello everyone,These days I have been thinking about the feeling that I have in days. I did not want to make a decision immediately. But since for days I have this feeling, I'm sure I'm not mistaken. I founded this group to everyone have fun and play the game we love. But since it does not go in that direction, I feel more and more aversion when it comes to to participate in the work of this group. Simply, she no longer brings a nice feeling, but just a bad feeling. No longer enjoy it. I neglecting my core group on this site, because this league .. but I got nothing in return. Except bad feelings. I no longer want to do it. I have a family in which I enjoy. And I do not want to spoil the mood becouse these things. I am withdrawing from this and open group of World Cities League. My main group (Belgrade group) is at your disposal and will continue to play a league if you held it, and under the terms whatever you think of. We will not complain for nothingI wish you all good and all the best .... and enjoy chess.All the best,Milan

These days I researched on the systems by which to play tournaments and how to determine the winners, ie. those who have the same number of points .. so I decided to drive out here the skeleton of our league. Give your suggestions and comments, so that in the next few days discussing it and finally adopt a formal system of league.First - the system that we will play in the league is a single round-robin in one or two groups depending on the number of teams. The first place in the group or the first two places in the group will play the semifinals and / or finals. This we know precisely when we determine the number of teams in the league this year. Each team will be officially assigned a number under which it will participate in schedule. If teams are divided into groups will be shared by the strongest going into group A, following the strength of the group B, third place in Group A and so on. We need only agree on what we will see the strength of the team .. the number of members or the average strength of the team that writes on the siteSecond - on the scoring system. As might happen that some teams do not respond to the challenge, that would include the ability to be punished with zero points, because we do not want anyone to spend our time and our players do not respect it. So my suggestion is Kashdan system4 points wins2 points draw1 point lost0 points who does not accept the challenge the team from the leagueAs for the teams in the group equal to the number of points that would apply the system to go on a team that has more wins, and if it is equal, then I counted the number of individual points that have won the players for the team playing in the league, and if it is equal, then the one that has more wins with black pieces.So the order of the system for elimination would be1) Who has more team victories2) Who has more individual victories3) Who has more individual victories with black piecesPenalty of 5 points for each day of delay lock team, that if you allow 24 hours from the end of the day which was supposed to officially begin round. After 3 days the team loses the match with O - zero. Third on the number of teams, players, dates and days for making the move.League should be played out on an annual basis, ie. to finish within about 360 days. If we take the average of that one game takes about 30 moves and because cities have a smaller number of players, we can animate them to play two days per move. Take the average and there will be one and a half day per player for the move, it leads to calculations that one game will last approximately 45 days. So that we had to play two parties simultaneously with the same player from the team (with black and white figures) to one round completed in about 45 days. If one year of 360 days divided by the 45 days per round, we come to the end that the league had to finish in 8 rounds. Depending on the number of registered teams we will probably have to play in groups, and the first or the first two of the leading group to play the quarter-finals and finals.I think for the members is too much to ask them to play one day per move, though it would also be better, but ...I am for it to not allow players from outside the city groups that play to play matches in the league. Only those who live or were born in that city. This is difficult to investigate and controlled by us who are not in that group, and this will be the responsibility of administrators to be fair and sports-minded, and that these players refuse to play our league matches. Administrators of both groups were required before the match to present objections to each other and super league administrator, if any, because if you lock the teams, it will be deemed as consent to the squad and further complaints about the players will not be accepted. Objections may be related to a player who obviously has nothing to do with the city, changing the players on the team, delaying the lock team.In the event that a player during league play to be expelled from the site for cheating, all of its matches will be declared lost, but his team will not be further penalized.As for the date of playing round, I thought the round starting at intervals of 45 days (probably the duration of a match) the date of the official launch of the first round, which will further agreeAnd thinking about the idea to declare league director for this year, so would be with me another person due to faster response in cases of complaints or any problems.Obligations of the administrator would be to consider the beginning rounds, accepting or sending a team to challenge anyone to play that game, locking the teams, dealing with players on his team's league match, which has amounted to complaints and his team at the end of each match, send the result of the match with a link to SuperAdministrator and league director.After completion of one round of matches in the forum in main group will be appointed the official results and standings.It would be generally about the league ... I expect your ideas, complaints and opinions .. so that after constructive discussions we determine in detail the rules and start to league play. So be active :-)

Hi, just a post for admins to update everyone about matches, the stage they are at, any problems etc. So, Belgrade is ready and waiting for Liverpool. We should begin soon.

Cities that have so far joined the league. List will be updated as the city approaches. For easy communication, we wrote and administrators who represent the group. London - Victorabiodun Bradford - John_H Bristol - Bluechessmaster Paris - Mchevene Athens - Anastakis Portland - Turin56 Beograd - Belgrade - MilanBgd01; Ljuba Toshkent - Ko7 Galatsades - Repoulis Liverpool - Markco Leeds - Anthony_Ibbitson Detroit - Billium248 Seichamps - Baris3 Zagreb -NOPI San Diego - Collinsdanielp Thessaloniki - Anastasios Hong Kong - Ian Powell Toronto - Myrozky Nis - Voigaga Sarajevo - Irfan76 Delhi - Shukla Berlin - JensTolkmitt

Thessaloniki 1817+48= 1865 Toshkent 1780+33= 1813 North York 1778+15= 1793 - OUT Zagreb 1736+27= 1763 Toronto 1700+37= 1737 Athens 1672+53= 1725 London 1687+35= 1722 Bradford 1693+27= 1720 Hong Kong 1682+21= 1703 Beograd 1568+115= 1683 Leeds 1652+28= 1680 Galatsades 1610+27= 1637 San Diego 1539+71= 1610 Liverpool 1585+14= 1599 Nis 1567+32= 1599 Paris 1489+98= 1587 Bristol 1537+40= 1577 Portland 1436+128= 1564 Detroit 1462+38= 1500 Seichamps 1427+23= 1450 Sarajevo 1499+21= 1520 (IN) Group A Thessaloniki Toronto Hong Kong San Diego Bristol Berlin Group B Toshkent Athens Beograd Liverpool Portland Group C London Leeds Nis Detroit Sarajevo (In instead of North York) Group D Zagreb Bradford Galatsades Paris Seichamps

Dear,We started with the establishment of the World City League. Please consider and perhaps enable the establishment of a group from your country. So far, the league included cities such as Paris, London, Portland, Belgrade, Bradford, Bristol, Athens, Detroit and some others. We expect answers from Berlin, Zagreb, Madrid, and several other. If you can it would be nice if you are engaged in establishing a group or calling the cities of your country.Sincerely,Admin Team WCL World City League

I copied these rules, only to have access to them .. and maybe get an idea to define our policies EL2011 - Tournament setup and rulesThese are the rules for the EL2011 tournament. The format is aligned with the EL2010 and the WL2010 formats and rules.Reservation: Minor changes and clariications might occur. TEAMSTeams participating in EL2010: 50 teams = 3 DIVISIONS á 12 TEAMS + 1 DIVISION á 14 TEAMS. Games will be played in the first three divisions, while the last division will be a qualification group for Division 3 next year on basis of the teams ranking on the Team Match Leader board. There has been an EL2010 FINAL CUT-OFF by December 31, 2010. PROMOTION FOR EL2011:3 top teams per DIVISION 2 to 4 – move up to the in mediate superior DIVISION. 3 teams at the bottom per DIVISION 1 to 3, moves down to the in mediate lower DIVISION. Teams in Division 4 and 5 that not have been promoted above to Division 3 are grouped into a Division 4. (In fact: Division 4 and 5 are merged into one division) A free spot in Division 2 will be given to the best ranked teams (on the TM Leader board) of Team Ukraine, Team Wales, Team Austria, and Team Lithuania. Team Ukraine is the best ranked and will be invited in firt hand. They must accept this by latest on Sunday 23th of January; otherwise will the next best ranked teams be invited instead. Two free spots in Division 3 will be given to the two best ranked teams (on the TM Leader board) in the new Division 4. Team Greece and Chess Club Holland are the best ranked and will be invited in first hand. They must accept this by latest on Sunday 23th of January; otherwise will the next best ranked teams be invited instead.New country teams that not have participated previous seaon (EL2011) will be invited to Division 4. The teams in the Divisions will be ranked according to their ranking on the TM Leaderboard as of Sunday 23th of January. Here's a list of invited/participating teams>>There will be a EL2011 FINAL CUT-OFF by December 31, 2011. PROMOTION FOR EL2012: 3 top teams per DIVISION 2 to 3 – move up to the in mediate superior DIVISION. 3 teams at the bottom per DIVISION 1 to 2 moves down to the in mediate lower DIVISION. 4 teams at the bottom of DIVISION 3 will be replaced by the four best ranked teams on TM leader board that not have participated in EL2011 (and therefor belongs to Division 4) and the four teams in the bottom of the division. TEAM MATCH SETTINGSGames are to played in Division 1 to 3. Ranking on Team Match Leaderboard is to be tracked for teams in Division 4 , but no games between these teams will be organized nor counted. - Time / move: 3 days - Concurrent games: 2 games - Rating: no limits- Min Players: · Division 1: 30 players · Division 2: 20 players · Division 3: 10 players - Standard Opening Position - Games are Rated TOURNAMENT FORMAT - Tournament Format: Round-Robin / 8 ROUNDS · Ranking: Teams Ranking on the TM Leader board · No teams will be paired against each other more than once. - Scoring System: Win = 100 points / Tied = 50 points. Bonus = Share of won games (in percentage) (Unfinished individual games in the team matches are always counted as tied till they are finished. Snapshot and cut off scores are always calculated on basis of this but multiplied with the share of completed games. Final scores will be counted at cut-off by the 31st of December 2011. No game = No points.) - Tournament Schedule: Tournament start by February 1, and the tournament should be finished by December 31. Start Dates: R1 - February / R7 - June R2+R3 - March / R8+R9 - August R4 - April / R10 - September R5+R6 – May / R11 - October For Division 1 to 3: One single game starts per team preferably in February, April, June, August, and October. Two games starts preferably in March, May, and September. The teams are allowed to start the games earlier or later, but are not forced to do that.Already finished or currently ongoing WL2011-games within the World League (that fulfill the team match settings) will be counted as EL-2011 games. TOURNAMENT GENERAL RULES · One single country team per country is welcome register to European League. The best ranked one are invited in first hand. · Country names and country flags must be applied to the team profiles. · The teams are allowed and encouraged to insert following text into their profile descriptions: ”This team represent (Country) in the Chess.com European League.” · At least one (1) team admins per team are encouraged to join the dedicated European League Headquarter for European League 2011 in order to receive all relevant info. · All team members are allowed to participate in European League team matches, as long as they fulfill current game settings and following the rules. · Team members are allowed to join different groups and teams but they may represent and play with only one country team in the European League. It is recommended to do it for the Country corresponding to the member profile flag. If any player(s) were found participating repeatedly in more than one European League matches with different country teams, that (those) player(s) might even will get banned from the European League competitions and the teams the player(s) represent will lose the individual games the player(s) have played or playing. · When creating a European League team match, should game settings and deadlines be applied according to guidelines that will be posted before any matches starts. · Team leaders are responsible to make sure that only players who are qualified according to the rules and guidelines have joined each match. · When a match is started, current scoreboards and standings will be posted on the European League Headquarters forums. Team leaders are encouraged to transmit this information to their team members. · Team members may NOT help each other out or use any computer assistance during their individual games. · If there is any suspected cheating or unfair play from the other side, should the team leaders report this to the dedicated European League Headquarter. Team leaders should not take matters into his own hands. · Team leaders should copy of the GENERAL RULES into the team forums, so that all participants are aware of the rules. · All participating country teams agree with these rules.

The teams must start their matches in Round 7 during October.The teams on LEFT hand should in first hand send the challanges, but the teams on RIGHT side are welcome to do that instead if they haven't received any challange. (LEFT<-->RIGHT) All teams must have locked their rosters in the matches in Round 7 at the latest by Sunday, October31.Note! Any matches that are ongoing in the World League between the teams will automatically be counted as games within the European League as well. However, if both teams agree upon that are they allowed to setup new team matches and counting them instead.The challenge should follow these guidelines: Match Name: EL2010 R7: Country team vs. Country team( example - EL2010 R7: Team Spain vs Team Portugal) Starting Position: StandardDays per move: 3Rating: No minimum or maximum rating.Minimum Players: Division 1 - 30, Division 2 - 20, Division 3 - 10 , Division 4 -1 Maximum Players: No max.Concurrent games per opponent: 2AUTO-START: OFFRATED: YES If you want to see any schedule, results or stats, please join and invite your teammates to:http://www.chess.com/groups/home/european-league-2010 .A good starting point here is the STARTPAGE:http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/el2010---startpage If any obstacles or issues or any other questions or problems occur, please post them as a comment for this article, or even better to:http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/complaints Good luck to all teams and all players!Johan Palmaer