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NEW TEAM MATCH LEAGUE

THIS IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF GROUPS ALREADY REGISTERED.
IF YOUR GROUP IS HERE, BUT IT IS NOT CONFIRMED YET, PLEASE CONTACT ME.
TEAMS INVITED FOR THE Chess.com TM LEAGUE 2009 | updated: | 27/03/2009 | ||||
Confirmed | ||||||
YES | ||||||
TEAM NAME | Confirmed | #MEMBERS(a) | AVG RATING(b) | POTENTIAL((a-50)+b) | ADMINISTRATOR | |
1 | THE POWER OF CHESS | YES | 794 | 1873 | 2617,00 | Stefan1Zamfir |
2 | The Best | 862 | 1484 | 2296,00 | ||
3 | Chess Unlimited | YES | 875 | 1464 | 2289,00 | jaller435718 |
4 | * The Dream Team * | 665 | 1590 | 2205,00 | ||
5 | We Chat Global | 659 | 1589 | 2198,00 | ||
6 | Fast Players Group | 517 | 1548 | 2015,00 | ||
7 | The Blakenators | 414 | 1605 | 1969,00 | DanielBlake | |
8 | Team Southeastern Asia | YES | 247 | 1721 | 1918,00 | Susanti |
9 | Chessaholics Anonymous | YES | 420 | 1533 | 1903,00 | Enigmata |
10 | CHESSKINGS | YES | 242 | 1710 | 1902,00 | Warwind |
11 | Indian Marauders | YES | 384 | 1515 | 1849,00 | vijaykulkarni |
12 | The Learning Group | 335 | 1529 | 1814,00 | klhn444 | |
13 | Unity group | 153 | 1690 | 1793,00 | ||
14 | American Group | YES | 272 | 1570 | 1792,00 | Mm40 |
15 | €uropean Union Team | YES | 192 | 1649 | 1791,00 | Kokino |
16 | Black Shield Assassins | 202 | 1633 | 1785,00 | Keyif | |
17 | Red Army | YES | 300 | 1517 | 1767,00 | Manchero |
18 | Endgame Lovers | 194 | 1612 | 1756,00 | ||
19 | Chess'nChicks® Club | YES | 159 | 1640 | 1749,00 | Kokino |
20 | WORLD CHESS GROUP | 224 | 1575 | 1749,00 | ||
21 | Grupo Países e Regiões Lusófonos | 264 | 1496 | 1710,00 | ||
22 | Amateur Chess | 491 | 1257 | 1698,00 | Pimpingpawnage | |
23 | Team Britain | 252 | 1486 | 1688,00 | whistleblower | |
24 | The Dark Knights | 212 | 1493 | 1655,00 | ||
25 | The Twin Ports Fianchetto --- Team Cold Climate | YES | 191 | 1500 | 1641,00 | Barefootknight |
26 | The Terminator | YES | 239 | 1451 | 1640,00 | Susanti |
27 | ☸ People of Islam ☸ | 179 | 1510 | 1639,00 | Jon_Beale | |
28 | ☺☺BLACK оя WHITE☻☻ | YES | 160 | 1522 | 1632,00 | Kokino |
29 | Animal Lovers | 214 | 1421 | 1585,00 | ||
30 | The Chess Champions! | 194 | 1415 | 1559,00 | ||
31 | Team British Columbia | YES | 174 | 1416 | 1540,00 | Duncan_1867 |
32 | Team South Africa | YES | 126 | 1461 | 1537,00 | Bullshark |
Best of the West: Team Western Canada | 157 | 1405 | 1512,00 | RESERVE#1 | ||
Anime all the way | 147 | 1251 | 1348,00 | RESERVE#2 | ||
Funtastic Chessmates! | 142 | 1596 | 1688,00 | RESERVE#3 | ||
The Philosophers | 149 | 1581 | 1680,00 | zlhflans | ||
*^PASSED PAWN KILLERS^* | 103 | 1579 | 1632,00 | RESERVE#5 | ||
Caissa | 111 | 1514 | 1575,00 | RESERVE#6 | ||
**The Checkmate Club** | 135 | 1356 | 1441,00 | RESERVE#7 | ||
Teens of Chess.com | 172 | 1318 | 1440,00 | RESERVE#8 | ||
TEAMS REGISTERED | 15 | 318 | 1569 | 1837,8 | AVERAGES |

The official name is defined as Chess.com TM LEAGUE 2009 and so far we are 21 teams...Finally the number will be reduced to 24 so there is room just to 3 teams more!
These are the rules and basics of the TM LEAGUE (Draft):
CHESS.COM TEAM MATCH LEAGUE | UPDATED: | ||
30/03/2009 | |||
Rules of the Chess.com TM LEAGUE | Draft #3 | ||
1. The official name of the league is : Chess.com TM LEAGUE | |||
2. The league is limitated to a max. Of 24 groups/teams | |||
3. The groups to participate will be invited according to the following indications: | |||
-Will be active team match groups | |||
-Will have at least 120 members | |||
-Will not participate in the World League | |||
-Will have at least 1 win in a team match /(conditional) | |||
4. The league will start each year the 1st of May | |||
5. The league methodology is according to the following procedures. | |||
-The 24 teams will be divided in 4 groups of 6 teams each. (ROUND 1/16 finals) | |||
-To the next round will go the 4 first classified of each group and will compete again divided in 4 groups of 4 teams (ROUND 1/8 finals) | |||
-To the next round will go the 2 first classified of each group and will compete again divided in 2 groups of 4 teams (ROUND 1/2 finals) | |||
-To the final, will go the first classified of each group and will compete in a single match (FINAL). Second classified of each group will fight for the 3rd/4th position (3rd POSITION) | |||
-The winner of this final match will be declared champion of the league. | |||
- Accordingly, a team will have a minimum of 5x3 team matches and a max. Of 12x3 (finalists) | |||
-Each round will start according to the pairings board schedule or when all the games of the previous rounds are over. (if both teams do agree it) | |||
-In case one match doesn't finish by the max. period given(normally 90 days), we will take the score at the moment given as the final result. | |||
6. The initial groups chart will be created according to this procedure: | |||
-Once all teams are registered, a preliminary classification system will be stablished | |||
-We will take the number of members(a) and the average team rating(b) | |||
-We will calculate the team potential according to: ((a)-50)+(b) | |||
- The team with higher potential will be ranked in firsts positions | |||
- After this, the groups chart will be fullfiled with the most powerful team going to group 1, then the second going to group 2…team 9 going to group 1, team 10 going to group 2…and so on. | |||
7. Team matches methodology and group classification | |||
-Each team match must be accepted before the date specified on the pairings board. There is a time of 15 days max. To register all players and start the match, otherwise the team not causing the delay, will be declared winner and the match shouldn't be played (unless agreed otherwise) | |||
-The team match challenges will be send by the team A on each case | |||
The challenging group will raise 3 challenges with the following features: -1st match-BEG- 0-1599 rating / 5-15 players / 2 concurrent games / autostart off -2nd match-MED- 1600-1999 rating / 5-25 players / 2 concurrent games / autostart off -3rd match-TOP- >2000 rating / 5-10 players /2 concurrent games / autostart off |
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-In case of a team unable to get the max. members in a 5 days period after the scheduled start date, the game will start if at least it has the minimum players requested, otherwise the team will lost the match (1-0) and the decision to play or not (as friendly) will be agreed by the 2 groups | |||
-It'll be named as follow _"Team A vs Team B - TM LEAGUE TOP/MED/BEG ROUND#" | |||
-Each win will be awarded with 1 point, a draw 1/2 point, a lose 0 points | |||
-The sum of the individual games result will be taken into account only as tie break system. Eg If a team match ends: BEG 10-0 MED 15-19 TOP 5-1 The final score will be 2-1 and the first team will get an accummulated tie break score of 10 points and the second one -10) | |||
-The teams classified in the last position of each group in the first round, might be removed from the next year league and replaced by new teams willing to participate (if there were less than 4 teams willing to enter the league, the teams with more points (according to the standings list) would remain unless it were agreed otherwise by the teams involved) | |||
8. All queries, complains, suggestions or improvement ideas, will be addressed to the "chess.com TM LEAGUE HQ forums" | |||
9. The pairings will be posted on that forum by the 25th of April 2009 and match challenges can be sent afterwards.(before 1st May 2009) | |||
-Updates on the group standings will be posted in the forums periodically during the league tournament | |||
10. These rules apply for the 2009 league.(Changes may be introduced for next seasons champs) | |||
NOTE 1 | 1 administrator of each team participate on the word league is encouraged to join the "chess.com TM LEAGUE HQ" | ||
NOTE 2 | These admin. Should check periodically the forums of this group tlooking for updates. | ||
NOTE 3 | Teams Inscription process will be closed by the 15th of April 2009 | ||
NOTE 4 | Any changes on the team names or any other info affecting the correct function of this championship, must be communicated inmediatly! | ||
NOTE 5 | All teams registered accept these rules. | ||
Latest updates in blue bold |

New Updated
CHESS.COM TEAM MATCH LEAGUE | UPDATED: | |
31/03/2009 | ||
Rules of the Chess.com TM LEAGUE | Draft #3 | |
1. The official name of the league is : Chess.com TM LEAGUE | ||
2. The league is limitated to a max. Of 24 groups/teams | ||
3. The groups to participate will be invited according to the following indications: | ||
-Will be active team match groups | ||
-Will have at least 120 members | ||
-Will not participate in the World League | ||
-Will have at least 1 win in a team match /(conditional) | ||
4. The league will start each year the 15th of April (unless agreed otherwise) | ||
5. The league methodology is according to the following procedures. | ||
-The 24 teams will be divided in 4 groups of 6 teams each. (ROUND 1 -1/16 finals) | ||
-To the next round will go the 4 first classified of each group and will compete again divided in 4 groups of 4 teams (ROUND 2 -1/8 finals) | ||
-To the next round will go the 2 first classified of each group and will compete again divided in 2 groups of 4 teams (ROUND 3 -1/2 finals) | ||
-To the final, will go the first classified of each group and will compete in a single match (FINAL MATCH). Second classified of each group will fight for the 3rd/4th position (3rd PLACE MATCH) | ||
-The winner of this final match will be declared champion of the league. | ||
- Accordingly, a team will have a minimum of 5x3 team matches and a max. Of 12x3 (finalists) | ||
-Each round will start according to the pairings board schedule or when all the games of the previous rounds are over. (if both teams do agree it) | ||
-In case one match doesn't finish by the max. period given(normally 90 days), we will take the score at the moment given as the final result. | ||
6. The initial groups chart will be created according to this procedure: | ||
-Once all teams are registered, a preliminary classification system will be stablished | ||
-We will take the number of members(a) and the average team rating(b) | ||
-We will calculate the team potential according to: ((a)-50)+(b) | ||
- The team with higher potential will be ranked in firsts positions | ||
- After this, the groups chart will be fullfiled with the most powerful team going to group 1, then the second going to group 2…team 9 going to group 1, team 10 going to group 2…and so on. | ||
7. Team matches methodology and group classification | ||
-Each team match must be accepted before the date specified on the pairings board. There is a time of 15 days max. To register all players and start the match, otherwise the team not causing the delay, will be declared winner (10-0) | ||
The challenging group will raise 3 challenges with the following features: -1st match-BEG- 0-1599 rating / 5-∞ players / 2 concurrent games / autostart off -2nd match-MED- 1600-1999 rating / 5-∞ players / 2 concurrent games / autostart off -3rd match-TOP- >2000 rating / 5-∞ players /2 concurrent games / autostart off |
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-In case of a team unable to get the min. Members in a 10 days period it will lose the game with a final score of 10-0. | ||
-It'll be named as follow _"Team A vs Team B - TM LEAGUE TOP/MED/BEG ROUND#" | ||
-The team match challenges will be send by the team A on each case | ||
-Each win will be awarded with 1 point, a draw 1/2 point, a lose 0 points | ||
-The sum of the individual games result will be taken into account only as tie break system. Eg If a team match ends: BEG 10-0 MED 15-19 TOP 5-1 The final score will be 2-1 and the first team will get an accummulated tie break score of 10 points and the second one -10) | ||
-The teams classified in the last position of each group in the first round, might be removed from the next year league and replaced by new teams willing to participate (if there were less than 4 teams willing to enter the league, the teams with more points (according to the standings list) would remain unless it were agreed otherwise by the teams involved) | ||
8. All queries, complains, suggestions or improvement ideas, will be addressed to the "chess.com TM LEAGUE HQ forums" | ||
9. The pairing board will be posted 10 days before the starting date (according to point 4) | ||
-Updates on the group standings will be posted in the forums periodically during the league tournament | ||
10. These rules apply for the 2009 league.(Changes may be introduced for next seasons champs) | ||
NOTE 1 | 1 administrator of each team participate on the word league is encouraged to join the "chess.com TM LEAGUE HQ" | |
NOTE 2 | These admin. Should check periodically the forums of this group tlooking for updates. | |
NOTE 3 | Teams Inscription process will be closed by the 15th of April 2009 or when the 24 first groups are registered | |
NOTE 4 | Any changes on the team names or any other info affecting the correct function of this championship, must be communicated inmediatly! | |
NOTE 5 | All teams registered accept these rules. | |
Latest updates in blue bold |

Do you think that your group is the best one in Chess.com?
Now you have the opportunity to show it to us all from next April 20.
Chess.com TML 2009 is Coming UP!
Chess.com TM LEAGUE is a Round Robin Tournament with the 32 most powerful teams of Chess.com based on its average rating, team match results and with more than 120 members. (country teams excluded)
Would you like to participate? This league is totally compatible with the Country teams World League and these are the 32 Teams participants: (TEAMS INVITED)
Everybody can join as there will be matches for 3 different rating levels ( 0-1499 / 1500-1899 / >1999) Check that one of your groups is included!
There will be a total of 3 Rounds and then a Final Match with the 2 best.
In the Round 1 the 32 teams will compete in groups of 4 teams and only 16 will go to the Round 2.
It's going to be the most thrilling and interesting competition on Chess.com.
We hope to see you playing it!
More info about 2009 Season(Chess.com TM LEAGUE HQ)
Hello, We have created a new team match league for all those groups not representing a country in the chess.com world league.
Our league is named Chess.com Team Match League and we are inviting 24 groups with the following features:
- More than 120 members.
- Active team match playing
- At least 1 win in team matches
Besides, there is a group for the league HQ:
Chess.com TM LEAGUE HQ
(This group doesn't admit members...only group admin. participating of the league)
Inside you can find the teams invited list (where invited administrators should register their groups), the pairments (draft) and what's more important: the rules and basics of the league.
I'll keep everybody informed about this.
I am sure that we are going to have fun!
Manuel F