What are teams about?

Please help me  understand teams -- what are they, what do they do, what happens when I join a team vs going it alone, what should I look for in finding the right team for me.

Thanks 

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Teams are a good way to find others that share the same interests as you. The matches aren't anything special except they add a little more excitement to your game (with trying to win so your team does well).

The team games won't be much different from your other games, besides having a feel of community to go with it.

This site also has a fair number of teams/groups dedicated to improving your game.   They're basically a a place to be social and play a few games.

Thanks.  If I am looking for someone to play and give a short analysis of the game, would be the best place to go? 

Any group based on improving would probably work.  Just ask in the group for a volunteer that would be willing to play and then do an analysis. 

Dan Heisman Learning Center is a group I was in a while back.  It's a pretty good group for anyone looking to get better.

A good thing of the Teams or Groups are the Vote Chess games, since you can discuss with the team members about specific position, sometimes they will explain why they prefer a move over another and put some variations for you to see.

Socialista is absolutely right

Vote chess is one of the two main things I do on chess.com (other is online chess, usually from team matches)

I would recommend joining a group for improving skills. Also, there are some fun social groups.

Some of the large groups are for studying/playing openings (Sicilian), those can be very good to join if you want to learn about a specific opening.

Thanks!

What is vote chess?

It´s a "consultation" game between teams, every team discusses and votes for a move when it´s their turn, the move that received more votes is made.

The commentaries are hidden from the other team, but you can see what they were discussing move by move when the game ends.

They're groups where you can freely create spam threads and get away with it.

They are there so you can play other teams in matches, vote chess, spam contests, etc.

So you join them if you are competitive or want to have fun