SPL Newsletter
First and foremost! Thank you all for being apart of my group!
SPL around 7 months ago this group had just 2 members, and wasn't much to look at! with a little elbow grease and determination we are now 830 members Strong, with 23 victories in (organized)Vote Chess games and over 40 (strong)Team matches, with Daily puzzles, tournaments (which will come soon) and a great group of chess players!... with much more to come :)
The Sacred Pawn Legion has 8 Chess Celebrities
Mrfirstsaturday (Lazlo Nagy)
the organizer and the owner of the First Saturday chess tournaments,
Budapest, Hungary. Every month there is a possibility to play
for the GM-IM-norms an ELO ratings here, except January.
First Saturday over the board chess tournaments in budapest from 6th March, 3rd April, 1st May, 5th June, 3rd July, 7th August,etc. For more info contact with mrfirstsaturday
www.firstsaturday.hu
CM Kacper Drozdowski
www.chess.com/groups/home/chess-empire
NM Rene' Phillips ( professional Chess coach)
www.thechessgym.com
WMG Natalia Pogonina and IM Akselrod
www.pogonina.com
CM Andrew Burnett
www.streetfightingchess.com
FM Mechelen
NM Johnson
HIGHEST THANKS GOES TO: (THE ROYAL PAWNS) without you the Legion is nothing! thank you for contributing your time to make this team a powerful one! you guys are the heart of the Legion!
I present to you THE ROYAL PAWNS
JustAlex, Ttam_Neas, alwaysmated, grandmaster56, wrightpauljohn, tgillisp, mjebee, logichouse, superblunder, Pratman, suhail-sirus-nair , carlos_b, Kacparov, RockingRook, Drizztd, Qwertyawesome, Black_Knight, PYRRIHIOS, Intltax57 , GMWest, tony_szabo, Tricklev,Eventhorizon, Beester, Idrinkjack, Cracko, Kingskull, Tony1kenobi, Bigheffy, Dommo, MarthePar, Flying2828, James1996, Vjgator, Runner3434, Tbc76, Cs51, Afterhourz, Edwinredo, Sramanigs, Cisla Livius, Trektraveller , Popdac, Popeye, Ndchessnut, WowbaggerTIP, Nematode, Burnelr, Shonbo, MlaDuke, Freelunch ,Henry601 , Bigheffyrostron, Sharp-shooter, Cmwris, logis10, Pachio, Nulesus, Jimvger, Lelldorion, Jerson, Khpa21, Inneralchemist, Drizzledudden, VirgoScorpio, Mab23
If you want to sign the Legionaire, becoming a Royal Pawn vowing participation in Team Matches, Vote Chess or any other contributions, here is the Link.
http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/legionaire
special thanks to all who signed up for our team matches and everyone who is participating in our VOTE CHESS TEAM! you guys are doing great! I see a lot of communicating , and posting of moves, as well as discussing moves and possible moves ( Very Organized) remember the rules! and post the vote count!
Special thanks to our Admins, Grandmaster56 (who has done a Stellar job of providing our members with daily puzzles, bughouse and the SPL Chess Ladder - also trying to put together a FSVL team together), and Qwertyawesome and Jimvger who are running our Vote Chess games!!! they have done super!!
Also if you can participate in the FSVL - speed vote chess - please see go to this link - http://www.chess.com/news/fsvl-9583
Looking for new admins - as you may know Chessangel2001 is gone from chess.com - would like another 1-3 high rated players to take his place and help Jimvger and Qwertyawesome - must be able to participate in all vote chess games , as well as help round up people for team matches
always looking to grow so feel free to encourage your friends to join SPL, the more the merrier :D