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Signups are now open for the next season of TM Championship. The competition is projected to start in either March or May, depending on whether the teams in the final are signed up for the next season and if they're OK with playing some more matches. We need 16 teams for a 3 round season, and up to 32 teams for 4 rounds. Invite your friends! Teams should have less than 250 members, and beginning this season are requested not to grow significantly. To sign up please post the group name, a link to the home page or matches page for the group, and the usernames (and links if possible) for two admin contacts. It is helpful to post the current number of members, and please acknowledge you understand that the other teams are not expecting your team to grow a lot and may consider it unfair if you do. Sample Entry: Team Name (link) Contacts (links) # members Optional pledge to limit team growth during the season.

At the start of the tournament, teams are divided into groups (or divisions) of 3 or 4 teams each. If the tournament has a full roster of 32 teams, then there are 8 divisions of 4 teams each. With fewer teams, some (or all) divisions may have 3 teams, or there may be fewer than 8 divisions. Within each division, each team plays a match with each other team. So for a division with 4 teams, each plays 3 matches; in a division with 3 teams, each plays 2 matches. There are 4 rounds in the annual championship. Round 1 has up to 32 teams and 16 teams advance; round 2 has 8 teams advance, round 3 has 4 advance, and the Grand Final determines the championship. To keep the tournament on schedule, each round is limited to 90 days. At the end of the 90 days, the scores in each match are checked, whether the match is complete or not, and the team with the highest number of games won on that date wins the match. If the match score is tied then it is scored as a draw. Two teams from each division advance to the next round. If there is a tie for 1st/2nd, both teams advance and no tiebreaker is required. But it is possible to have ties for 2nd/3rd, 1st/2nd/3rd, or even have all 4 teams have a win, draw, and loss resulting in a 4-way tie. If there is a tie, the net score differential (total games won - total games lost) is used as the tiebreaker. Examples will be posted in this forum in a few minutes. I need to enter some data into a spreadsheet and post it in a different browser...

Note: Forum title wrong, it's TMC 2010. Don't think that can be edited on this software... OK, hopefully you know the procedure. First team challenges second team by the challenge date, both teams lock by the lock date. 5+ players, 3 days/move, 2 simultaneous games. The lock date for the 3rd installment is delayed a day for US Independence Day on 7/4. Finals: GROUPs DIVISION A MP W D L PTS GW GL TB Adults Only Group 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 The Thunder Knights 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Coat of Arms 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Chess Mistresses 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% 0.0 #DIV/0! Challenge Lock TM NAME SCORE PPT 06/23/2011 06/28/2011 TMC Finals: Adults Only Group VS The Thunder Knights 0.0 0.0 5 #DIV/0! 06/23/2011 06/28/2011 TMC Finals: Coat of Arms VS Chess Mistresses 0.0 0.0 31 #DIV/0! 06/28/2011 07/03/2011 TMC Finals: The Thunder Knights VS Chess Mistresses 0.0 0.0 31 #DIV/0! 06/28/2011 07/03/2011 TMC Finals: Coat of Arms VS Adults Only Group 0.0 0.0 5 #DIV/0! 07/03/2011 07/09/2011 TMC Finals: Chess Mistresses VS Adults Only Group 0.0 0.0 5 #DIV/0! 07/03/2011 07/09/2011 TMC Finals: The Thunder Knights VS Coat of Arms 0.0 0.0 16 #DIV/0!

TM CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 GENERAL OVERVIEW 1 match min. 5 players ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 FINAL DIVISION A DIVISION B DIVISION 2A SEMI A FINAL MATCH D` CHESSBOMB 2nd TEAM D` CHESSBOMB 1st_G1/R2 1st_G1/R3 9th TEAM 10th TEAM Slavic Pride 1st_G2/R2 1st_G2/R3 17th TEAM 18th TEAM 2nd_G3/R1 2nd_G3/R2 25th TEAM 26th TEAM 666 2nd_G4/R2 DIVISION C DIVISION D DIVISION 2B SEMI B 3rd-4th MATCH International Chess Players Carpathian Brigade International Chess Players 1st_G3/R2 2nd_G1/R3 11th TEAM Chess Nuts! Narz's People 1st_G4/R2 2nd_G2/R3 19th TEAM Light Force 2nd_G1/R1 2nd_G1/R1 27th TEAM 1. e4 Lovers :) Team Antarctica 2nd_G2/R1 DIVISION E DIVISION F DIVISION 2C Slavic Pride 6th TEAM 1st_G2/R1 Team Antarctica 14th TEAM 1st_G6/R1 Team New England 22nd TEAM Chess Nuts! Anime & Manga Chess Club 30th TEAM 2nd_G8/R1 DIVISION G DIVISION H DIVISION 2D Narz's People Artistas de Portugal Carpathian Brigade 666 16th TEAM Artistas de Portugal Checkmate! 24th TEAM 2nd_G2/R1 Chess Shinigami 32nd TEAM 2nd_G6/R1

THESE RULES ARE THE VERSION 1 AND SOME ARTICLES MIGHT CHANGE BEFORE THE LEAGUE STARTS. CHECK THIS TOPIC PRERIODICALLY! (LEAGUE WILL START OFFICIALLY NEXT MAY 15th, after this no changes are allowed) UPDATED: 13/05/2009 General Rules of the Chess.com TM CHAMPIONSHIP version 1 1. Definition: Chess.com TM CHAMPIONSHIP (TML) is a mixed Tournament (Round Robin and knock-out) played by 32 teams of Chess.com with at least 20 members and with active team matches. TMC will start next 15th of May 2009 and should take approximately 12 months 2. Pairing Board: An initial teams classification is created according to its estimated potential (2*#MEMBERS+AVG RATING. According to data extracted on 5/14) The 8 Top ranked teams will lead each group followed by the next 8 and so on until seeding the 32 slots available 3. TML Groups and Methodology: -ROUND 1(1/8 Finals): 8 divisions / 4 groups. 2 first class. Go to ROUND 2 -ROUND 2(1/4 Finals): 4 divisions / 4 groups. 2 first class. Go to ROUND 3 -ROUND 3(1/2 Finals): 2 divisions / 4 groups. 1 first class. Go to FINAL. 2nd class. Go to 3rd PLACE match The 2 finalist teams are entitled to promote to the Chess.com TM LEAGUE for the next season. The other 6 best teams will go for the promotion play offs with the 6 last teams of the TM LEAGUE current season. 4. Match challenges and group classification: All groups, team challenges and dates will be defined by the pairing boards. The group located on the left of the TM Name is the challenger for that match. From the pairing boards date, there are 2 days to accept the challenge and a total of 5 days to lock the rosters and start the games. In case of a team refusing to play or not meeting these dates will mean losing the match with an score of 20-0 All games have to finish before 90 days from the initial date, otherwise we will take the score in that given moment as the final result. The challenging group will ISSUE 1 challenge with the following features: -"TMC ROUND #:TEAM A vs TEAM B -" NO rating limit / 5-∞ players / 2 concurrent games / autostart off / 3 days move Win will count as 1 point, a lost 0 and draw (in case of) 0.5. -TIE BREAK SYSTEM is defined by the single scoring differential. 5. General rules and recommendations: Official Time of the tournament is UCT. (so all dates/schedules are taken accordingly) Due to Chess.com limitations in case of a player were a member of the 2 teams opponents in a match he/she won't be allowed to play at all, so in case he/she really wanted to play it's up to him/her -self to withdraw one of them to be able to participate with the other.(but repeat- NOT MANDATORY) All queries, complains, suggestions or improvement ideas should be addressed to the "chess.com TM CHAMPIONSHIP forums" Any changes on the team names or any other info affecting the correct function of this championship, must be communicated inmediatly! 2 administrators of each team participating in league are encouraged to join this Head Quarters Check the forums periodically for updates 3 first classified will receive a custom trophy and diploma certificating its classification in the TM CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 All teams registered accept these rules. Latest updates in blue bold

A description will go here. Refer to round 1 if you're impatient and can't remember the match parameters. Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name T1 T2 # 5/12/2012 5/17/2012 TMC2012 R2 Chess Etiquette vs SFRJ (Once Brothers) 5/12/2012 5/17/2012 TMC2012 R2 Coat of Arms vs The Architects 5/17/2012 5/22/2012 TMC2012 R2 The Architects vs Chess Etiquette 5/17/2012 5/22/2012 TMC2012 R2 SFRJ (Once Brothers) vs Coat of Arms 5/22/2012 5/27/2012 TMC2012 R2 Coat of Arms vs Chess Etiquette 5/22/2012 5/27/2012 TMC2012 R2 The Architects vs SFRJ (Once Brothers)

The current rule regarding team size is that a team should be less than 250 players at the beginning of the season. There is no current rule saying teams cannot grow beyond the initial size. Teams which are currently bigger than 250 players are not breaking any rules. This may change for the next season, but for now we've had enough discussion in the notes about it. If you can't control your urge to continue talking about it, please use this forum instead of the group notes.

Here are the round 3 pairings. First team challenges second team, with match parameters: 3 days/move, 2 simultaneous games, 5+ players. Good chess to all! Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name 11/6/2012 11/11/2012 TMC2012 R3 SFRJ (Once Brothers) vs Adults Only Group 11/6/2012 11/11/2012 TMC2012 R3 Croatian Chess Temple vs ALL UK 11/11/2012 11/16/2012 TMC2012 R3 ALL UK vs SFRJ (Once Brothers) 11/11/2012 11/16/2012 TMC2012 R3 Adults Only Group vs Croatian Chess Temple 11/16/2012 11/21/2012 TMC2012 R3 Croatian Chess Temple vs SFRJ (Once Brothers) 11/16/2012 11/21/2012 TMC2012 R3 ALL UK vs Adults Only Group

Here are the round 3 pairings. First team challenges second team, with match parameters: 3 days/move, 2 simultaneous games, 5+ players. Good chess to all! Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name 11/6/2012 11/11/2012 TMC2012 R3 nicu57 & his best friends vs Coat of Arms 11/6/2012 11/11/2012 TMC2012 R3 active members ! vs Chess Lounge 11/11/2012 11/16/2012 TMC2012 R3 Chess Lounge vs nicu57 & his best friends 11/11/2012 11/16/2012 TMC2012 R3 Coat of Arms vs active members ! 11/16/2012 11/21/2012 TMC2012 R3 active members ! vs nicu57 & his best friends 11/16/2012 11/21/2012 TMC2012 R3 Chess Lounge vs Coat of Arms

A description will go here. Refer to round 1 if you're impatient and can't remember the match parameters. Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name T1 T2 # 5/12/2012 5/17/2012 TMC2012 R2 nicu57 & his best friends vs chess 101 5/12/2012 5/17/2012 TMC2012 R2 Adults Only Group vs kingdomoflegends 5/17/2012 5/22/2012 TMC2012 R2 kingdomoflegends vs nicu57 & his best friends 5/17/2012 5/22/2012 TMC2012 R2 chess 101 vs Adults Only Group 5/22/2012 5/27/2012 TMC2012 R2 Adults Only Group vs nicu57 & his best friends 5/22/2012 5/27/2012 TMC2012 R2 kingdomoflegends vs chess 101

A description will go here. Refer to round 1 if you're impatient and can't remember the match parameters. Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name T1 T2 # 5/12/2012 5/17/2012 TMC2012 R2 active members ! vs ALL UK 5/12/2012 5/17/2012 TMC2012 R2 Quick Moves vs C.c's Europe group 5/17/2012 5/22/2012 TMC2012 R2 C.c's Europe group vs active members ! 5/17/2012 5/22/2012 TMC2012 R2 ALL UK vs Quick Moves 5/22/2012 5/27/2012 TMC2012 R2 Quick Moves vs active members ! 5/22/2012 5/27/2012 TMC2012 R2 C.c's Europe group vs ALL UK

A description will go here. Refer to round 1 if you're impatient and can't remember the match parameters. Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name T1 T2 # 5/12/2012 5/17/2012 TMC2012 R2 The Elite Team vs Croatian Chess Temple 5/12/2012 5/17/2012 TMC2012 R2 Chess Lounge vs The Emperors of Chess 5/17/2012 5/22/2012 TMC2012 R2 The Emperors of Chess vs The Elite Team 5/17/2012 5/22/2012 TMC2012 R2 Croatian Chess Temple vs Chess Lounge 5/22/2012 5/27/2012 TMC2012 R2 Chess Lounge vs The Elite Team 5/22/2012 5/27/2012 TMC2012 R2 The Emperors of Chess vs Croatian Chess Temple

There has been some discussions in the group notes on how we can keep this tourney for small teams (under 250 members) because of some teams massively exceeding the ideal limit. Lets discuss this in more detail please. One suggestion was to maybe put an "age" restriction on teams having say been created for at least 6 months ...

In order to get an accurate registration for the 2010 season, all teams wanting to enter must register in this forum. Guidelines: Teams should have no more than 250 members. There is room for at least 32 teams in the current format, and larger numbers can be accomodated by making larger 1st/2nd round pairing groups. Teams competing in the World League or TM League are not eligible for TM Championship. Please post the following information. Group Name Primary & Alternate admin contacts Number of members, top 3 members' ratings, & average rating for the whole group Link to the team's match page (click team matches then paste the address of that page) Did this group play in the 2009 TM championship or TM league? Current List TMC 2010 Team List Group #members avg rating Admin 1 Admin 2 Adults Only Group 127 1747 blackfirestorm666 Chess Mistresses 132 1560 Kerrianne Diana L, Krazycat Chess Destination 215 1476 BlackKnight_13 The Hindu 227 1475 abhiraj42 šahovski klub ajdovščina 103 1976 dean_slo mikison20, ferk 7 Seven 7 1841 Ko7 Dr Pepper United 121 1628 doctorpepper The Checkmate Club 147 1804 Maurissus bigfish Wolf Pack 171 1448 Wolfleader Wolf_master, james_bond England 178 1620 blackfirestorm666 Elroch The Thunder Knights 198 1532 proKnight98 blackfirestorm666 Corrupt-a-wish group 185 1449 Falling-upwards sjpdna Online Chess Masters 22 ? kokino Vasyl Puzanov Learning with Fun 173 1539 mauerblume jrs49, tushu Artistas de Portugal 80 1637 Lopes Arco-Iris The Ancient of Days 44 1520 vijaykulkarni Team Maharashtra 54 1424 vijaykulkarni FC Bunyodkor 77 1689 Ko7 mkaalam

Here are the pairings for Group F. Under match name you will find the requested match name to use for this tournament. The 1st team listed issues the challenge to the 2nd team listed. The challenge date and lock date columns are the dates the challenge should be issued and match locked so that the tournament can be finished on time. Teams are expected to give a little leeway on these dates if requested by the other team. Teams which fail to issue the challenge and/or lock the match after being contacted by their opponent or the TD may be forfeited at the TD's discretion. If the teams are not able to agree on a lock date/time, the TD will set a specific deadline on request. Matches should be set for 5+ players, open ratings, 2 simultaneous games. If a team cannot reach 5 members (we hope this does not happen) then the other team has the option to lock the match with fewer players, or claim a forfeit. Good chess to all! Group F Team Name W L T Pts GW GL TB Chess Lounge chess 101 SFRJ (Once Brothers) Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name T1 T2 # 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 TMC2012 R1 Chess Lounge vs SFRJ (Once Brothers) 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 TMC2012 R1 SFRJ (Once Brothers) vs chess 101 1/23/2012 1/28/2012 TMC2012 R1 chess 101 vs Chess Lounge 1/23/2012 1/28/2012

Here are the pairings for Group H. Under match name you will find the requested match name to use for this tournament. The 1st team listed issues the challenge to the 2nd team listed. The challenge date and lock date columns are the dates the challenge should be issued and match locked so that the tournament can be finished on time. Teams are expected to give a little leeway on these dates if requested by the other team. Teams which fail to issue the challenge and/or lock the match after being contacted by their opponent or the TD may be forfeited at the TD's discretion. If the teams are not able to agree on a lock date/time, the TD will set a specific deadline on request. Matches should be set for 5+ players, open ratings, 2 simultaneous games. If a team cannot reach 5 members (we hope this does not happen) then the other team has the option to lock the match with fewer players, or claim a forfeit. Good chess to all! Group H Team Name W L T Pts GW GL TB C.c's Europe group kingdomoflegends Indian Emperors Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name T1 T2 # 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 TMC2012 R1 C.c's Europe group vs Indian Emperors 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 TMC2012 R1 Indian Emperors vs kingdomoflegends 1/23/2012 1/28/2012 TMC2012 R1 kingdomoflegends vs C.c's Europe group 1/23/2012 1/28/2012

Here are the pairings for Group B. Under match name you will find the requested match name to use for this tournament. The 1st team listed issues the challenge to the 2nd team listed. The challenge date and lock date columns are the dates the challenge should be issued and match locked so that the tournament can be finished on time. Teams are expected to give a little leeway on these dates if requested by the other team. Teams which fail to issue the challenge and/or lock the match after being contacted by their opponent or the TD may be forfeited at the TD's discretion. If the teams are not able to agree on a lock date/time, the TD will set a specific deadline on request. Matches should be set for 5+ players, open ratings, 2 simultaneous games. If a team cannot reach 5 members (we hope this does not happen) then the other team has the option to lock the match with fewer players, or claim a forfeit. Good chess to all! Group B Team Name W L T Pts GW GL TB nicu57 & his best friends Quick Moves Gambit Fans good ole canadian boys and world players Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name T1 T2 # 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 TMC2012 R1 nicu57 & his best friends vs Gambit Fans 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 TMC2012 R1 Quick Moves vs good ole canadian boys and world players 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 TMC2012 R1 good ole canadian boys and world players vs nicu57 & his best friends 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 TMC2012 R1 Gambit Fans vs Quick Moves 1/23/2012 1/28/2012 TMC2012 R1 Quick Moves vs nicu57 & his best friends 1/23/2012 1/28/2012 TMC2012 R1 good ole canadian boys and world players vs Gambit Fans

Here are the pairings for Group G. Under match name you will find the requested match name to use for this tournament. The 1st team listed issues the challenge to the 2nd team listed. The challenge date and lock date columns are the dates the challenge should be issued and match locked so that the tournament can be finished on time. Teams are expected to give a little leeway on these dates if requested by the other team. Teams which fail to issue the challenge and/or lock the match after being contacted by their opponent or the TD may be forfeited at the TD's discretion. If the teams are not able to agree on a lock date/time, the TD will set a specific deadline on request. Matches should be set for 5+ players, open ratings, 2 simultaneous games. If a team cannot reach 5 members (we hope this does not happen) then the other team has the option to lock the match with fewer players, or claim a forfeit. Good chess to all! Group G Team Name W L T Pts GW GL TB The Architects Croatian Chess Temple Team USA Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name T1 T2 # 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 TMC2012 R1 The Architects vs Team USA 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 TMC2012 R1 Team USA vs Croatian Chess Temple 1/23/2012 1/28/2012 TMC2012 R1 Croatian Chess Temple vs The Architects 1/23/2012 1/28/2012

Here are the pairings for Group E. Under match name you will find the requested match name to use for this tournament. The 1st team listed issues the challenge to the 2nd team listed. The challenge date and lock date columns are the dates the challenge should be issued and match locked so that the tournament can be finished on time. Teams are expected to give a little leeway on these dates if requested by the other team. Teams which fail to issue the challenge and/or lock the match after being contacted by their opponent or the TD may be forfeited at the TD's discretion. If the teams are not able to agree on a lock date/time, the TD will set a specific deadline on request. Matches should be set for 5+ players, open ratings, 2 simultaneous games. If a team cannot reach 5 members (we hope this does not happen) then the other team has the option to lock the match with fewer players, or claim a forfeit. Good chess to all! Group E Team Name W L T Pts GW GL TB Coat of Arms Shalom Israel Global Chess Union Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name T1 T2 # 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 TMC2012 R1 Coat of Arms vs Global Chess Union 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 TMC2012 R1 Global Chess Union vs Shalom Israel 1/23/2012 1/28/2012 TMC2012 R1 Shalom Israel vs Coat of Arms 1/23/2012 1/28/2012

Here are the pairings for Group D. Under match name you will find the requested match name to use for this tournament. The 1st team listed issues the challenge to the 2nd team listed. The challenge date and lock date columns are the dates the challenge should be issued and match locked so that the tournament can be finished on time. Teams are expected to give a little leeway on these dates if requested by the other team. Teams which fail to issue the challenge and/or lock the match after being contacted by their opponent or the TD may be forfeited at the TD's discretion. If the teams are not able to agree on a lock date/time, the TD will set a specific deadline on request. Matches should be set for 5+ players, open ratings, 2 simultaneous games. If a team cannot reach 5 members (we hope this does not happen) then the other team has the option to lock the match with fewer players, or claim a forfeit. Good chess to all! Group D Team Name W L T Pts GW GL TB The Elite Team Adults Only Group ALL UK Challenge Lock Date Date Match Name T1 T2 # 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 TMC2012 R1 The Elite Team vs ALL UK 1/13/2012 1/18/2012 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 1/18/2012 1/23/2012 TMC2012 R1 ALL UK vs Adults Only Group 1/23/2012 1/28/2012 TMC2012 R1 Adults Only Group vs The Elite Team 1/23/2012 1/28/2012