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Profiles open March 9th Just a few things to watch for? John (BrerRabbit) leads the U1300 team on Board One Joe (Redman1) leads the U1500 team on Board One fledermaus returns with two assignments? Brd 1 - U1700 and Brd 2 - U1900 Super performer Lawkeito on both U1700 and U1900 Will (Mathbandit) advances to the U1900 team? Teams are already under construction. I have updated ratings from the League's ratings' list.

***** Under Constuction ****** According to the constitution of the Team 45 45 League: Team internal structure is beyond the scope of League Management, and teams are free to establish any sort of structure that complies with the Statutes and By-Laws, including the designations of Assistant Team Captain, Archivist, or any other position they wish to establish. Regardless of any internal team positions, only the officially designated Team Captain can speak for the team when communicating with other teams or League Managers. Therefore…let it be known… DHLC-CC&T for Team 45 45 League Vision, Organization, Structure and Objectives. Vision - Coming soon DHLC DHLC is an acronym for the Dan Heisman Learning Center (currently residing with over 15,000 members on Chess.com. CC&T refers to a learned catch phrase for Dan Heisman students asking players to always watch for Checks, Captures and Threats. ICC ICC is the Internet Chess Club hosting team play in a group titled “Team 45 45 League. The ICC site requires premium membership in order to participate. DHLC Checks Captures and Threats DHLC – CC&T members have a free “homepage” (or group page) on Chess.com. Some players elect to have a premium membership to enjoy the many additional benefits but a free membership has access to the homepage). The group’s title is DHLC Checks Captures and Threats. The homepage will have team updates, chat, reminder notes page, forums with schedules, games, opening preparations among other team chess related material. Anyone can post a message there at any time and replies are very timely. The homepage include all previous, current and future members of DHLC – CC&T teams so when each tournament begins open enrollment we have one place to go to find who is willing and wanting to play. ICC Team 45 45 League This is the location of the League. As the name suggest, all games have a time control of G/45 +45. Four to six players band together as a team, and compete in divisions of 4 – 7 teams in one of five ratings sections. One round is played per week, for six weeks, from Tuesday to the following Tuesday. Before each round, each captain decides which four players will play that week against players from the opposing team. The teams are organized by rating averages and include U1200, U1400, U1600, U1800 and U2000 divisions. The League homepage has everything you need to get started including captain, player and TD handbooks, Quick Guides, Bylaws, schedules and historical records. DHLC – CC&T Teams (Divisions include U1200, U1400, U1600 and U1800) DHLC players must be familiar with the player’s handbook to avoid any misunderstandings especially during negotiations where most of the challenges lie. Each season, we will field players for each division using the above combined team names. Each team will consist of a captain and co-captain who are in that particular team’s rotation. The captain and co-captain fulfill the rotations each week, participate as needed in game forums and serve as archivist for our DHLC homepage for their respective teams. The captain and co-captain for each team may divide the duties as they see fit for each tournament. Captains and co-captains must be familiar with the Captain’s handbooks. All players play! Especially in a 4 person team, but In a 5 or 6 person team, every team member gets rotated “out” for one week starting with Board One beginning with round two. Those who request a “bye” one week are still in the rotations. A 4-person team must plan to play every week, hence a “no-vacation” tourney. All should know the upcoming schedule and help captains be aware of any needed changes to the roster prior to the captains’ roster confirmations. It might help to set a deadline for Sunday for requests of absence. Captains may need a day to identify roster changes since updated board assignments must be turned in by 1600 Tuesdays. Forfeits can happen. The league has an aggressive but tolerant forfeit policy. Players who earn a “zero” reliability rating are removed from the teams until their rating returns to +1 or better.

Welcome to DHLC CC&T, Our purpose is to play on a slow chess team. Those joining and wanting to participate must enjoy a joint membership at ICC and join the T45/45 League. Once at the quick start page, scrolling to find the "Joining" box will help you navigate through the process. Tournaments are schedule several times throughout the year. Each season, we all update our "profile" to confirm our ability to play in the upcoming tourney. Our team will host 4-5 boards and enough players to participate every week. There are lots of instructions and a "player's handbook" to help with all the details. Above all else, we play for fun and competition. Your opponent each week has a database of their league games that we may "prepare" for an upcoming match. Division winners are awarded extended memberships. For details, please see the forum DHLC Vision and Objectives Hope this helps and welcome!

Already working on an U1300 and U1700. Left messages for two 1800+ players (First come, first serve) for board one U1700 with Jeff, Redman, Will and GoIrish. Okay? Could average 1699! Now, for an U1500.... Jeff, Will, John, Jason, Redman, GoIrish, Dave,...anyone up for two games each week? BTW, Jeff shot up to 1720! Wow!

Round 1 match schedule Remember to add your teammates to your "Friends" list that you may find their games with ease using the "Follow games of this user" link.

T85 Jun 30 - Sep 15, 2020 Profiles Open: June 02 Teamentries open: June 09 Teamentries close: June 23 With our newest member, we have at least one tentative team for T85 As you can see we can have an additional player, but more importantly, it allows room for your ratings to increase after T84 without causing our our average to exceed 1700. Nice. We can wait til you update your profiles for T85 to see what rating we can can have for an alternate. You may want to play more games each week, so this is just one option of a team so far.

Mar 31 - Jun 16, 2020 Profiles Open: March 03 Team entries open: March 10 Team entries close: March 24 Dates Adjourment Round 1 Mar 31 - Apr 07 Apr 07 - Apr 14 Round 2 Apr 07 - Apr 14 Apr 14 - Apr 21 Round 3 Apr 14 - Apr 21 Apr 21 - Apr 28 Round 4 Apr 21 - Apr 28 Apr 28 - May 05 Round 5 Apr 28 - May 05 May 05 - May 12 Round 6 May 05 - May 12 May 12 - May 17 Round 7 May 12 - May 19 May 19 - May 24 Playoff 1 May 19 - May 26 No Adjourn Playoff 2 May 26 - Jun 02 No Adjourn Playoff 3 Jun 02 - Jun 09 No Adjourn Playoff 4 Jun 09 - Jun 16 No Adjourn Board removal starts with board 4

T82 Sep 24 - Dec 10, 2019 Profiles Open: August 27 Teamentries open: September 03 Teamentries close: September 17 Dates Adjourment Round 1 Sep 24 - Oct 01 Oct 01 - Oct 08 Round 2 Oct 01 - Oct 08 Oct 08 - Oct 15 Round 3 Oct 08 - Oct 15 Oct 15 - Oct 22 Round 4 Oct 15 - Oct 22 Oct 22 - Oct 29 Round 5 Oct 22 - Oct 29 Oct 29 - Nov 05 Round 6 Oct 29 - Nov 05 Nov 05 - Nov 10 Round 7 Nov 05 - Nov 12 Nov 12 - Nov 17 Playoff 1 Nov 12 - Nov 19 No Adjourn Playoff 2 Nov 19 - Nov 26 No Adjourn Playoff 3 Nov 26 - Dec 03 No Adjourn Playoff 4 Dec 03 - Dec 10 No Adjourn Board removal starts with board 4

Let the games begin! This thread should hold any info pertinent to the teams and season play. At this point three days before we can post any teams, we have a few preliminary players. We are waiting for a couple players to update profiles, but have agreements from everyone. There are always issues that crop up, so any posting is technically preliminary but I have verbal agreements from these players. First, the DHLC CC&T U1700 is pretty much confirmed. We have two returning new players with Will and President still involved. The team average is at the bottom of the calculation - a very respectable 1699.5! The alternates are Insan996 and Constrictor. President plays every week, as does boards 1,2 & 3. Both room-matt and cool64chess have verbally confirmed but waiting for profile updates. Second, the DHLC CC&T U1500 team is finalized but the team entries are not allowed until June 4th. this team is finalized and all players confirmed verbally yet waiting to hear if John can handle two games every week (U1300 and U1500). The "calculator" is the only thing available to the captains. The "ok" shows all players have profiles updated and are eligible to play. I have not found an alternate at this point (up to 1293) but I know Dave will "fill the bill" if needed. Have not heard back from John as to whether he can play regularly on two teams. Finally, the DHLC CC&T U1300 is pretty much confirmed. Again, I am hoping John can handle two teams, but everyone else has verbally confirmed. I am also looking for one more an alternate (up to 1229) but it that may be difficult in this division. Usually everyone is hungry for a lot of games. By the way, congratulations to @pagliaci for his restored reliability rating to +2! Nice Work! Let's help @jeffk achieve the same success. He is currently at zero and we have agreed to support him on his climb back up! Both those players need to update their profile, but please do not check "Need help finding a team" for the U1300 division. Looks like the only handicap we have here is our Board One! Season schedule: May 28, 2019, Ratings “fixed” and Profiles Open June 4, Team entries open June 18, Team entries close June 25, Round 1 starts September 10, End of Playoff 4, prizes awarded Feel free to add a comment below, especially to confirm you are ready and able!

Hi Everyone, I thought I'd start trying to get more involved by annotating my game for the group. I'd love to see more of you do something similar with any of your T4545 games. I think I only saw two or three on the DHLC. Maybe this is a decent way to build team spirit :)

First game of the season! President is a second board member of the DHLC CC&T U1500 team. This game is posted from Black's perspective, but you ought to flip the game and see how the White pieces felt a sense of "winning" with a space advantage. A lesson in playing the best move with patience.

DHLC CC&T Teams this season - U1300 U1500 U1700

This forum should have pertinent data for all teams this season. However, each team can or should start a forum for their particular team to include games, opening prep and team comments/concerns. We should post all scheduled game forums here for all teams. lol, best to have a "one-stop-shop" as they say. This season's schedule: (note a two week round one for holiday) T 79 Schedule Dec 18, 2018 - Mar 2, 2019 Profiles Open: November 20 Teamentries open: November 27 Teamentries close: December 11 Dates Adjourment Round 1 Dec 18 - Jan 01 Jan 01 - Jan 08 Round 2 Jan 01 - Jan 08 Jan 08 - Jan 15 Round 3 Jan 08 - Jan 15 Jan 15 - Jan 22 Round 4 Jan 15 - Jan 22 Jan 22 - Jan 29 Round 5 Jan 22 - Jan 29 Jan 29 - Feb 05 Round 6 Jan 29 - Feb 05 Feb 05 - Feb 10 Round 7 Feb 05 - Feb 12 Feb 12 - Feb 17 Playoff 1 Feb 12 - Feb 19 No Adjourn Playoff 2 Feb 19 - Feb 26 No Adjourn Playoff 3 Feb 26 - Mar 05 No Adjourn Playoff 4 Mar 05 - Mar 12 No Adjourn Board removal starts with board 1 Tournament status: Team Entries are open I sent the following note to last season's players preparing a transition to T79 but may have missed some players here at CC&T who were involved in last season's tourney or new players just joining. ******************************************************************************************************** Congratulations again for a successful T78. Making it to the playoffs is a win for everyone. The U1600 team were division Champs! I got my note of appreciation, did you get yours? Many of you have already updated your profiles for T79 and we are putting together the boards. Some ratings have changed and a couple players have not updated their profiles nor have they contacted me to let me know of their intentions. Therefore, I have reached out to some new players who have shown interest to play. While I await confirming eligible players over the next two days, I hope those who have not updated a profile let me know of their intentions. So far, all those who have updated their profiles are included in the T79 rosters. We will have both our teams returning and may even have an U1200 as well. However, we will still have some players playing both teams (two games weekly). If you need to play one team only or want to play on two teams, please let me know your preference. And...If you have an interest in a captaincy role, please let me know! Team entries close on Tuesday, December 11th. Hence, you will find a final DHLC CC&T board assignment posted by Monday, December 10th. You may see some assignments before then as we try to hone our team rosters. Thank you for a successful T78 season. Of course, the real reward is an opportunity to regularly play "slow chess" in a competitive team OTB-like experience. I sure hope you agree. In fact, I set up a board for each game and write down the moves just as I would in an OTB tourney. Furthermore, I really enjoy watching our team mates play their games in real time as some of you do, too. I often feel the tension, or excitement and find myself trying also find the best moves! Again, let me remind you of our homepage @ chess.com. We can communicate in real time, see schedules in a forum, discuss opening prep, document any contact or requests so not overlooked, determine board interests and importantly, where we outline our mission and objectives. For example, we will be rotating boards this season so all players play and the "matrix" of board assignments are posted. There is no cost to join or participate. https://www.chess.com/club/dhlc-checks-captures-and-threats Much Regard, Joe

Sample Board Rotation Matrix with a full 6-person squad. Board Rotation Matrix Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 P1 P2 P3 B1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 B2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 B3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 B4 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 5 6 Bye 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 2 3 Bye 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 4

Schedule T78 Sep 18 - Dec 4, 2018 Profiles Open: August 21 Team entries open: August 28 Team entries close: September 11 Dates Adjourment Round 1 Sep 18 - Sep 25 Sep 25 - Oct 02 Round 2 Sep 25 - Oct 02 Oct 02 - Oct 09 Round 3 Oct 02 - Oct 09 Oct 09 - Oct 16 Round 4 Oct 09 - Oct 16 Oct 16 - Oct 23 Round 5 Oct 16 - Oct 23 Oct 23 - Oct 30 Round 6 Oct 23 - Oct 30 Oct 30 - Nov 04 Round 7 Oct 30 - Nov 06 Nov 06 - Nov 11 Playoff 1 Nov 06 - Nov 13 No Adjourn Playoff 2 Nov 13 - Nov 20 No Adjourn Playoff 3 Nov 20 - Nov 27 No Adjourn Playoff 4 Nov 27 - Dec 04 No Adjourn Board removal starts with board 4

As with last season, I will try and do some light opening research on our opponents every week. What I find is just based on their league games from T75-T78 so feel free to do deeper research if it suits you. Here is what I have for Round One. CALSAL v PackerfanPackerfan plays: * Against 1.e4, 1...e5. Schliemann Defense vs the Ruy, Two Knights vs Bishop Opening, Giuoco Piano vs Italian. * Against 1.d4, the Budapest * Against 1.c4, 2...Nf6 3...e5.Of note is the match calsal v Packerfan (1-0) in T76: http://team4545league.org/pgnplayer/pgnplayer.php?ID=91733 gojira v JULESRAIDERgojira plays 1.d4 2.Bf4 against everything, into either a London system or Mason variation ANISHIO v Bizzy-KettyBizzy-Ketty plays: * Against 1.e4, the Classical Sicilian * Against 1.d4, the Nimzo * Against 1.Nf3, 1...Nf6 tryanything v MATHBANDITtryanything plays 1.e4 mostly * Against the French, Advancedtryanything also occasionally plays the London with 1.d4.

As with last season, I will try and do some light opening research on our opponents every week. What I find is just based on their league games from T75-T78 so feel free to do deeper research if it suits you. Here is what I have for Round One. noblitz-oblige v MATHBANDITnoblitz plays 1.e4 * Against the French, the Exchange CHESS4HIM v chesskixchesskix plays: * Against 1.e4, the Sicilian (didn't see an Open Sicilian so not sure which one), and once 1...g6 * Against 1.Nf3, 1...c5No games played against 1.d4 unfortunately ogo v CHUCKH2ogo plays both d4 and e4: * 1.d4, then always 2.c4 * 1.e4, Two Knights vs the French, and Steinitz variation vs the Caro. BRERRABBIT v kingsrookkingsrook plays: * Against 1.e4, the Sicilian Taimanov * Against 1.d4, 1...d5 (White played 2.Nf3 and Black responded 2...e6) * Against 1.c4, Reversed Sicilian

We are set to play. Here is the division: Please welcome PsyMar to the roster! This season's schedule is important to note. We do not have any sub's at this point so all team members will be active. Any team member comments, suggestions, concerns, etc. should be in this post unless you need to talk with me privately. Let's rock the boat!

A good forum preparing for T78, I hope you will place your post here that you may be included! Looking for five or six players. There is a rating cap and a rating minimum. Otherwise, we will try to maintain a competitive average rating between 1150 and 1199 for the final team selected. I am allowed to Captain the team even though I may be in another division and can do it if necessary, but would prefer to have one of the team members participate in the captaincy, especially as co-captain. Please post your interest and availability. Include your ICC screenname. Just to give you an idea, Captains can "play" with the roster by adding players to find a competitive team. This "calculator" is a great tool and an example is posted below.

Calsal, What am I missing? Help me see what you see! The Standings: http://team4545league.org/tournament/t76/t76standing.html We are listed as 2nd and if anything, this listing is completely backwards based on the criteria. Next, the pairings http://team4545league.org/tournament/t76/t76round8.html So, here #2 plays #4? How do you see it differently?