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Team 45 45 League
Team 45 45 League provides team competition to internet chess players who like slow time controls, on the premier place to play chess on the net, the Internet Chess Club. Join the friendly but serious competition and team spirit for players of all ratings!
Questions? Start by reading the Quick Guide, then learn more in the Player Handbook, and the FAQ
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T85 - Tournament playoffs begin.
All round 6 games have been completed. Playoff-bound teams have all been paired to play in round 8.which begins August 18. See Playoff 1 on the right to see the matchups. Congratulations to all the playoff teams.
T85 - Games Of The Week
Megasus continues as our GOTW guru. If only one or no nomination in a round, guru will also choose a game from all the games he looked at from all sections, titled Guru's Pick
R1 ghostfire v THE-WARRIOR Black's pawnchain on d and e plus Rs on open c and f columns help him control the middle. W defends well, but in the end would be hampered by doubled pawns on e. Except Black's decision to chase W's Qside pawns becomes a poison pill. W's Q making it to the still open f column while Black's Q is now out of position to defend seals Black's fate.
R2 kidcobra v janh A good example of creating a small opening in the opponent's defenses and then sacrificing all you have in pursuit of the attack. W shreds his own Kside defense to keep the pressure on Black's weak Kside. Two missteps by Black allowed W to mount middle pressure also, in the end leading to Black's K having nowhere to go.
R3 JPSVI v timothysmall56 White uses an opening few would know and secures a solid attacking chance on Kside, even with blowing up his own Kside pawn protection in the process. Black misses the intent of the passive p-e3 opening and over-commits to Qside pressure that is stalled by W's defense there.
R4n Nominee Pick Portola v KidRattler The players get into an evenly-traded game, where all 8 pawns for each are still on the board until move 64! Black stalls the Kside pressure W was trying to bring, and then gets his K all the way around to W's Qside, in order to gain the winning advantage
R4g.Guru PickVictorRed v Tjet Like the Nominee Pick, another one of the 11 games that lasted somewhere between 64 and 74 moves. Black also battled W evenly here, each stalling the middle and threatening/defending flank attacks. Until one Black misstep as they went into the move 40s , after close to 2 hours of thought, gives W too much momentum to overcome.
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What we are about
Sections for TeamR4s of Experts, Novices, and Between!
Four to six players band together as a team, and compete in divisions of 4 – 7 teams in one of four 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.
Paired players use a message board ("Game Forum") to discuss the day and time to play their game. The game is played with a time control of 45 minutes + 45 second increments, rated, with assigned colors. After the round, the team with the most wins (Game Points) wins the round, and earns a Match Point. After six rounds of regulation play, the team with the most Match Points in each Division advances to the playoffs (1-4 more rounds) to determine the Section champions. Division and Section champion teams each earn one-month account extensions donated by ICC. To join, follow the steps in: Quick Guide.
Play fair and Play nice!
To ensure a friendly and safe environment for members to enjoy our team competition, Team 45 45 League issues sanctions of varying severity for behavior that "disrupts the peaceful enjoyment of the league by its participants." All league games are reviewed for possible assistance. Anyone who receives a red card for suspected cheating is reported to speedtrap. League sanctions are summarized in The Docket.
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Older Games Of The Week! See these older samples of League action!
Past League Champions Who won previous events? Check out the Archives, and download PGN's of league games dating back many tourneys.
Most Games Who played the most games? Most tourneys?
Upcoming Tournaments: See Future Tourney Dates for expected dates.
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