Team 45 45 League

Serious Chess and Team Spirit on the ICC

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

Comments? Send to webmaster@team4545league.org

T80 playoffs under way

T80 playoffs are underway. Follow the teams in the standings, and round 8 pairings.

T81 - Tournament parameters approved

The Steering Committee has approved the tournament paraments for T81:

T81: June 25 to September 10, 2019

Time Control: 45 45
Sections: 4 (U1300, U1500, U1700, U1900)
Rounds: 6 - (possibly 7) followed by Playoffs

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

Count of team RR reductions (if any) precedes board removal tiebreak.
Tiebreak board removal rules start with board 1 this tournament

Playoff rounds may be delayed, section by section, for late finishing games and outstanding appeals.

No Adjournment week during playoffs. Games must be scheduled to begin no later than 1700 of the following Tuesday. (This means that such a game can be completed beyond that deadline, but it must be scheduled to start by 1700.)

T80 - Games Of The Week

Megasus continues as our GOTW guru. R3 primerpaso v cadmiumorange,R4 VictorRed v room-matt, R5 kabindra v Portola, R6 KidRattler v WillC , P1, P2

A new feature - Coach-Bill, aka aww-rats, also analyzes league games on request and posts them on his website. Players must copy such games to their history so Coach-Bill can retrieve the games with timestamps. More news to follow.

What we are about

Sections for Teams 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 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.

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.