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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
Comments? Send to webmaster@team4545league.org
T79 news.
League ratings have been updated to include all games played through round 3. They can be seen here. To see how your league rating will change against specific opponents, use the League Rating Calculator.
T79 - Games Of The Week
Megasus continues as our GOTW guru. Games that impressed you can be nominated at the Players' GOTW forum for each round. R1 disinformator v harlyman
R2 ivanson v nealbruce Following the opening of this Morphy Defense/Panov Attack for 20 moves makes this game worthy enough. It's also indicative of how one wrong decision can doom a player to being behind in tempo and position and unable to make it up. Moving too quickly and chasing a pawn, instead of solidifying defense against a potential sequence, ruins W's stellar opening performance.
R3, R4, R5, R6, P1, P2, P3
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.
Fun Stuff
Explore Here Often. Don't Miss Out!
Check out how your rating will change with the League Rating Calculator. Enjoy this feature.
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.
Team 45 45 League, a world wide fellowship of chess players!
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Tournament Statistics (current Tournament)
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Sponsors: Prizes donated by ICC
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