Questions tagged [team]
Questions about playing chess as a team.
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Is it possible to play all games with white pieces in a team tournament?
Let's say there's a team tournament like European Club Cup. We have one player who can win games with white pieces(called Player A). And another player who can hold for a draw with black pieces(called ...
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Why does India get three teams for Open and Women's sections in the 2022 Chess Olympiad?
The 2022 Chess Olympiad is hosted in Chennai, India. Why does India get to field three teams while most nations get the usual one team per Open and Women's sections?
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What do we know about the statistics of 1-vs-team chess games, like Kasparov vs The World?
Kasparov vs the World was a chess game where Gary Kasparov played against many people on the internet. Gary won. I am basically wondering if 1-vs-many chess games have been done systematically, and if ...
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Is acceptable to consult with your team during a match break?
The context
I am not into chess, but The Queen’s Gambit revealed its interesting world, and something got stuck into my mind.
As shown by this article the movie had to make compromises, especially ...
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Preparing for an OTB tournament: I must do well!
To give a picture of my level: I started playing chess fairly recently (8 months ago). I knew the rules before, but haven't played since childhood. I developed a huge passion for it and studied very, ...
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Ideas for giving chess lessons at school for differing levels of playing strength?
I have been running the chess club at the local high school, which I graduated from 40 years ago. As part of it, I have been giving free lessons.
I have had several problems, and I am looking for ...
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Punishing player for indicating moves to other team players
I am arbiter myself, but I don't know how to treat player in team matches who try to indicate other players of their team what move to play in position they are in. If they won their game I might ...
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What is the standard way to calculate scores in team tournaments?
I found this PDF document on FIDE rules for the Chess Olympiad, which is a team tournament, but the scoring rules were mentioning too briefly (an annex D was mentioned but I couldn't find that).
So ...
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Team League North America
In Europe, each country organizes a team league, which are known highly competitive like Bundesliga in Germany or Top 12 in France as an example.
Is there similar competition in North America (Canada,...
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Is a team of GMs stronger than a single super-GM?
For example Magnus Carlsen is currently the world number 1 and favourite to win a match against any other player in the world. (Similarly for Wesley So in chess960.) Is he also favoured to win a match ...
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Team championship pairings
Is there some fixed rule how teams for leagues are paired? Is it deterministic once team gets its starting number?
If for example two teams must play in early rounds (e.g. A, B from same club), is it ...
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Four player chess (team): is there some opening theory written somewhere?
I am an active player on four player team chess on chess.com (my Elo is currently 2095). I am planning to write something about theory of opening of this chess variant. Question is, do you know if ...
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Tiebreaks in the Baku Chess Olympiad
How are tiebreaks calculated in the Baku Chess Olympiad?
For example, the US team took gold over Ukraine having scored 413.5 on tiebreaks vs 404.5. My gut instinct was to guess the Sonneborn-Berger ...
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Board order in chess olympiads
What's stopping teams in chess olympiads from mixing up their board order to gain an advantage? All I could find was the rules (http://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/chess_olympiad_regulations.pdf) that ...
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Can a player play on more than one team in the USATE? [closed]
Can a Chess Player play on more than one team either as a regular player or as an "alternate" in the USATE 2016?
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What is the power of team captain in team tournaments?
To what extent is the power of team captain in team tournaments (like Olympiad)?
Can the team captain decide which board he wants to offer draw even though the position is winning without the consent ...
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What is the proper etiquette in Team Chess Championships?
In Team Chess Championships, what is the proper etiquette for being a player?
This question is mainly focused on:
Can I see my teammates’ games during the match? (I suspect I can.)
If I win quickly, ...
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What are the benefits of becoming a chess (player, team or tournament) sponsor?
It is probably well known that Magnus Carlsen is sponsored by Arctic Securities. An example of a tournament sponsorship is the Annual Rilton Cup sponsored by the Rilton Foundation. What are the ...
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Team Tournament Rating Strategy
In high school I played on a chess team, but that was fairly straightforward because there were no rating restrictions for teams. Every team just grabbed the 5 strongest players and then ordered them ...
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