The ICF Chess League

[Nova]

No blitz games of 5 mins....i say make it 10 with 15sec increments....and yes 4 grps of 4 each and then round robin.

Agree. EMC, I feel 5 minutes is too short. Not fair to folks who don't have much experience. 10-15 minutes sounds reasonable with 15 sec increments. I am a slow player :D

[Desi Cartman]

Next we can play poker :woot:

:dito: Ping me when we can play poker :nice:

[gaurav92]

When will it be played ?I mean the date ?

[Jadoo]

Can we have a poker or pool comp as well as mentioned earlier, I'm shyte at Chess I get pwned by every1 at it:((:((

[Lord]

Can we have a poker or pool comp as well as mentioned earlier' date=' I'm shyte at Chess I get pwned by every1 at it:((:(([/quote'] ME TOO:(( but i 've still joined:dance:

[yoda]

Mr Wicket, would it possible to setup the league/pool/whatever with the actual rules of the tournament, so that noobs and others can find each other to play some warmups whenever we can find time?

[h4te]

moar trolling :wall:

[Mr. Wicket]

Mr Wicket' date=' would it possible to setup the league/pool/whatever with the actual rules of the tournament, so that noobs and others can find each other to play some warmups whenever we can find time?[/quote'] I will post a full set of rules shortly. As far as warmups, there are no rules. A few of us (sree, graphic, myself, tdigi) have played 'warmups' already in yahoo chess just for the hell of it - which is how the idea came about. For casual, non-tourney games - nothing's stopping anyone here from throwing out a casual open challenge or a PM if they want a game. poker fans, take it elsewhere, the owl's already getting angry. EMC doesn't want that.

[Roshanrocks]

I will post a full set of rules shortly. As far as warmups, there are no rules. A few of us (sree, graphic, myself, tdigi) have played 'warmups' already in yahoo chess just for the hell of it - which is how the idea came about. For casual, non-tourney games - nothing's stopping anyone here from throwing out a casual open challenge or a PM if they want a game. poker fans, take it elsewhere, the owl's already getting angry. EMC doesn't want that.

so we are playing in yahoo chess?? :nervous:

[Guest Evil Mod Consortium]

Yes. Everything will be in Yahoo chess. Those without Yahoo accounts will need to get them.

[punjabi_khota]

cerebral "sport" :woot: :amitdance:

[Guest Evil Mod Consortium]

You vaant to play too, peekay?

[Guest Shivani]

In :fishing:

[maverick.rules]

I am in - If you wouldn't mind a bangladesh :(( kinda opponent

[EnterTheVoid]

The reasons we play blitz chess (5 minute timed games with 10 / 15 second increments), to the best of my understanding are: 1. To avoid Cheating; For instance, you can run a chess program like "Chess Grandmaster" say, put the difficulty on high, feed in the opponents moves into the program and than feed the program's moves back into your opponents game. 2. The other reason is time zones. When we get time, we would like to play un-timed games but because of short timed games, we can play 2 - 3 games a day

[Mr. Wicket]

Given that we're also talking about having a small ton of games (each person playing a min of 8 or 9), it also keeps things a lot quicker. Though I hear EMC may relax the constraints a bit.

[h4te]

2 questions: 1. Can we bet on the matches? :hmmm: 2. How favorably is match-fixing view upon? :hmmm:

[Guest Evil Mod Consortium]

You may wager money. If need be, I am sure the nice moderators in the Betting phorum will also put up bets for certain matches. Just be warned, IACU may have to keep an eye on things.

[cндябеяs]

I'm in :itsme:

The reasons we play blitz chess (5 minute timed games with 10 / 15 second increments), to the best of my understanding are: 1. To avoid Cheating; For instance, you can run a chess program like "Chess Grandmaster" say, put the difficulty on high, feed in the opponents moves into the program and than feed the program's moves back into your opponents game.

thanks for the tip:dance:

[EnterTheVoid]

Can't corrupt chess with betting :winky: