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Team: Knights of the Sceptered Isle Posted by: gdhamil on 28-Feb-26, 17:19 Looking for: Players who want to improve their chess game, play vs evenly rated players & enjoy team battles. A frequent Top 10 team! Time out rate must be < 5%. Players from all countries welcome. Premium members preferred. Apply on our website
Team: ~QuantumChoir~ Posted by: pmcmurphy on 28-Feb-26, 17:09 Looking for: Is it March already? It is time for us to add a player to the team. That player could be you!
Team: Supertramp Posted by: gemfire on 27-Feb-26, 08:30 Looking for: …..more tramps.
Team: Seattle Neptune Posted by: jz_1244 on 25-Feb-26, 19:54 Looking for: Hi and welcome to Seattle Neptune! Join a team that welcomes all regardless of rating and skills! I do pay attention to timeouts when you’re applying but I’m willing to give players a chance once they promise not to timeout! Welcome!
Team: Balance Posted by: baddeeds on 23-Feb-26, 15:40 Looking for: Premium Subscribers that have tried their best to keep their timeouts to a minimum.
Team: The Sneaky Knight Connection Posted by: amacivn on 22-Feb-26, 15:44 Looking for: ... members or non members ... no rules no restrictions....life goes on
Team: Masters of the game Posted by: denver49er1 on 22-Feb-26, 04:46 Looking for: Come join the most dominant team on Gamenot the past 9 years. We love the #1 spot. Apply to captain Bob
Team: ~The Brights Chess Team~ Posted by: saguaro on 11-Feb-26, 14:32 Looking for: teammates for The Brights Chess Team with few or no timeouts. We are small but ambitious, so we fill match opportunities very quickly and members are normally playing as many games as they want.
Team: RACERS Posted by: perfect_spy on 06-Feb-26, 15:00 Looking for: Whether you like two wheels or four wheels or just plain old chess, then join RACERS on the grid.
Team: The closers Posted by: jpdix on 31-Jan-26, 03:17 Looking for: Hello, Looking for players of all rankings, ready to play regular games. The team is active since 2007.

CHESS TEAMS RULES

Rules for Chess Teams:

Players can be a member of only one team at a time.
At least 10 wins in any regular rated chess games are required for player to be able to join a team.
Combined team score is calculated for each team member as following: +1 for each win, 0 for draws, -1 for each lost team game.
Team captains and co-captains can challenge other teams to a team match, or accept/decline other teams' challenges.
To challenge another team, a number of players (at least 2) is selected by the team captain/co-captain. The other team responds with their selection of players (equal number). The first team's captain/co-captain then approves the selection, and the match is started.
Each team match consists of a number of games with the time control set to either 3, 5 or 7 days per move, 2 games per each player (one as white and one as black). E.g. a 3-player team match will have 3 players from each team and 6 games will be played total (2 per player).
The result of each team match is determined by the combined score of all games in a match (1 for a win, 1/2 for a draw, 0 points for a lost game). After all games are finished in a match, the participating teams will be assigned a new rank on the Team Ladder.
Each team game also affects the team's rating, using the same Elo rating formula used for individual chess ratings, as if the whole team was a single player participating in each team game.
When a player quits a team or moves to another team, all games started while being in the old team will still be counted towards that team's rating.
Teams can have up to 30 free members and an unlimited number of premium subscribers.
Only premium subscribers with Platinum or Titanium memberships can start a new team or act as a team captain/co-captain.
A team can only have 1 captain and up to 3 co-captains. Team captains can promote regular team members to a co-captain status. Co-captains can challenge other teams to a team match, and accept or decline other team's challenges.