TEAM-GAMES

***** TEAM-GAMES *****  

A team game is a "discussion" or "consultation" game where a group of
players on a team can talk about and plan the moves together.  Two teams
discuss the moves among themselves, and then agree/vote on a move, and the
team-captain makes the move.  Members of opposing teams cannot hear the
discussion of the other team.  One of the teams can be a single strong
player or a computer.

Team games are a good way to learn chess from hearing stronger players
discuss the positions.  It's recommended to use at least a 30 second
increment in team games.

Channels make it convenient to play team games on ICC.

Here's how it works:  Team games are organized in channel 10.  A pair
of captains is chosen.  These are the two players who will do the "match"
command to start the game, and will make the moves their team decides
on.  All the players and the captain of one team go into channel 11
(using the command "+channel 11" or "tell 11 Hello") and the members
of the other team enter channel 12.

Obviously, you should only be in channel 11 or 12, but not both.  You
should only listen to the discussion of your own team.

There are vote-counting programs Team1 and Team2 which can be used
as automated team captains.

See also: inchannel, channels, tell