While you first teamers are playing The Russians, I've just set up a match for us reserves at under 1400 rating v AFC Bournemouth.
https://www.chess.com/club/matches/brighton-and-hove-albion-nsc/876334
The details are there on the 'daily matches' link. https://www.chess.com/club/matches/brighton-and-hove-albion-nsc/875230
5 of them have entered, but all of a high rating, so it'll be well tough.
I think it's starts early morning, ( my bad there because of time zones when I set it up ) but...
Move to East Worthing, you get washing machine parts and weed from the front garden, but if you go round the back garden, you get coke and flapjacks, no questions asked?
Join the chess club here matey https://www.chess.com/club/brighton-and-hove-albion-nsc
When you join, you'll have to wait for an acceptance, so stopping any trolls or palarse.
Please could you pm me on NSC with your name on chess.com so I know it's really you, you snake :laugh:
Done mate, please look here https://www.chess.com/news/view/albion-seagull-plate-tournament-3700 and at your invite :rock:
You know it will sort itself out. this site has a great ranking system and once the newcomers have played a dozen their rating will become clear, as mine will, although...
Click on the top left menu ( the three lines ) > tournaments > Daily > scroll down to find it, click on Albion NSC Open, then click on 'view all pairings.'
Any good?
I reckon we'll do this 2 - 1.
The crowd will be up for this and we'll push them to score early.
I'm putting a massive £5 on that score @ 9/1.
Easy money.......