"Opening Of The Month" Schedule and Activities 2014
January (Light) - Queen's Indian Defense [1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6]
February (Neutral) - Indian Game [1.d4 Nf6]*
March (Dark) - Gruenfeld Defense [1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5]
April (Light) - Nimzo-Indian Defense [1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4]
May (Neutral) - Indian Game [1.d4 Nf6]*
June (Dark) - Benoni Defense [1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5]
July (Light) - Bogo-Indian Defense [1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+]
August (Neutral) - Indian Game [1.d4 Nf6]*
September (Dark) - Benko Gambit [1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5]
October (Light) - Budapest Gambit [1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5]
November (Neutral) - Indian Game [1.d4 Nf6]*
December (Dark) - King's Indian Defense [1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3]
*The default starting postion for "Neutral" months will be [1.d4 Nf6], the Indian Game. However, in the "News" item where the "Opening Of The Month" is announced (the month before), members can discuss and vote for a different preset starting position. Currently, 3 candidate openings left over from the member survey are the Dzindi-Indian Defense, Old Indian Defense, and the Mexican Defense (Black Knight's Tango). Majority will decide.
Each "Opening Of The Month" will feature these activities in the same Indian Defense:
- Vote Chess
- Team Matches
- Tournaments
- Forums
1) There will be 2 Vote Chess games per month. We will play 1 game as White and 1 as Black. Vote Chess games will start at the beginning of the month as soon as the opposing group accepts the challenge.
2) There will be 4 Team Matches in 4 rating groups: u1400, 1400-1600, 1600-1800, and 1800+. Team Match rosters will remain open for the ENTIRE month in question. Rosters will be locked at the end of the month.
3) Depending on the number of entries, Tournaments will be held in groups of 2 (pair) to 4 (Quads). These Tournaments will be in-house, unrated, and by invitation only. Interested members can post in the "News" item where the "Opening of the Month" is announced. Simply stating something like "I'm in" will suffice to receive an invitation. The Tournament invitations will be sent at end of the "Opening Of The Month".
4) Forums will be created to analzye the opening, post instructive material, give comments on things learned in the game, discuss future varatiatons to be played, how great it is to be a part of our group, etc. 
An Indian participating in all the activities for the month would play a total of 10 games ( 2 V/C + 2 TM + 6 Quad = 10 games).
In the 1920's, 1.d4 Nf6 was considered an irregular opening. Then Tartakower read an old German journal in which there was a game played in 1875 by two Brahmans which began 1.d4 Nf6. Thereafter he jokingly referred to this as the Indian Defense. This is a group for players who are interested in exploring the White and Black sides of the hypermodern "Indian" defenses to 1.d4. Collectively, our group repetoire includes 9 distinct openings: Benko Gambit, Benoni Defense, Bogo-Indian Defense, Budapest Gambit, Grünfeld Defense, Indian Game, King's Indian Defense, Nimzo-Indian Defense, and Queen's Indian Defense. All our Team Matches, in-house Tournaments, and Vote Chess games are based around these openings. We currently have a 300 membership maximum. Please apply if you:
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