Submitted by
jonnyjupiter on Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:05pm.
Congrats to all those who took part in our 'Sicilian Defence: Open Variations - rated' tournament. It was a good tourney and turned out some great games.
Special congrats to the boys occupying the podium places....
#1 MackGarner (2155)
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Submitted by
jonnyjupiter on Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:04am.
Hi all
You will by now have received your invites for the new unrated tournaments.
Lorem has taken on the responsibility of inviting people to the rated tournaments and is currently working his way through the important 1.d4 d5 openings. We will... Read more »
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Submitted by
jonnyjupiter on Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:48pm.
A big congratulations to all those who competed in our recently completed tournaments!
Sicilian Defence: Dragon Variation (open)
1st place - pckben
2nd place - Argentolama
3rd place - jaller435718
Sicilian Defence: Najdorf Variation (1000-160... Read more »
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Submitted by
jonnyjupiter on Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:33pm.
Hi all!
Sorry I've been away for so long - I've been very busy with work and chess has had to take a back seat for a couple of months.
To make up for it, we've launched 2 new tournaments:
1) The last in our exploration of the Sicilian Defence -... Read more »
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Submitted by
jonnyjupiter on Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:51pm.
A big well done to josephkain, hazenfelts and kidlid for jointly winning a very closely fought tournament. Thanks to all who took part - I hope you've learned a few things from yor games.
The cheater-catchers at chess.com did a great job identify... Read more »
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Submitted by
jonnyjupiter on Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:36am.
Hi all.
We'll be continuing our exploration of the main lines of the Sicilian Defence with a tournament featuring the exceedingly popular Najdorf variation (as used by Fischer et al).
I'm planning on creating 2 tournaments with 8 places in each ... Read more »
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Submitted by
jonnyjupiter on Sun Mar 8, 2009 3:57pm.
Hi all.
I'll be setting up a series of tournaments over the next few months going through some useful openings in a fairly logical fashion. I think it would be a good idea to explore different variations of the main openings in succession (for ex... Read more »
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Submitted by
trigs on Sun Mar 8, 2009 10:46am.
Hello All,
I'd like to apologize to the entire group for my slacking as super admin as of late. Due to some unforseen personal issues, I do not think that I can continue to run this group at the level you all deserve. Therefore, I am looking for ... Read more »
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Submitted by
trigs on Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:02pm.
still two more spots left in the Benko Gambit tournament! message me for an invite :)
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Submitted by
trigs on Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:21pm.
The seventh Opening Skills Theme Tournament has been created. It can be found here.
This tournament will feature the Benko Gambit. Invites will be sent out to all those whomessage me for a request. I will begin the tournament once it is full.
On... Read more »
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Submitted by
trigs on Wed Feb 4, 2009 10:32am.
There are still two spots left for the Scotch Game Theme Tournament (1. e4 e4 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4). Please send me a message if you are interested in joining.
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Submitted by
trigs on Sun Feb 1, 2009 10:24am.
The fifth Opening Skills Theme Tournament has been created. It can be found here.
This tournament will feature the Scotch Game (as seen below). Invites will be sent out to all those who message me for a request. I will begin the tournament once i... Read more »
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Submitted by
trigs on Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:47am.
Hello All!
There is still one more spot left in the Bird Opening Theme Tournament. Please message me if you are interested in joining.
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Submitted by
trigs on Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:19am.
Hello All!
The Bird Opening Theme Tournament is now open. It can be found here. Please message me if you are interested in joining.
Thanks,trigs :) Read more »
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Submitted by
trigs on Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:53pm.
Hello All!
The Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon Theme Tournament is now open. It can be found here. Please message me if you are interested in joining.
Thanks,trigs :) Read more »
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