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4th Chess.com Thematic Tournament - King's Indian (1601-1800) Official Chess.com Tournament Thematic Tournament

Winners:

#1 1st Place CAMLER (2291) Malta

#1 1st Place swertl (2239) Germany

#3 3rd Place bech1 (2081) United Kingdom

TD: Patzer24 Started on Aug 1, 2009 @ 6:19am

Players: 588   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 6   Rating Range: 1601-1800
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 525   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 588 Completed Games: 3526 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 486 (82% of field) Games in Round 1: 2,940
Eliminated Round 2: 83 (14% of field) Games in Round 2: 500
Eliminated Round 3: 14 (2% of field) Games in Round 3: 80
Eliminated Round 4: 3 (0% of field) Games in Round 4: 6
Players Withdrawn: 26 (4%) # Timeouts: 959 (27%)
Remaining Players: 4 (0%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 1638 Biggest Upset: 1555 defeats 1905

This is the 4th Official Chess.com Thematic Tournament. It will begin August 1st, so register now!

All games start with the King's Indian Opening,

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4

NOTE: If you register now and your rating changes before the start date, you will be AUTOMATICALLY moved to the correct group when the tournament starts. 

You will play up to 10 games at a time in this event.

Vacation time is allowed.  

New rounds will start when ALL games in the current round are complete.  

If you have other questions (group size, # of people advancing, etc) read the Tournament Description above. If you still have questions, try this help file

Good luck everyone!


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Comments:

by nick34-9 - 23 months ago
Baghdad Iraq
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 2161

I am surpprised to be qualified to round 2 coz i time out many games a long time ago i even forget about this tournament but it looks like that I am getting lucky

GOOD LUCK EVERY ONE

by Searching4Bobby - 2 years ago
Phoenix,Arizona United States
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 19

my group has got to be one of the tightest races ever.  After I finally win this last game there will be two with 4 points, two with 5 points and two with 6 points.  Coming down to the last game.  The tie break will switch and I come from behind to advance! Weeew... tough group.

by grey_pieces - 2 years ago
England Great Britain
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 841
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by chesscombat - 2 years ago
Cainta Philippines
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 1898

if 2 or 3 players has the same score points...the highest tie break player gets the first place

by rusty_gunay - 2 years ago
United Arab Emirates Philippines
Member Since: Jun 2009
Member Points: 15

not acomment, ijust want to know what is the meaning of tie break..

by reconabas - 2 years ago
tehran Iran
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 241

see you on the next round .good luck to all

by chesscombat - 2 years ago
Cainta Philippines
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 1898

happy chessing to all

by sipun2009 - 2 years ago
orissa, India
Member Since: Jul 2009
Member Points: 17

Best of luck to all participants.

by Ambach - 2 years ago
Grunn'. Netherlands
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 12257

Good luck and good tourney&matches everyone!

                         

by david47roudy - 2 years ago
(Legaspi City) Philippines
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 627

Its new for me,I'll do the best I can "Gud Lukcs to me",& u

by murugan936 - 2 years ago
vellore India
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 4

my rating was 1768 so i registered in 1601-1800_king's indian, but now i'm 1868 how should i proceed to play the tournament

by a_serag - 2 years ago
cairo Egypt
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 2

let the wars begin

by nexxuz_17 - 2 years ago
Buayan, General Santos City Philippines
Member Since: Jul 2009
Member Points: 9

Smile May the best man wins hehehehe...

Goodluck to each and everyone of us.

by grey_pieces - 2 years ago
England Great Britain
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 841

For those who are unsure about the opening, a thematic tournament is a great place to learn! It's not my strongest line, but I'd sure like to play it better. I've never had my points over 1600 before, so I'm sure I'm gonna get killed right back down, but not before I've learned a thing or two! ;)

For those who aren't aware, apart from maybe the Sicilian, it's probably the main opening that it's fan eagerly play as either colour, I see it as an awesome clash of the classical and the hypermodern.

"This to me is true chess. Somewhere between all-out war and a fairytale wonderland where strange sacrifices and tactical brilliances are possible."          (bonus points if anyone can tell me who said that, or at least something very like it.)

EDIT - And good luck to all, of course! =)

by medhavi - 2 years ago
Nashik India
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 6
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by ahmedoshijirin - 2 years ago
lagos Nigeria
Member Since: Jun 2009
Member Points: 10

good luck to those who register

by WYoung913 - 2 years ago
Wrangle England
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 82

this opening really is weighting the games towards those who are capable of playing totally different openings cos u have to do one on the flank and one through the centre im not sure i will manage

by billionofans31 - 2 years ago
water village .B.S.B Brunei
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 1170

ok!!!1 lets enjoy this games! all the best!!

by THEWHITEFOX - 2 years ago
I don't know Canada
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 842

Not sure I'm used to this opening

by Skipgugg - 2 years ago
Boston United States
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 347

there is no luck in chess

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