Was there a "stop number three"?

Thanks macnosh. I am now quietly confident of 3rd place.

That's how many moves it takes to arrive at the Scotch position.

 why the game start with move 4th or 5th

it is games with challenges!, unfortunately,1617(ebeista) in my group had taken a long leave, time being left with 4 player in my group playing (group of 5),

thanks.

WOW - Billium nice find, though, I think we're gonna concentrate on the original 20 you found, then see where this goes from there ;-)

It looks like my list of 20 was not nearly complete.  I just found this list of 158:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_openings_named_after_places

(and it suggests that there are more - I think you'd need a Master's Degree in Geography to know them all)

great tournament, so far

I'm glad I'm not the only one being beaten to a pulp in this tournament! I'm steering well clear of this opening in future. 

Iam way over my head how do I resign

So what kind of Scots phrases, greetings, and colloquialisms are there in use today?  All that's going thru my head at this moment is Mike Myers' voice, "A piper is down!  A piper is down!"    (from the movie So I Married an Axe Murderer)

Hello all together!

I now have dicovered for me 1. e4 e5!- And this tournament comes up for me in the right moment

If someone has a question because od my rating fall from 2112 to 1200, I will answer him personally!

Best wishes

I've not played a tournament before and I've only played people I know so far. I'm also worried about my winning streak (not lost a game yet) coming to an end but I figured, hey, what the hell. 

Teckey... Monado is right, these games will not start at the typical chess starting position, they will start at the daigram above. They will start as if you came into the game a few moves late. No one has to worry about being told to make specific moves, once the game starts, you can make any move you see fit.

sorry i am new to tournaments, if i play as white do i have to play the scotch? and if i play black will my opponent always play the scotch?

OK, I added just a couple more days. This will be the last addition. ;-)

People are still joining, and we're only about half full.  I wouldn't mind waiting a few more days to begin.  Give a few more people a chance to sign up (give me a chance to finish some of my games in progress ;) ) before we head to the highlands.

I can hardly wait until there is a Bulgaria gambit tournament! Ho-ho-ho....

My brother always kicks my butt with this opening .  The practice might help...  or not.

I don't know much about a scotch openning but I do love scotch...on the rocks!!!