Goring Gambit Open 
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Round Complete!
Posted by mcfrazier on Thursday, Jul 3 at 12:10pm
Congrats to the section winners of the previous round of the Goring Gambit Open! Good luck on the next round. To those of you (like myself!) that are not moving on to the next round: thank you for playing.
| TD: mcfrazier |
Started on Apr 6, 2008 @ 10:02pm |
| Players: |
100 |
|
Time Control: |
3 days/move |
| Max Group Size: |
5 |
|
Rating Range: |
Open |
| # Advance: |
2 |
|
Tie Breaks: |
Yes |
| Points Available: |
589 |
|
Games Rated: |
Yes |
TOURNAMENT FINISHED! |
| Tournament Stats |
|---|
| Starting Players: |
100 |
Completed Games: |
636 (tournament is 100% complete) |
| Eliminated Round 1: |
59 (59% of field) |
Games in Round 1: |
400
|
| Eliminated Round 2: |
23 (23% of field) |
Games in Round 2: |
160
|
| Eliminated Round 3: |
9 (9% of field) |
Games in Round 3: |
56
|
| Eliminated Round 4: |
3 (3% of field) |
Games in Round 4: |
18
|
| Eliminated Round 5: |
2 (2% of field) |
Games in Round 5: |
2
|
| Players Withdrawn: |
9 (9%) |
# Timeouts: |
147 (23%) |
| Remaining Players: |
5 (5%) |
Remaining Games: |
0 (current round) |
| Average Rating: |
1563 |
Biggest Upset: |
1421 defeats 1963 |
Come play the Goring Gambit!
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3.
- Want to learn how to play this exciting White gambit that is full of tactical potential?
- Are you a Scotch Opening player who's always wanted to try this sharp line?
- Maybe you already play the Goring but want to get better at it?
- Or are you a 1.e4 e5 player and you just want to perfect your technique for defeating this trappy opening?
Whatever your motivation, you are warmly invited to participate in this open knock-out double round robin event. All games are rated. Moves must be made no slower than once every three days. Up to one hundred players will be divided into groups of five. Then, the top two winners of each group will advance to the next round and placed into new groups of five. This continues until we have the final group compete in the last round for the title of 2008 Goring Gambit Open Champion. Players of any rating are accepted; the only requirement is that you have been around on Chess.com long enough to have completed five games.
What could be more fun? What's more, there is no better way to learn how to play--or play against--an opening system than to just jump right in to lots of games.
This is the third in a planned series of large opening-themed tournaments I'm running. (The first two, currently underway, are the Caro-Kann Open and the Slav Open.) If there's enough interest, a fourth event will start in a month or so.
So sign up now, and if we get a big turnout, I'll be taking suggestions for other opening themes for future events.
But only if this idea is a popular one. So sign up for the fun now!
Tournament will automatically begin once we have a full 100 participants. So after you sign up, tell a friend!
