Halloween Gambit 
| TD: Akuni |
Started on Feb 4, 2009 @ 1:22pm |
| Players: |
81 |
|
Time Control: |
3 days/move |
| Max Group Size: |
9 |
|
Rating Range: |
Open |
| # Advance: |
3 |
|
Tie Breaks: |
Yes |
| Points Available: |
873 |
|
Games Rated: |
Yes |
TOURNAMENT FINISHED! |
| Tournament Stats |
|---|
| Starting Players: |
81 |
Completed Games: |
904 (tournament is 100% complete) |
| Eliminated Round 1: |
54 (66% of field) |
Games in Round 1: |
648
|
| Eliminated Round 2: |
16 (19% of field) |
Games in Round 2: |
184
|
| Eliminated Round 3: |
9 (11% of field) |
Games in Round 3: |
72
|
| Players Withdrawn: |
2 (2%) |
# Timeouts: |
188 (20%) |
| Remaining Players: |
5 (6%) |
Remaining Games: |
0 (current round) |
| Average Rating: |
1617 |
Biggest Upset: |
1365 defeats 1850 |
This tournment is to celebrate spread the word about the best opening in chess, the Halloween Gambit. As chess.com's self-declared leading expert on the Halloween Gambit and related theory (By which I mean I'm the only person I've seen mention it on the site, ever) I took it upon myself to start this tournament.
The Halloween Gambit strikes like lightning out of the positional four Knights Opening: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5!! (Exclamations marks denote surprise).
Join if you're curious, if you want to learn about it the hard way, if you love the opening or if you just love the game. Because this is chess at its finest.