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Modern Benoni Thematic Tournament

Winners:

#1 1st Place RobertABrown (2572) Canada

#2 2nd Place Sarthe (2257) United States

#3 3rd Place Raymond (2311) United States

TD: pruliere Started on Apr 21, 2008 @ 7:43pm

Players: 49   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 7   Rating Range: Open
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 362   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 49 Completed Games: 336 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 41 (83% of field) Games in Round 1: 294
Eliminated Round 2: 7 (14% of field) Games in Round 2: 42
Players Withdrawn: 1 (2%) # Timeouts: 111 (33%)
Remaining Players: 2 (4%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 1723 Biggest Upset: 1482 defeats 1744

 The modern benoni starts with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 d5 e6.

 The modern benoni is a challenging and very tactical opening where black accepts a tight position in order to get aggressive counterplay. Both sides play for the win.

 It has been one of the  openings favored by the Tactics wizard from Riga Mikhail Tal.

 

 



 

Comments:

by RichardHayden - 3 years ago
Ashburn, VA United States
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 587

Wow ... this final grouping is looking like a tough bunch.

Surprised

by CouchPotato83 - 3 years ago
Fort Wayne Indiana United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 7
It took me some time to notice that I was playing against everybody twice. And Reb, I would sleep with a cross around your neck if I were you.
by ChessHodina - 3 years ago
Cedar Rapids, IA United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 258
Am I the only idiot who didn't realize this was a DOUBLE round robin????
by Ray_Brooks - 3 years ago
Heart of Darkness England
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 2138

Sleep well Rib.... er sorry....Reb!


by NM Reb - 3 years ago
United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 7857
Where is the TD?! I want to complain about Ray Brooks.....he has blood on his face and refuses to wash his face! Why is a vampire allowed to play anyway?! Wink
by jaysef - 3 years ago
Norway
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 15

<i>Tie-breaks will be used if two players tie in a section (so that only one player advances to the next round).</i>

This is correct, until two players have the same number of points and tie-break points; then both go to the next round... 


by ChessHodina - 3 years ago
Cedar Rapids, IA United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 258

Leo,

 

I think that it means there are multiple sections with seven players (since there are 49 players, there will be seven sections).  The winner of each section advances to the next round (which will also be seven people).  Tie-breaks will be used if two players tie in a section (so that only one player advances to the next round).


by leo8160 - 3 years ago
cairo Egypt
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 2530

hi everybody this is my first time i join a tournament can u pls tell me what does those informations mean

Max Group Size:7  
# Advance:1 Tie Breaks:Yes

 


by CouchPotato83 - 3 years ago
Fort Wayne Indiana United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 7
That's alright, things like that can be difficult to do, I have no idea of how to even start a tournament. Thanks for letting me know about the open, it would not been very good if I started with a different open.
by pruliere - 3 years ago
Nice France
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 14

The modern benoni is an opening indeed which starts with 1.d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 e6.

 I tried to set up the position while creating the tournament...but something went wrong...

I am a noob with this site so please forgive me... 


by CouchPotato83 - 3 years ago
Fort Wayne Indiana United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 7

Is 'Modern Benoni' a kind of open? I just thought it was the name of the tournament. 


by RichardHayden - 3 years ago
Ashburn, VA United States
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 587

Just a comment ... until the play goes 3. d5 e6 it isn't a 'Modern Benoni' as it could transpose to Benko Gambit (b5), Czech Benoni (e5) or others (White plays Nf3 rather than d5), etc.

 

Do you want to make a couple of extra moves to give the traditional starting point for a Modern Benoni? 


 
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