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Rubinstein Open Thematic Tournament

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The Conclusion

Posted by BasicLvrCH8r on Thursday, Aug 28 at 3:28pm

The Rubinstein Open is now over. These are the results.

1. TheChessGym - 6/8

2. AWARDCHESS - 5/8

3. ICMike - 5/8

4. BasicLvrCH8r - 4/8

5. Amnesiac - 0/8

Congratulations.

Winner:

#1 1st Place TheChessGym (1726) United States

TD: BasicLvrCH8r Started on Jul 25, 2008 @ 2:12am

Players: 5   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 5   Rating Range: Open
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 127   Games Rated: Yes
Max Avg Time/Move: 12 hours

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 5 Completed Games: 20 (tournament is 100% complete)
Players Withdrawn: 0 (0%) # Timeouts: 0 (0%)
Remaining Players: 1 (20%) Remaining Games: 0
Average Rating: 1697 Biggest Upset: 1651 defeats 1974

The Rubinstein starts 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4. It is a solid variation of the French Defence that leads to an exciting game. In this tournament, all games will be start with a Rubinstein, allowing players to practice the opening.

This tournament will have five people. Each pair of people plays two games, resulting in eight simultaneous games. You must have played 10 correspondence games, and have a timeout percentage of under 5%. You must also have a move average of under six hours.

This tournament is open to the public, so anyone may register. Only register if you plan to play.