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Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Thematic Tournament

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Posted by AfafBouardi on Tuesday, Mar 10 at 7:20am

We've started.  I'd like to encourage everyone to look up a variation or two before playing out the games.  Please avoid using the Openings Explorer for specific moves.

Would love to get feedback on what everyone thinks/feels about this opening...facets of it that you like or don't like...anything you notice about it.  You can post on the tournament page. 

Good luck.

Winners:

#1 1st Place ERTERT (1711) United States

#2 2nd Place Jungleroy59 (1510) United States

#3 3rd Place tfpwwnbn (1623) United States

TD: AfafBouardi Started on Mar 10, 2009 @ 6:47am

Players: 9   Time Control: 2 days/move
Max Group Size: 9   Rating Range: 1350-1900
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 213   Games Rated: Yes
Max Avg Time/Move: 6 hours

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 9 Completed Games: 72 (tournament is 100% complete)
Players Withdrawn: 0 (0%) # Timeouts: 14 (19%)
Remaining Players: 1 (11%) Remaining Games: 0
Average Rating: 1577 Biggest Upset: 1464 defeats 1705

Want to go through and find out why this is not Black's best response to the Ruy Lopez?  Please do look up a proper variation that you would like to attempt in your games before play begins.  

What's already happened:

1.e4       e5

2.Nf3     Nc6

3.Bb5    d6