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Theme: Latvian Gambit Thematic Tournament

Winners:

#1 1st Place Fefuric (2533) Vatican City

#2 2nd Place swallowflight (2418) United Kingdom

#3 3rd Place Matti8 (1915) Finland

TD: CRShelton Started on Jul 22, 2009 @ 4:21pm

Players: 25   Time Control: 5 days/move
Max Group Size: 5   Rating Range: Open
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 246   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 25 Completed Games: 120 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 20 (80% of field) Games in Round 1: 100
Eliminated Round 2: 5 (20% of field) Games in Round 2: 20
Players Withdrawn: 0 (0%) # Timeouts: 47 (39%)
Remaining Players: 1 (4%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 1640 Biggest Upset: 1569 defeats 1880

My first hosted tournament, for my favorite dubious move, 2... f5?!

Is it brilliant or is it rubbish? Who cares!? It's fun!


 

Comments:

by mydixiewrecked - 2 years ago
Aurora, CO United States
Member Since: Jun 2009
Member Points: 255

There is nothing classier than killing your opponent with an opening that looks and probably is totally and completely unsound. :)

by AfafBouardi - 3 years ago
Austin United States
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 3240

cool.  looks fun!