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UNRATED 5TH PRAXIS TOURNAMENT - PIRC DEFENCE (Raters 1200-1800) Thematic Tournament Invite Only Tournament

Winners:

#1 1st Place ntrafer (1314) Philippines

#1 1st Place GaryD (1647) United States

TD: MainStreet Started on May 8, 2009 @ 2:02pm

Players: 4   Time Control: 7 days/move
Max Group Size: 3   Rating Range: <1800
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 81   Games Rated: No

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 4 Completed Games: 6 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 2 (50% of field) Games in Round 1: 4
Eliminated Round 2: 2 (50% of field) Games in Round 2: 2
Players Withdrawn: 1 (25%) # Timeouts: 0 (0%)
Remaining Players: 2 (50%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 1431 Biggest Upset: 1560 defeats 1798

For Praxis Members...

We've focused on handling the White pieces, to wit:

1.  Hippopotamus Attack (chess-broad strategy);

2.  Russian Game / Petrov or Petroff Defence (Center & K-side);

3.  Nimzo-Larsen (Center and/or Q-side fianchetto); and,

4.  Reti Opening (Center and/or K-side fianchetto).

Now let's go to handling the Black pieces... Cool

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