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Want to improve your queen pawn openings? QGD exchange variation Thematic Tournament

Winners:

#1 1st Place intltax57 (2091) United States

#2 2nd Place tnt62 (2525) United Kingdom

#3 3rd Place Matteus (2074) Finland

TD: TotalChessFun Started on Oct 24, 2009 @ 9:10am

Players: 50   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 5   Rating Range: Open
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 285   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 50 Completed Games: 242 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 40 (80% of field) Games in Round 1: 200
Eliminated Round 2: 8 (16% of field) Games in Round 2: 40
Eliminated Round 3: 2 (4% of field) Games in Round 3: 2
Players Withdrawn: 1 (2%) # Timeouts: 49 (20%)
Remaining Players: 1 (2%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 1561 Biggest Upset: 1220 defeats 1915

The queen pawn openings tend to be more positional than tactical. The opening is still full of opening traps and tricks. It can lead to very surprising and sharp lines. So be alert :)

Watson, in Mastering the chess openings, divides the queen pawn openings into two sections: Closed systems (Queen gambit) and Indian systems. We have started with the closed systems.

The classical variations is the most familiar, but did you see the last game of Magnus Carlsen?

See if you can do this better, OR if you could beat him if you should meet him in a friendly game :) lol. Of course, not, but see if you can improve your openingskills :)

This tournament is for all those that like to explore different openings in a competetive environment.

If you want to join our forums you are welcome

Tactics and strategy, you may follow this link:

Want to improve? Forum for tactics and strategy

Opening skills:

Opening Skills

Good luck


 

Comments:

by donjose - 2 years ago
montevideo Uruguay
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 4

helllo everybody holatodos! what does it meansbreack tie breaks?¿ thanks