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Watch The Dragon Accelerate Thematic Tournament

Winners:

#1 1st Place evenrik (2297) United States

#2 2nd Place Gonnosuke (2893) United States

#3 3rd Place kimkostas (1646) Portugal

#3 3rd Place Amr14 (1849) Egypt

TD: Rookbuster Started on Aug 29, 2008 @ 4:06pm

Players: 30   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 6   Rating Range: Open
# Advance: 3   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 722   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 30 Completed Games: 224 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 15 (50% of field) Games in Round 1: 150
Eliminated Round 2: 9 (30% of field) Games in Round 2: 60
Eliminated Round 3: 4 (13% of field) Games in Round 3: 12
Eliminated Round 4: 2 (6% of field) Games in Round 4: 2
Players Withdrawn: 1 (3%) # Timeouts: 48 (21%)
Remaining Players: 1 (3%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 1634 Biggest Upset: 1618 defeats 1991


 

Comments:

by Nimzo33 - 3 years ago
Hawaii United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 319

Words of advice for those who need help playing the black side, never EVER play ...e5 unless it like...  wins a piece or you're able to enforce d5 afterwards. Its really funny to see people blocking their most powerful piece (the g7 bishop) just for a one time attack on the d4 knight. it also weakens the d6 pawn, which white can easily build up on and win.

Words of advice for those who need help playing the white side, trading your d4 knight for the one on c6 is usually bad. The main point is that it takes the d5 sqaure away from white, which is one of white's main outposts in the sicillian.

 
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