June Edition of Rapid Opening Roulette: The French Defense
Opening Roulette will feature The French Defense for the whole month. Be ready to practice one of the most famous openings in the world! When? Every Monday in June! Where? Here, in the Chess.com Community Club as usual! 
What Is Opening Roulette?
This weekly event features two rapid arenas every Monday: an early edition at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET / 17:00 CET, and a later edition happening at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET / 23:00 CET.
Opening Roulette Format (June 2024):
- Two 10+0 rapid arenas will be held in the Chess.com Community Club
- All games are unrated
- You must have played a minimum of five games on Chess.com to participate
- All games will begin with the French Defense!
Prizes
- Weekly prizes and monthly prizes for top finishers will be distributed
- A special prize category exists for players rated under 1500 rapid
- Streamers can also receive bonus prizes
- For a full breakdown of the prize system, see the original Opening Roulette announcement
Learn more about the French Defense
| Course title: | Author: | Link: |
| Short & Sweet: 1.e4 for Club Players | IM Andras Toth | chessable.com/Andras1e4 |
| Short & Sweet: GothamChess’s 1.e4 | IM Levy Rozman | chessable.com/Gothams1e4 |
| Short & Sweet: Plichta's French Defense | FM Kamil Plichta | chessable.com/PlichtasFrench |
| Short & Sweet: Krykun's French Defense | IM Yuriy Krykun | chessable.com/KrykunsFrench |
Congratulations to our winners from last month!
May 2024 Opening Roulette Results (Edit: coming soon!)
Open Category:
| 1st Place | z1utek |
| 2nd Place | sicilian_forever |
| 3rd Place | cesart22 |
| 4th Place | sapponaro |
| 5th Place | dmok11 |
| Top Streamer | cesart22 |
U1500 Category:
| 1st Place | iaggo5656 |
| 2nd Place | ramgamingkds |
| 3rd Place | jedigoat |
| 4th Place | mahmoud_000 |
| 5th Place | forgelord645 |
| Top Streamer | N/A |
Do you have any questions or suggestions? We'd love to hear from you. Please write to us at community@chess.com!
