May Edition of the Opening Roulette: The Ruy Lopez
Opening Roulette will feature The Ruy Lopez for the whole month. Be ready to practice one of the most famous openings in the world! When? Every Monday in May! 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 (May 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 Ruy Lopez
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 Ruy Lopez
| Course title: | Author: | Link: |
| Short & Sweet: Grandelius' Ruy Lopez | GM Nils Grandelius | http://chessable.com/GrandRuyLopez |
| Short & Sweet: Werle's Ruy Lopez | GM Jan Werle | http://chessable.com/ExchangeRuyLopez |
| Short & Sweet: Berlin Defense | GM Sam Shankland | http://chessable.com/Berlin |
| Short & Sweet: Caruana's Ruy Lopez | GM Fabiano Caruana | http://chessable.com/Caruana |
Congratulations to our winners from last month!
April 2024 Opening Roulette Results (Edit: coming soon!)
Open Category:
| 1st Place | |
| 2nd Place | |
| 3rd Place | |
| 4th Place | |
| 5th Place | |
| Top Streamer |
U1500 Category:
| 1st Place | |
| 2nd Place | |
| 3rd Place | |
| 4th Place | |
| 5th Place | |
| Top Streamer |
Do you have any questions or suggestions? We'd love to hear from you. Please write to us at community@chess.com!
