Opening Roulette July: The Slav Defense
Opening Roulette will feature The Slav Defense for the whole month. Where? Here, in the Chess.com Community Club as usual! 
This weekly event used to feature two rapid arenas every Monday but after reading feedback from our Community we decided to change so:
From July 2024 we will host only one arena at 10 a.m. PT / 1 pm ET / 19:00 CET
From July 2024 we will host only one arena at 10 a.m. PT / 1 pm ET / 19:00 CETOpening Roulette Format (July 2024):
- One 10+0 rapid arena 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 Slav 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 Slav Defense, for FREE!, with these courses from our friends at Chessable:
| Course title: | Author: | Link: |
| Short & Sweet: Finegold's 1. d4 | GM Ben Finegold | chessable.com/Finegold1d4 |
| Short & Sweet: Shankland's 1. d4 | GM Sam Shankland | chessable.com/Shankland1d4 |
| Short & Sweet: 1.d4 d5 for Club Players | IM Andras Toth | chessable.com/Andras1d4d5 |
| Short & Sweet: Slav | GM Erwin L'Ami | chessable.com/ErwinSlav |
Congratulations to our winners from last month!
June 2024 Opening Roulette Results are coming soon!
Do you have any questions or suggestions? We'd love to hear from you. Please write to us at community@chess.com!
