Opening Roulette October: The Scotch!
Opening Roulette will feature The Scotch
Thank you so much for participating in our polls on our site, Twitter, and Discord to vote for this month's opening! By the way, let us know in the comments if you have any suggestions for options in November!
Every Monday at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 19:00 CEST here in the Chess.com Community Club as usual
Opening Roulette Format (October 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 Scotch Opening!
Prizes
- Weekly prizes and monthly prizes for top finishers will be distributed
- A particular 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 Scotch for FREE with these courses from our friends at Chessable:
| Course Title: | Author: | Level: | Chessable Link |
| Short & Sweet: Scotch | WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, M Alex Astaneh | Beginner/Int | chessable.com/Scotch |
| Short & Sweet: Sethuraman's 1. e4 | GM S.P. Sethuraman | Int/Adv | chessable.com/Sethuramans1e4 |
| Short & Sweet: Ratsma’s Repertoire for Black | FM Midas Ratsma | Beginner/Int | chessable.com/Ratsmas1e4e5 |
| Short & Sweet: Werle's 1. e4 e5 | GM Jan Werle | Adv/Exp | chessable.com/Werles1e4e5 |
Congratulations to our winners from previous months!
We apologize for the delay in publishing and delivering these prizes. If you're one of the winners, you will receive an email and/or a message in your Chess.com inbox from AyelenChess 
| Month | Categories | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| May | Open | z1utek | sicilian_forever | b1under_fest | cesart22 | Cha_ChaRealSmooth |
| U1500 | Mahmoud_000 | cesar_sc | NikChess12 | iaggo5656 | Forgelord648 | |
| June | Open | cesart22 | GMJustin | b1under_fest | Nadal1920 | imosuji |
| U1500 | Mahmoud_000 | Siyanda2005 | JediGoat | H2OisHIJKLMNO | EmilianoFerrari58 | |
| July | Open | rojitto | WanderingPuppet | sister_september | b1under_fest | cesart22 |
| U1500 | gautamaetukuri | Forgelord648 | Mahmoud_000 | pakisko | JediGoat | |
| August | Open | cesart22 | b1under_fest | howlz27 | albafantasmal | rojitto |
| U1500 | Sicilian-Empire | manuaw | Forgelord648 | JSCoderChess | Mahmoud_000 | |
| September | Open | cesart22 | AhmetDOnYouTube | SpeedyBoss | cumalierentas1 | xxaparral |
| U1500 | Forgelord648 | Tyrisk | depre-dador | Mahmoud_000 | SmarX_Josh |
Do you have any questions or suggestions? We'd love to hear from you. Please write to us at community@chess.com!
