Which Openings Would You Like To Practice?
First I will talk a bit about our general tournaments and then move on the specific openings
We are looking for players below 1200 to join our Under 1200 tournament: https://www.chess.com/tournament/bookworm-u12-tourney
In the Under 1500 Bookworm club, In Group 1 Andy has been playing brilliantly and is sure to make the final. Group 2 is a close contest with all 5 players still in with a chance of progressing into the final.
https://www.chess.com/tournament/bookworm-u15-tourney/pairings
Most of the tournaments run by this club start with a specific opening.
Our Evans Gambit tournament completed yesterday
We currently have the following opening themed tournaments underway
- Sicilian Kalashnikov (unrated)
- Sicilian Grand Prix
- Morphy Skills #1 Morphy vs Paulsen (unrated)
- Morphy Skills #2 The Opera Game (unrated)
- Under 1500 Queen's Gambit Declined (rated)
- Under 1200 Queen's Gambit Declined (rated)
- 1800+ French-Tarrasch (rated)
- Trompowsky (unrated)
- Benko-Gambit (unrated)
The Under 1000 Queen's Gambit Tournament (rated) has not yet started. There are a few more places up for grabs and you can join here: https://www.chess.com/tournament/the-queens-gambit-tournament-3
I'm now looking to plan out the next few tournaments.
After the first two Morphy themed tournaments there will be another two to follow.
I have had one request for a Sicilian Sveshnikov tournament. Here is an introduction to this opening:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/sicilian-sveshnikov3
And here is the lesson from the chess.com coach: https://www.chess.com/lessons/learn-the-sicilian-sveshnikov
Is this a tournament that you would be interested in?
Another idea is to play a Traxler Counter Attack tournament.
What other opening themed tournaments would you like to play in? Let me know!
