Thematic Chess
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I received an email from a gentleman named Denis Hebbelynck of Oudenaarde, Belgium. In the message he explained that 3 years ago he started a thematic email chess tournament club called THEM (apparently short for thematic) and he invited me to join. While I don't play email chess, I do find the idea interesting particularly in the narrow sense of Mr. Hebbelynck's club. As a sample, he listed some of the new thematics looking for participants: THEM16 : Woozle defence : 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.??
THEM17 : Lemming defence : 1.e4 Na6 2.?? THEM18 : Scandinavian defence : 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.??
THEM19 : Norwegian defence : 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.g4 Ng7 5.??
THEM20 : Bishop's opening : 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4
as well as noting that one can still join the following: THEM01 : Polish :1.b4
THEM02 : Benko :1.g3 THEM03 : Amar :1.Nh3 THEM04 : Battamberg : 1.Nc3 e5 2.a3 THEM05 : Crab :1.a4 e5 2.h4 THEM06 : Valencia : 1.d3 e5 2.Nd2 THEM07 : Amsterdam Attack : 1.e3 e5 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.b3 Nf6 THEM08 : Halasz Gambit : 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 THEM09 : Venezolana : 1.d3 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 THEM10 : Bird : 1.f4 THEM11 : Reti : 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4
THEM12 : Four Knights : 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 THEM13 : Modern defence : 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 THEM14 : English : 1.c4 e6 THEM15 : Gedult Attack : 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.g4 If interested, one can read about and/or join the club at THEM. |
