First Chess Tournament Etiquette

Hi,

I'm about to start my first chess tournament this weekend. I was wondering, is it appropriate to tell your opponent you're going to start with a troll opening before the game, but not take it as disrespectful? The reason is that I gained over 100 Elo using this opening online, which seems to work well for me. Or should I not say anything?

Thanks!

Being unrated, the rules of my tournament say I have to join the Championship bracket where people are around the low 2000s in ELO where I'm about 1600 online in bullet. Since openings are my weak spot, I feel getting them out of book might be my best shot.

But you're right, I won't say anything. It'll be more fun

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"I was wondering, is it appropriate to tell your opponent you're going to start with a troll opening before the game, but not take it as disrespectful?" ++ No, do not do that.

"Or should I not say anything?" ++ Yes.

Troll openings can be effective against an unprepared opponent. I lost a game against the grob opening not too long ago, even though it is pretty terrible objectively, it put the psychological pressure on me right from the start of the game.

There are some chess.com lessons by Ben Finegold called "Your First tournament" which explains the differences between online chess and OTB chess.

Even experienced OTB players sometimes fall foul or misunderstand a rule occasionally.

Ok

@verylate in many tournaments they require unrated players to either play in the lowest section or the highest section. I guess our op chose the latter option.