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This is a "No Vacation" tournament!
Due to the great success of the first and second editions, we are proud to announce that King's Tournament is back!
Now, in its 3rd edition, we have 2 sections:
Section.A for players >1700
Section.B for players 1300-1700.
Schedule: February 15, 2015 (or upon full registration = 56 players).
This is a 24h/turn tournament, for fast players. NO VACATION.
Requirements:
- Ratings: Section.B (1300-1700) / Section.A (> 1700)
- Maximum timeouts of 5%
- Minimum of 50 online games.
- < 6 h/move
Each group has 7 players, 3 advance to the next round, using tie-breaks. Rated. Nice trophies for the first 3 players!
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NEWS:
The winners of each edition of the King's Tournament will be invited to the special tournament, the King's Quest, open-rated, around 21 players, same pace (24 hours, no vacation), to be held around once every 4-6 months.
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Now, for a brief word on the King's Gambit opening:
1. e4 e5
2. f4 ...
For those who are already familiar with the king's gambit, welcome!
For those who are not familiar, welcome as well! But be careful...
The king's gambit has many hidden traps, from the very beginning. So, choose your moves wisely, otherwise you might get crushed. Or not! That's the beauty of it. It is a very double-edged opening, full of suprises!
For those who don't know anything about the king's gambit, take a look at some videos from here, or google it to find some information (for example, try chessopenings.com). You can also try the game explorer to see how masters normally play this opening.
In brief, as Black, you can accept the gambit (by 2... exf4) or counter-attack (by 2. ... d5), or decline (by 2. ... Bc5 or Nc6, for example).
As White, it is useful to consider possible sacrifices, for example, the king's knight against f7 pawn. Because one of the ideas is to develop fast, while disrupting Black's kingside structure.
So, welcome all, and hope we get nice games here!
aristarcos
