Dear Oracles,
time for a new, magic, opening thematic tournament
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6
KOMODO GO HOME!
There is a new engine on chess.com LIVE chess with different strengthes KOMODO 1-20. You might think its a Gentleman, but this is not the case, I lost many matches against that monstrum.
HIKARU NAKAMURA has played against all this levels, and always started (from level 6 on) with 1.b3 - building a hippopotamus setup.
Check his games here and play like NAKAMURA
https://www.chess.com/news/view/nakamura-adopts-komodo-on-fathers-day-20-5-2-5
Or check the hippopotamus set up in our Oracle forum
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/the-hippopotamus-defense
The tournament for all > 1500 started on monday, 02. July 2018 at 0:00 LA time,
it is RATED and with VACATION possible. Group size are 4 players.
GOOD LUCK!