LGBT Club 1201-1400 King's Gambit Challenge

http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-kings-gambit-challenge-open

To strengthen our game, I believe it is important to be familiar with different openings, both Queen's side and King's side. This expanded vocabulary will undoubtedly assist us in increasing our ratings and making us better chess players. Each opening system shows us different aspects of the playing field and the potential of our pieces.

With this end in mind, a series of small 6-person, U1400, 3 days per move, vacation time allowed tournaments has been arranged. Each is thematic in nature and presents popular to very popular opening systems. The available tournaments are:

Ruy Lopez:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-robin-ruy-lopez-eco-c60

Scotch:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-robin-ruy-scotch-eco-c44

King's Gambit:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-robin-kings-gambit-eco-c30

Queen's Gambit:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-robin-queens-gambit-eco-d06

Reti:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-robin-reti-eco-a09

English:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-robin-english-eco-a10

French Defense:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-robin-french-defense-advance-variation-eco-c02

King's Indian:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-robin-kings-indian-eco-e60

Pirc Defense:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-robin-pirc-defense-eco-b07

Sicilian Defense:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-robin-sicilian-defense-eco-b20

Alekhine Defense:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/starfleet-academys-u1400-round-alekhine-defense-eco-b02

With only 6 slots available, these tournaments are going to fill up fast, so jump on board while there is still time! Join one or join them all (I did)!

There are several tournaments presented by LGBT Club of Chess.com with this theme to choose from:

<1200:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/lgbt-club-lt1200-challenge

1201-1400:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/lgbt-club-1201-1400-kings-gambit-challenge

1401-1600:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/lgbt-club-1401-1600-kings-gambit-challenge

Open:
http://www.chess.com/tournament/lgbt-club-kings-gambit-open-challenge


I have been involved in tournaments where the tournament director neglected the tournament. I will do no such thing.I do track comments and I do respond to messages. Due to my work schedule,  I can not monitor each player in a tournament each day, so I depend on the contestants to advise me if they feel something needs to be addressed by the TD.

I am a stickler about keeping the ratings of contestants consistent with the tournament parameters.

Please bear in mind that as this is not an "official" tournament, the scripts will not place you in the appropriate groups, so if your rating changes, feel free to sign up in the correct category!

We look forward to seeing you in one of these tournaments!