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King's Gambit Tournament

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Originally posted by cmsMaster
http://www.chesslive.de/

I have DB's devoted to both 3.Nf3 and 3.Bc4 that can be used for more serious games. This comes in handy though.
I know that this one isn't in the Tournament, but I thought I'd post it up as an example of 3. Nf3

It comes from my clan mate in the Teachers Clan - Everyday. He seems pretty confident of a win for white but as it is still in progress, I'm just posting this up for observation....

Game 2410770

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Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
I just got awarded some rating points for my 2 victories so far in the tournamount and so did Wormwood.
What's going on???
Does anyone know if this has been sorted out yet?

Thanks.

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Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
The wording of the tournamount has since changed to this:
Description :Thematic tournament games are rated
wiktionary suggests that this is either a

1. compositor

A person who sets type (a typesetter).

or

2. A spelling or typographical error.

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Originally posted by flexmore
wiktionary suggests that this is either a

1. compositor

A person who sets type (a typesetter).

or

2. A spelling or typographical error.
Sent Feedback, and indeed tournament set piece games ARE rated.

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Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
Then why did it say when we joined the tournamount that it was [b] not rated?[/b]
Ask them. Here's the copy of my email...


Dear cmsMaster,

Thank you for your recent feedback.

Yes, sorry, it turns out that all thematic tournaments are rated.

Please let me know if I can help further,

Regards,

-Chris

>Just thought I'd let you guys know that you made the set-piece KG tourney rated, don't know if you can fix it, and it's probably not a real big deal but I figured you'd like to know

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Wish I'd known before I joined. Still, it is forcing me to learn pretty quick, and that is not such a bad thing.

Cheers,
Gezza

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Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
Yes, sorry, it turns out that all thematic tournaments are rated.

That's like a football team entering a friendly tournamount and then at the end when they have lost the games after fielding their 2nd string they are told "Sorry, it turned out it was rated, you've just been relegated and will be playing in the second division next year"
not quite the same

i'm hating this opening btw

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Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
I'm hating playing the black side more than anything. Give me back my 1..c5!
Ha!! Told you 🙂.

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Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
You told me that the Sicilian is better than playing e5 ?
No, I told you that the KG rules. It's no fun to play against it.

EDIT:Time until Smaug switches from the Ruy to the KG- 3 weeks 5.5 days.

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Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
You told me that the Sicilian is better than playing e5 ?
As black e5 is not a good move as if white replies 2. f4 all is lost.

So moves should be
1. e4 .. e5??
2. f4!! .. black resigns.

So try 1. .. c4, oh dear!
2. d4!! .. cXd
3. c3!! .. black resigns.

Now try 1. .. e6!!
2. white resigns to avoid death from potential boredom!