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ICCF-U.S. News Release (5 Sept 2003)
Openings for 2004 thematic events

5 September 2003

Leonardo Madonia (ITA) of the ICCF Thematic Tournaments office has just released the list of opening variations to be used for the 2004 ICCF thematic events. There are ten themes for postal sections and twelve listed for email sections. They are listed below. Note that a few sections are still available for 2003. See Madonia's Thematic Tournaments page for information. To enter one or more sections go to the ICCF-U.S. Store page and check the order page.

Postal Sections
Theme
Enter by
Start Date

1. Irregular, A00:
1. a3
15-Dec-2003
1-Feb-2004
2. King's Gambit Kieseritzki Variation, C39
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5
15-Jan-2004
1-Mar-2004
3. Ruy Lopez Archangelsk Variation, C78
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7
15-Feb-2004
1-Apr-2004
4. Benoni Vulture Variation, A56
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6
15-Mar-2004
1-May-2004
5. French Winckelmann-Reimer Variation, C15
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.f3
15-Apr-2004
1-June-2004
6. King's Indian, E71
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3
15-May-2004
1-July-2004
7. Pirc Defence Czech Variation, B07
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
15-July-2004
1-Sept-2004
8. Italian Game, C53
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3
15-Aug-2004
1-Oct-2004
9. Queen's Indian, E12
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3
15-Sept-2004
1-Nov-2004
10. King's Gambit van Walthoffen Variation, C30
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Qh5
15-Oct-2004
1-Dec-2004

Email Sections
Theme
Enter by
Start Date

1. Budapest Gambit, A51-A52
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5
1-Dec-2003
1-Jan-2004
2. Fegatello Variation, C 57
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3
1-Jan-2004
1-Feb-2004
3. Dutch Defence - Leningrad Variation, A89
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 Nc6
1-Feb-2004
1-Mar-2004
4. Ruy Lopez - Open Variation, C80-C83
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4
1-Mar-2004
1-Apr-2004
5. Sicilian Defence - Keres Attack, B81
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4
1-Apr-2004
1-May-2004
6. Alekhine Defence, B02-05
1.e4 Nf6
1-May-2004
1-Jun-2004
7. Grünfeld Defence Seville Gambit, D87
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bxf7+
15-May-2004
15-Jun-2004
8. Trompowski Opening, A45
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4
1-Jun-2004
1-Jul-2004
9. Göring Gambit, C44
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
1-Aug-2004
1-Sept-2004
10. Sicilian Defence - Moscow Variation, B51
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+
1-Sept-2004
1-Oct-2004
11. Lisitsin Opening, A04
1.Nf3 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Ng5 d5
1-Oct-2004
1-Nov-2004
12. Grob Opening, A00
1.g4
1-Nov-2004
1-Dec-2004
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