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Difference between Standard and Tournament opening setting?
Posted: 01 November 2022, 19:05
by Mondo12345
What is the difference between the Standard and Tournament opening setting?
Re: Difference between Standard and Tournament opening setting?
Posted: 06 November 2022, 05:50
by megamau
In tournament opening settings you can not start your first placement with the queen.
Re: Difference between Standard and Tournament opening setting?
Posted: 10 January 2023, 18:05
by Capmaster
megamau wrote: ↑06 November 2022, 05:50
In tournament opening settings you can not start your first placement with the queen.
What is the rationale behind this?
Re: Difference between Standard and Tournament opening setting?
Posted: 15 January 2023, 19:43
by ringersoll
The first player that places the Queen has an advantage because that player can move pieces earlier than the opponent.
Once both players understand this, then both players will play the Queen first.
With the two Queens adjacent, a draw is much more likely.
The result in the 2008 Online World Championship finals (before the Tournament Opening Rule was put into affect) was 3-1 with 27 draws.