ICCF Open Tournament

My ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation Open Section started today. In my three white games, I'll be playing 1.d4 twice, 1.e4 once. In two of my black games I will be attempting the King's Indian against 1.d4. The third player has yet to make his first move, so I'll make the decision what to play once he does.

An ICCF 'Open' Tournament is the first of three 'promotion' tournaments that ICCF offers. All new players to ICCF are eligible to play in the lowest, "Open", section. Any player who wins the 7-player RR will become eligible for the next promotion section. The top promotion section, the Master Class Section, is an eleven-player round robin, and has the added bonus that the winner will qualify for a preliminary section of the World Championship.

Of the seven players in my section, three have only provisional ICCF ratings, two more have ratings that are around the starting rating of 1800, one player is much lower (1456), and one player is much higher (2190). It seems like the higher player would be more suited for a Master Class tournament or at least a Higher Class, but he has yet to win an Open Class, so he's stuck down here with the rest of us.

It'll probably take 5 or 5.5 points to win the section, I'll be happy with 3.5 (positive score).