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Gurgaon Online Open 2026
Feb 28, 2026 · BP
Motions
Gurgaon Online Open 2026 (2026)7 motionsCA: 🇬🇧 Shaurya C., 🇦🇺 Mikey X., 🇮🇪 Ziyad A., 🇸🇬 Rdu D., 🇮🇳 Abdul B., 🇺🇸 Matt M.
- Round 1This house believes that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should withdraw his candidacy for Brazil's 2026 presidential election.
- Round 2This house prefers that works about artists who have taken their own lives (e.g., biographies, commentaries, the editorial framing of posthumous releases of their work) focus on their ambitions over their struggles.
- Round 3Assuming moral realism is true, this house believes that basic desert does not exist.
- Round 4This house believes that the Indian government should prioritize policies (e.g., deregulation, tax breaks, export promotion) that drive growth in India's services sector over its manufacturing sector.
- Round 5This house opposes the stigma against neediness.
- Open SemifinalsThis house opposes the rise of cynicism toward democracy among young people in East Africa.
- Grand FinalAssuming a democratic transition in Venezuela, this house believes that courts applying New York law should treat debt incurred by the Venezuelan government and PDVSA under the prior regime as odious.
What gets set here
Politics29%
Arts & Culture14%
Philosophy14%
Economics14%
Social & Identity14%
Law & Crime14%
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Practice Politics motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›Breaking here
24% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 75.9.
Last edition: 8 of 33 teams broke.
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Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will S. | DLO | This house prefers that works about artists who have taken their own lives (e.g., biographies, commentaries, the editorial framing of posthumous releases of their work) focus on their ambitions over their struggles. | 81 |
| Isabelle M. | LO | This house prefers that works about artists who have taken their own lives (e.g., biographies, commentaries, the editorial framing of posthumous releases of their work) focus on their ambitions over their struggles. | 80 |
| 🇬🇧 Cyrus B. | GW | This house believes that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should withdraw his candidacy for Brazil's 2026 presidential election. | 80 |
| 🇺🇸 Omesh D. | GW | This house believes that the Indian government should prioritize policies (e.g., deregulation, tax breaks, export promotion) that drive growth in India's services sector over its manufacturing sector. | 80 |
| 🇺🇸 Omesh D. | OW | This house prefers that works about artists who have taken their own lives (e.g., biographies, commentaries, the editorial framing of posthumous releases of their work) focus on their ambitions over their struggles. | 80 |
| 🇬🇧 Cyrus B. | DLO | Assuming moral realism is true, this house believes that basic desert does not exist. | 80 |
| 🇬🇧 Cyrus B. | OW | This house prefers that works about artists who have taken their own lives (e.g., biographies, commentaries, the editorial framing of posthumous releases of their work) focus on their ambitions over their struggles. | 79 |
| Will S. | GW | Assuming moral realism is true, this house believes that basic desert does not exist. | 79 |
| Shivani | MO | Assuming moral realism is true, this house believes that basic desert does not exist. | 79 |
| Agam | OW | Assuming moral realism is true, this house believes that basic desert does not exist. | 79 |
| Isabelle M. | PM | This house believes that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should withdraw his candidacy for Brazil's 2026 presidential election. | 79 |
| Joshua S. | MO | This house prefers that works about artists who have taken their own lives (e.g., biographies, commentaries, the editorial framing of posthumous releases of their work) focus on their ambitions over their struggles. | 79 |
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