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The Internet Chess Club (ICC) is the longest running, most popular, and best place to play chess on the Internet. Nowhere else can you find as many chess enthusiasts ready for a quick round of blitz, a short chat, an impromptu tournament, or simply enjoying the wealth of Chess.FM shows and live event coverage. It is not uncommon to find more than 3,000 chess players hanging out on ICC where more than 100,000 games are played each day.

Giving Thanks For Gibraltar On ICC!

Do you intend over-indulging in turkey and cranberry sauce this year? Not looking forward to the hectic shopping experience of Black Friday? Fed-up watching Steve McQueen in The Great Escape on TV? Then this holiday weekend look no further than an exclusive online qualifier hosted here on the Internet Chess Club!

In conjunction with the Gibtelecom Chess Festival, ICC is offering members a Thanksgiving with a difference with an opportunity to win a round trip ticket, hotel room, breakfast & dinner and an automatic invite to the 8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival, running January 26th to February 4th 2010 at the Caleta Hotel, recently voted Gibraltar's best hotel.

You will be joined by many of the world's leading Grandmasters in an exclusive online qualifier - open to ICC members only - to one of the world's best chess festivals.

The winner of this package will be determined in a two-stage tournament event on ICC, the 6 qualifier tournaments running the weekend of November 27th to 29th, and the 16-player knockout final to be held on Saturday, December 5th. The time control throughout the tournament (both qualifiers and knockout stage) will be 3,0.

This exclusive online Gibtelecom Blitz Tournament Qualifier is open only to ICC members - join ICC by clicking here to be part of the online qualifier. All the rules and conditions to play can be found at http://www.chessclub.com/activities/gibraltar_2010/

Results:

Q	Qualifies	Results
1	Vladimirovich(GM)(2996) VerdeNotte(GM)(3048)	Qualifier 1
2	manest(IM)(3082) Wagner(IM)(2872)	Qualifier 2
3	Kseroks(GM)(2591) DusantheGreat(GM)(3130)	Qualifier 3
4	Fier (GM)(2888) SuperJEM (2612)	Qualifier 4
5		Qualifier 5
6		Qualifier 6

Players who have scored the most points over ALL qualifiers but who have not won through to the finals (top 4 will advance to finals!):

 1  34.5 Universitario
 2  31.0 SuperPeon Dinamit
 4  30.5 julian1986 CapitalG Gamblerz
 7  28.5 unkavalo HuevosDeLeon Barbos
10  28.0 JFernandez
11  27.5 gile GolubevM
13  27.0 CloudDragon playwaycool ITurnYouOn LT-Prad Pavilion
18  26.5 LittleMaster Machinegun Maccabee Federicov
22  26.0 UvH Aguiar94
24  25.5 kaimann vmaljehin
25  25.0 livis imgr8 searchforbobby1
29  24.5 andante
30  24.0 Shumy fredericton
32  23.0 spand42
33  22.5 RobbieWilliams johnd001
35  22.0 passedpawn HSK
37  21.5 JUGGERNOT pmanisse
39  21.0 Blodgiveren blackending

Raffle winners:

1	Sqboy13, Nemesis23, Lonelyking, Blackjackadder, dragonmutt, mdennis92, proof27h, Gamblerz, caconato, guesswho1
2	sangen, emmas, johnd001, primerpaso, RobCT, JUGGERNOT, killerrey, reevo, Nachi, wilburc
3	PINKHORSE, Pavilion, Elhijodeamado, Busy, vmaljehin, ziqbal99, DrChase, Chessduke, chessking222, DropZone.
4	Jospar Shafkat Stroggs cassie ehkopean MrPage kolding borgesleo rolling JAZS

Tournament Times

Friday, 27 November:

Qualifier 1 − 3pm ICC Server Time (3pm ET, 9pm CET)
Qualifier 2 - 6pm ICC Server Time (6pm ET, 12am CET)

Saturday, 28 November:

Qualifier 3 − 2pm ICC Server Time (2pm ET, 8pm CET)
Qualifier 4 - 5pm ICC Server Time (5pm ET, 11pm CET)

Sunday, 29 November:

Qualifier 5 − 2pm ICC Server Time (2pm ET, 8pm CET)
Qualifier 6 - 5pm ICC Server Time (5pm ET, 11pm CET)

Saturday, 05 December:

Knockout Final - 2pm Server Time (2pm ET, 8pm CET)

London Calling

Get set for one of the strongest tournament to be held in the U.K. in over 25 years, with the London Chess Classic (www.londonchessclassic.com) running December 8th-15th at Olympia featuring a truly star-studded field.

The young Norwegian superstar Magnus Carlsen and former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia head the eight-player field, and they'll be joined by U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura and Ni Hua of China to complete the four world-class players doing battle with the four highest-rated British Grandmasters: former World Championship challenger Nigel Short, Mickey Adams, Luke McShane and David Howell.

Chess.FM will be covering the London Chess Classic throughout with our usual team of expert grandmaster commentators. Only ICC members can tune-in to Chess.FM for our move-by-move commentary, Trivia competitions and GOTD recaps.

And with London calling, join now by clicking here.

USCL Set For Final Finale

There's going to be a new name on the United States Chess League trophy this year, as the New York Knights get set to take on the Miami Sharks in the finals, to be held on Monday, December 7th here on ICC.

In the semifinals, New York Knights beat the New Jersey Knockouts by 2.5-1.5 to advance to the finals, while the Miami Sharks beat the San Francisco Mechanics, also by 2.5-1.5. In the past, both New York (in 2006) and Miami (in 2005) have reached the finals but lost to San Francisco and Baltimore respectively, so this year one of them will finally see their name on the trophy!

Watch the finals exclusively here on ICC by becoming a member; and also check U.S. Chess League for blog links, games and much, much more. Chess.FM will also have live commentary of the USCL finals with IM Mark Ginsberg and GM Ben Finegold.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Miami Sharks vs. New York Knights

Monday, December 7th - 7PM ET

Regular ICC Events

ICC Newsletter

November 13, 2009

In this issue: Tal-ented Finale

All events are free to ICC members unless noted. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Add 5 hours for GMT. Add 6 hours for CET.

Sunday, November 29
	05:00	Live Coverage World Cup 2009 - Rd 3 Tiebreaks
	07:00	Tournament Early Morning - 7 rounds of 3 1
	09:00	Simul joejan - SimulBot 30 30 - 20 players
	10:00	Tournament Under 1800 Bullet - 7 rounds of 2 1
	10:00	Tournament Over 1700 Bullet - 9 rounds of 1 0
	12:45	Tournament Zhouse League - 6 rd. 1 0 - 2x6 rd. 3 0
	13:00	Tournament STC Bunch - 3 rounds of 45 5
	14:00	Simul FM Vladan Rabrenovic - 45 10 - ch 71
	14:00	Special GibTelecom Qualifier #5
	14:00	Play The Master Blitz against a title FIDE player
	15:00	Tournament Sunday Top Player >= 1800 - 7 rounds 5 0
	15:00	Tournament U1800 Blitz - 7 rounds of 2 5
	17:00	Special GibTelecom Qualifier #6
	17:00	Tournament TimeOddsBattle with the Master
	18:30	Tournament SNS - Sunday Night Standard - 5 rounds 16 6
	23:00	Tournament Nightly U1500 - 5 rounds of 2 6
	23:00	Tournament Nightly O1500 - 7 rounds of 5 0

View this week's entire event list

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— The Sunday Telegraph (London)

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