There was a full house of over 300 last Monday (3 Dec.) evening at Luz de Gas, the top Barcelona nightclub. And the reason? Chess. ICC and chess, to be precise.
The ICC European Party turned out to be a resounding success for all concerned and was even honored by the presence of one of the world's top players in GM Judit Polgar, who
played in a special ten board simul with a result of +8 -1 =1.
Taking part in the simul was Eduard Grau (EDUG), who won his spot and hotel accommodation in yet another exclusive ICC members competition. So far this year, ICC has held
member-only competitions that have seen players winning trips to Mainz, Mexico, Gibraltar and now Barcelona!
Also on hand was Joel Berez, President of ICC and Pepo Viñas, General Secretary of FCE - Federació Catalana d'Escacs to announce publicly the signing of a
new deal that will see ICC provide full online services to more than 7000 members!
Opening ceremony: Joel Berez, GM Judith Polgar and GM Miguel Illescas.
And there's no chess show in Barcelona without its favorite son GM Miguel Illescas being involved, and the many time Spanish champion and second to GM Vladimir Kramnik used the occasion to unveil the new format of his entertaining
Spanish magazine Peón de Rey now with 100 full color pages!
Video-Summary ICC European Party 2007 [Author: Michel Debelic // yoflipo]
SIMUL result: +8 -1 =1 Time control: 60 30
Players and results:
01. Emili Simón (1)
02. Jordi Coll (0)
03. Josep Monedero (0)
04. Elisabet Ruiz (0)
05. Lluís BOHIGAS (1/2)
06. Lluís Serra (0)
07. Xavier Caparrós (0)
08. Daniel Castells (0)
09. Eduard Grau (0)
10. David Revilla (0)
Competition for a seat in the simul
One of the 10 seats to play against Judith Polgar is reserved for
the ICC member who wins the competition that will take place next Thursday, November 22nd at 3 PM ICC server time (8 PM Por or 6 PM Bra). WGM and IM MI Martha Fierro,
will plat a 2-game match 30/30 against IM Alejo de Dovitiis. There will be no tie breaks as it is a friendly game.
During the match, ICC will connect the popular robot "GuessTheMove". Every ICC member who answer the correct move before it is played will get one point. In addition to this competition,
when each game finishes, 3 Trivia questions will be asked, each worth 3 points. The first ICC member who answers correctly will get these points.
The member who sums up most points in the two activities will earn the seat to play against Judith Polgar. If there is a tie, the winner will be the member who answered one of the “GuesstheMove” questions quicker".
FREE Video recording of the Match (audio in spanish + games + chat)
TOP-10 final standings
N
HANDLE
GuessTheMove
Trivia
TOTAL
1
EDUG
74
-
74
2
Superselector
68
-
68
3
dsix
68
-
68
4
Chessmurderer
65
-
65
5
CrackdeI29
60
-
60
6
Raisingthebar
57
3
60
7
siddhu
53
-
53
8
frank001
42
6
48
9
SaoCarlosII
43
-
43
10
RedAttack
37
-
37
Prizes
Winner: A seat in the Judith Polgar simul, 300 euros in cash for travel expenses + hotel expenses for the night December 3rd to 4th, Hotel + breakfast. Observations: The winner has to be an ICC member and have a maximum of FIDE ELO 2200. The prize will be paid in hand to the winner in Barcelona. In the case that he can’t assist, the first prize will go to the second qualifier and
there on.
2-3 qualifiers: 3-month ICC extensions.
GuessTheMove Contest
N
HANDLE
POINTS
1
EDUG
74
2
Superselector
68
3
dsix
68
4
Chessmurderer
65
5
CrackdeI29
60
6
Raisingthebar
57
7
siddhu
53
8
SaoCarlosII
43
9
frank001
42
10
RedAttack
37
11
golemcillo
33
12
atactico
31
13
luar1609
30
14
Piky
29
15
BRAINWAVE
26
16
alegro
25
17
RAZONATOR
22
18
howardmac
20
19
abadon
19
20
hualpe
14
21
Legendary
13
22
ticopatzer
13
23
Dbronstein06
12
24
Esen
8
25
joanvd
8
26
MoluscoGrotesco
8
27
Qui
8
28
AnandKing
6
29
MOchess-boy
6
30
Mesklin
5
31
Mitch99
5
32
Robinh0
5
33
taijifan
5
34
Yotehagomate
5
35
Ceejayed
4
36
Crema
4
37
fristi
4
38
LuxAeterna
4
39
Pikaboo
4
40
BenkoToby33
3
41
BenPerez
3
42
still-learning
3
43
capuchino
2
44
Changuito-77
2
45
Gambito-T
2
46
KASPAFEDOR
2
47
magnetar
2
48
mers37
2
49
molokai
2
50
Oneforall
2
51
smarks
2
52
ADSZ
1
53
alexglaz
1
54
Avedldesierto
1
55
BigNEazy
1
56
Chessrascal
1
57
stany
1
58
TheBeatles
1
59
TicTacMate
1
TOTAL GUESSTHEMOVE
978
Text file with the recorded log by "GuessTheMove".
Trivia Contest
QUESTION
HANDLE
POINTS
1
Raisingthebar
3
2
frank001
3
3
-
-
4
joanvd
3
5
frank001
3
6
-
-
Question 1. What is Garry Kasparov's oldest daughter's first name?
CORRECT ANSWER: Polina
Question 2. Which GM married the daughter of GM Yuri Averbach?
CORRECT ANSWER: GM Mark Taimanov
Question 3. What was Lazslo Polgar's job for 15 years, before he fully dedicated himself to teach chess to his daughthers, the Polgar sisters?
CORRECT ANSWER: Biologist
Raisingthebar sent this proof URL.
Question 4.Where will the ICC European Party 2007 on December 3rd, be held?
CORRECT ANSWER: Luz de Gas (Barcelona, Spain)
Question 5. Although no longer, for many years, Judit Polgar had a peculiar habit when she played a chess game. What was it?
CORRECT ANSWER: She would take her shoes off.
Question 6. In 1987, at 11 years of age, Judit Polgar coincided with her sisters in an important open tournament in California. Name the tournament and the winner.
CORRECT ANSWER: Open de San Bernardino, 1987 - California (USA) - Winner: GM Max Dugly.
Digital Invitation
Program (local Spanish time +6 server time)
Thursday, 9 PM. Competition "GuessTheMove".
Monday, December 3rd. ICC European Party
5:30 PM. Opening to spectators "Luz de Gas" - Calle Muntaner, 246. Barcelona.
6 PM. Official presentations and press conference.
6:30 PM. Simul Judith Polgar 10 boards. Playing rhythm: 60/30.
6.30 PM. Live broadcast and also ICC chessfm in Spanish.
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ICC European Party 2007
