ICC News Item #1569

NEWS 1569 (4-Jan-02)
Live Coverage on ICC of the 2002 US Championships

The Chessclub.com broadcast team will be showing games from the
US Championships in Seattle, Washington from January 5 to 13.
Some of the top players in the event are GM Yasser Seirawan,
GM Boris Gulko, GM Gregory Kaidanov, WGM Elena Donaldson,
WIM Camilla Baginskaite, and WIM Jennifer Shahade.  The winner
of the tournament will be the 2002 US Champion, and the top woman
finisher will be the 2002 US Women's Champion.  The 9-round
Swiss tournament will have 44 men and 12 women playing.

Chessclub.com members are welcome to "observe" the games and
"whisper" comments with the other spectators. finger US2002
on Chessclub.com will give you specific information about the game
numbers to observe and the current standings.  Each round will have
its own finger account and library of games.  The games will also
be listed in the Event List in Blitzin, where you can click on the
icon to watch while they are in progress.

The official web page for the event is 

http://seattlechessfoundation.org

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