ICC News Item #1675

NEWS 1675 (12-Feb-03)
Live Coverage on ICC of Aeroflot Open from Moscow

The ICC broadcast team will be showing the games from the Aeroflot
Open from Moscow from February 11 to 19.  The tournament is a 9-round
Swiss event, and all rounds will start at 7am ICC time, except for
the last round which begins at 2am ICC time.

Among the players are last year's winners Kaidanov, Grischuk,
Aleksandrov, Shabalov and Milov.  Reports say there are over
150 Grandmasters in the event.

ICC members are welcome to "observe" the games and "whisper"
comments with the other spectators. finger Live on ICC will
give you specific information about the game number to observe.
finger Aeroflot2003 for results, standings, and other
information.  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://www.aeroflotchess.com/ (English and Russian)

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