ICC News Item #1680

NEWS 1680 (3-Mar-03)
Live Coverage on ICC of Gudmundsson Memorial GM Tourney

The ICC broadcast team will be showing games from the Gudmundur J.
Gudmundsson Memorial Tournament taking place in Reykjavik, Iceland from
March 3 to 5.  The event is a 9-round Swiss with a time control of game
in 25 minutes.  Games start at 12 noon ICC time each day.

The event is very strong, with 25 players rated over 2500 FIDE.  Some of
the top players are Topalov, Adams, Shirov, Sokolov, Bacrot, Lautier,
van Wely and Sutovsky.

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 Edda2003 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://icechess.com/Edda2003/

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