ICC News Item #1720

NEWS 1720 (11-Oct-03)
Live Coverage on ICC of the Essent Tournament (Karpov, Polgar)

The ICC broadcast team will be showing games from the 
Essent Tournament taking place in Hoogeveen, The Netherlands,
from October 12 to 18.  The players are Grandmasters Anatoly
Karpov, Judit Polgar, Ivan Sokolov, and Levon Aronian.  The
tournament is a double round robin.

Games start at 8am ICC time every day except for a rest
day on October 15, and the last round, which starts at 6am
ICC time.

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 numbers to
observe.  finger Essent2003 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.hoogeveen.nl/essent-chess/index2003.htm (Dutch)
http://www.hoogeveen.nl/essent-chess/info_eng.htm (English)

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