ICC News Item #1845

NEWS 1845 (11-Mar-06)
Play Tournaments on the Internet Chess Club!

The Internet Chess Club holds over 500 tournaments every week!  There
are 81 scheduled events weekly, as well as hundreds of impromptu
tournaments for bullet, blitz, standard, and wild variations.

The next 24-hour Tomato tournament Marathon will be held
March 11-12th.  There will be five sections and dozens of
membership-extension prizes; see help marathon.

The 1 0 Bullet Championship ran from February 11-18th.  Over 360
players participated, and the winners were:

Open:   JohnJR(IM)
u2000:  somethingclever

Next up is the 3 0 Blitz Championship in April.  See
help Championship for full details on these exciting events.

The 2006 Random Wilds (w29) Championships ran from February 17-25th.
Peter-Patzer won the 1 0 section and MoltenThinker won the 3 0
section.  The next Wild Championship will be Three Checks (w25); see:
http://www.chessclub.com/finger/WildChamps

For a full list of the February monthly prizes, see:
http://www.chessclub.com/finger/TomatoWinners

Scheduled Event prize winners (maximum 1 month per person):

Top 5 Scheduled Event Winners:
10 wins - Talaris  (+1 month extension)
9 wins - manest(IM)
7 wins - sharkmeister
6 wins - JohnJR(IM), mala9, mudilo, Resigner, WhiteKiller

Most points earned - OF (355.5 points) (+1 month extension)
Most rounds played - captain55 (879 rounds) (+1 month extension)

During the month of February, there were 3,051 players in the 345
scheduled tourneys, and a total of 1,850 tournaments overall.

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