ICC News Item #1847

NEWS 1847 (4-Apr-06)
Play Tournaments on the Internet Chess Club!

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

For the seventh year running, ICC hosted the Internet chess event of 
the year.  Nearly 2,000 members registered to play in the 2006 Dos 
Hermanas tournaments as they featured a prize fund of 6,100 Euros 
and several years of ICC memberships.  GM Fabian Doettling took first 
place and the 1,600 Euro cash prize.  For full details, visit:
http://www.chessclub.com/resources/event/doshermanas2006/

The 2006 3 0 Blitz Championship starts April 8th!  These exciting 
tournaments are very popular as many of ICC's top Blitz players hope 
to win the title currently held by last years champion, StarkL(FM).
Here is the schedule of the qualifiers; each one is an 11-round event:

Saturday, April 8     14:00 EDT
Sunday, April 9       12:00 EDT
Monday, April 10      19:00 EDT
Tuesday, April 11     21:00 EDT
Wednesday, April 12    9:00 EDT
Thursday, April 13    15:00 EDT

For full details, read help Championship.

The 2006 ICC Three Checks (w25) Championship starts April 14th!
For a schedule of the qualifiers and a list of prizes, see:
http://www.chessclub.com/finger/WildChamps

The largest Tomato tournament marathon ever was held on March 11-12th.
A record 1,220 players played in 207 tournaments over the 24-hour period.  
For a complete list of winners and prizes, see:
http://www.chessclub.com/finger/MarathonWinners

For full details on this exciting, bi-monthly event, see help marathon.  
Come join us May 13-14th, 2006 for the next 24-hour, Tomato tournament 
marathon!

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

During the month of March, there were 3,008 players in the 354 
scheduled tourneys, and a total of 2,132 tournaments overall.

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