 The
third M-Tel Masters, 9-20 May
ICC is the official Internet Partner
Six of the strongest GM’s in the world will compete for the M-Tel
Masters 2007 title, which starts on May 9 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Local hero
Veselin Topalov heads the list of this intriguing six-player event, and
he's joined by Shakriyar Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Gata Kamsky, Liviu-Dieter
Nisipeanu and Krishnan Sasikiran.
What makes this event so unique, is that the rules prohibits conventional
draw offers in the pursuit of fighting chess! ICC will be the official
Internet partners for the M-Tel Masters, and we'll be bringing you extensive
coverage that will include video and live commentary on ICC Chess.FM.
Take
the Ronen Challenge
Friday & Saturday, [20:00 EDT | 02:00 CET]
 Former
world under-16 junior champion GM Ronen Har-Zvi has a reputation
of being one of the toughest simultaneous masters on ICC
with whitewash scores of 30-0 and 28-0 to his name. Starting
this Friday, 4 May (and each Friday and Saturday thereafter),
at 20:00 EDT, Ronen will take on 30 all- comers (restricted to 2100 Elo
or below) in a series of twice weekly simuls (time control 45 20), with
the winners receiving a 3-month membership extension and going forward to
the first grand final on Saturday, 26 May 20:00 EDT.
Read
the full announcement
John
Watson Chess & Book Show
Tuesdays [21:00 EDT | 03:00 CET]
 New
on ICC Chess.FM! Tune-in
for The John Watson Chess & Book Show starting on Tuesday,
8 May at 21:00 Server Time. Each week, John's 90-minute show will be reviewing
all the latest titles and discussing books with his guests. IM John
Donaldson, co-author of the acclaimed two volume biography of Akiba
Rubinstein, Uncrowned King and The Later Years will be John Watson's
guest on the first show.
Chess
FM page on our website
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  May Marathon!
  24
hours of non-stop tournaments will be held from 12:00 server time
on Saturday, May 12 until 12:00 server time on Sunday, May 13.
Tournaments
will be held for the following categories: Under
1600 5 0 Blitz in Tomato, Over 1600 5 0 Blitz in Cooly, Under 1800
1 0 Bullet in Olive, Over 1800 1 0 Bullet in Flash, and 15 0 Standard
in Slomato.
Prizes will be awarded at the end of the Marathon
for the top 3 overall in each category and for the the top 3 most
games played. Free trials are not eligible for prizes. This
event is lots of fun, so stop by and play for an hour or for a
whole day!
3
0 Monday Night Flash
Every Monday night at 21:00 server time, a
9 round swiss 1 0 bullet tourney is held in Flash!
Some of
the best bulleters on ICC show up for this event, so why not come
out and take your best shot at them?
Joining begins around
20:45, so log in and “tell flash join” to play! See
you there! |
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Wild
25 Championships Recaps!
In
the 1 0 championship, forevergm won the quad elimination
event while sustaining only 2 losses! His performance allowed
him to overcome a late surge by runner-up nekochabo. Darnoc took
the third place. In the 3 0 championship, KingDestroyer made
short work of the competition, winning the triple elimination event
with only 1 loss! Darnoc again came close,
finishing second this time. EGK finished
in third. It was an exciting day at the wild championships,
and you can take a look at the complete standings by typing “tell
tomato grid 298659” for the 1 0 final and “tell tomato
grid 298662” for the 3 0 final!
 Tourney Tip of the Week
Requesting a Tourney!
 Been
waiting all day for that tourney you’d
love to play in? There’s a channel devoted exclusively
to tourney requests! Managers keep an eye on channel 221
to see what tournaments would be popular with the players. Usually
if several players are asking for the same type of tourney, a
manager will go ahead and run it! So next time you’re
just dying for that one special tourney, “tell 221 Hey,
can you guys run <my favorite tourney> please?”.
Our
managers are standing by!
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 Kramnik-Aronian
match. Coming up soon!
  May
4th - 6th, organized by the Armenian Chess Federation in the city
of Erevan
More info will soon be provided in the
ICC LIVE coverage page.
The match will consist of 6 games.
Visit the official
website of the match. |
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Carlsen
- Radjabov Rapid Match
 May 18th in Porto- Vecchio (south of Corsica) The rate of play is 10 mins + 3 secs increment per move.
After last years Match of the Legends in May 2006 between Anatoly
Karpov and Boris Spassky, the Corsican chess League is now organising
the match of the Hopes.
Visit the official
website of the match.
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Game annotated by GM Ronen Har-Zvi
 Former
world under-16 junior champion GM Ronen Har-Zvi has a reputation
of being one of the toughest simul masters on ICC with whitewash
scores of 30-0 and 28-0 to his name.
Indiana-Jones (2321) - MindRide (1746)
ICC 35 35 u Internet Chess Club (1), 27.04.2007
Sometimes even in a Simul it is time to
play wild - or maybe only in Simuls
18.fxg4 Nxg4 19.Nxf5!? [This was
prepared for very long time - all white's pieces are aimed
towards the kingside, and a sacrifice to break in, is required.] 19...exf5
20.Bxf5 Nxe3?? [This is obviously the first move to look for,
but a losing one. Black should have sensed how dangerous
his king's position is, and play the only move 20...Ke8
when the position is very complicated.]
21.Bxd7+! [When I play fxg4 followed by
Nxf5 , I had not calculated so deeply. I felt it is correct , or at least should
be checked. But here after 20... Nxe3 I felt white must be winning; I now sank
into a deep thought of about 1-1.5 minutes! (serious time in Simul ), and was
happy I managed to find the best possible continuation [21.Be6+ looks interesting,
but I could not find anything after 21...Ke8 21...Ke8! and the knight on e3
controls all the squares!; 21.Bg6+ Kg7 I was not sure about this position during
the game - but with my friend Herr Fritz 10 I am more sure! 22.Rxh7+ Rxh7 23.Rf7+
Kg8 24.Bxh7
+ Kh8 25.Qd3 and the game is over] 21...Kg7
22.Rxh7+!!
[This is white's idea when playing 21.Bxd7]
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22...Rxh7
23.Rf7+ Kxf7 24.Qxh7+ [white has successfully broke
in] 24...Kf6 [24...Kf8
25.Be6 and mate in a few moves] 25.Qh6+ Kf7 26.Be6+
26... Ke8 27.Qg6+ Kd8 28.Qg8+ Kc7 29.Qxc8+
Kb6 30.b4?!
[A mistake? Well, I am not so sure, but the computer
says that after
30.b4 white is +3.5 and after 30.Nb3 white is +13! So I guess b4
was a mistake after all! But it still looks the most natural move
to me, and in 95% of the time playing the natural simple moves
will prove to be also THE BEST.] 30...Qxa3? [30...cxb4
31.c5+ Ka6 (31...Kb5 32.Qxb7+ Ka4 33.Ka2 and mate in 2 moves) 32.Bg4!
And white is winning. To be honest, I hadn't seen this during the
game! But hey, it turned out good, because after 30...Qxa3 I was
able to play one of the most beautiful mates I have ever seen!] 31.dxc5+
Ka6 [White had one move here, and one move only to avoid losing
- but this move leads to a spectacular mate in 2! Do you think
you can find it?]
32.Qc6+!! bxc6 33.Bc8#
What a position! 1-0
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