 Aronian
defeats Kramnik 4-2 in a rapid match
Yerevan, Armenia, 4th-6th May.
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last year, overjoyed with Levon Aronian leading his country
to gold at the 37th Chess Olympiad, the Armenian Treasury issued a new coin
minted with all the players' names on it.
In a final warm-up match before playing Magnus Carlsen later this month
in the Candiates cycle, Aronian took on Vladimir Kramnik in a six-game
Rapid match last weekend in the capital city, Yerevan.
Opening the match, Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan said:
"Armenia has a true passion for chess - it is the land of Tigran
Petrosian and Olympic Champions. Chess is part and parcel of Armenia's
daily life, and it is hard to find a household in Armenia where this venerated
game is not played. Indeed, we glorify our beloved famous grandmasters,
likewise holding the legendary greats from around the world in the highest
regard and extending to them our sincere hospitality."
Well, chess-mad Armenia had more to celebrate as Aronian won by what
on paper looked a resounding 4-2 victory over the world champion - but
the scoreline only told part of the story, because in the final two games,
Kramnik uncharacteristically missed mates in both!
The
third M-Tel Masters, 9-20 May
ICC is the official Internet Partner
Six of the strongest GM’s in the world are competing for
the M-Tel Masters 2007 title, which started on Thursday
in Sofia, Bulgaria. There was a shock in store in the opening
round for local hero and top-seed Veselin Topalov, as the world #2 fell
for a nasty tactic to Livu-Dieter Nisipeanu to lose his first round game.
In the only other decisive result of round 1, former elite star Gata Kamsky
found the going tough against rising star Shakriyar Mamedyarov, as the Azeri
#2 also won.
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.
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  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.
Each Friday and Saturday, at 20:00 EDT, Ronen will take on
30 all- comers (restricted to 2150 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 prize final on Saturday,
26 May 20:00 EDT. Last week, two winners battled their way through to the
finals and a chance of a free 1-year membership extension. Are you up for
the Ronen Challenge?
Read
the full announcement
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 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 on Tuesday, 15 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 David Vigorito, author
of new book Challenging the Nimzo-Indian will be
John Watson's guest on the show.
This show will be
made available for 7-days ONDemand for members.
Chess
FM page on our website
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  Tomato’s 300,000th Tourney Celebration!
  Big
Announcement! Tomato will be celebrating 300,000 tourneys run on
ICC on Saturday, May 19th at 2:00 pm server time!
There will be
cash prizes (to be determined) for the top finishers, so you can
expect to see many top players in the tourney! Congratulations
tomato, and a special thanks to all the managers who have worked
so hard to provide our members with 300,000 tourneys and counting!
April Prize Winners!
(Part 1/2)
Sleepless: Best 1. mulot 2. OF 3. mala9
Most 1. amb063 2. Enfatico 3. jasep.
EarlyMorning: Best 1. suddensagesse
2. JammyDodger 3. grunhyde Most 1. Guchlu 2. MrTambourineMan 3. flanco3.
ICCStore: Best 1. Mossingen 2. Saravana 3. DreadHead Most 1. steefie 2. chips 3. ChampBlair
Weekday: Best 1. Ecuadorian 2. Jrrr2007 3. RENATEX Most 1. chatt 2. HSK 3. Spags & outbacker5
(tie)
DailyStd.: Best 1. Pawntrader66 2. Ser-Enigma 3. Ecuadorian Most 1. Engevik
2. Oneflewover 3. crazynights
Congratulations to all the April prize winners!
Check back next week to see part 2 of April winners! |
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Scheduled Fischer Random!
Every
Tuesday evening at 18:00 server time, a 5 round swiss 4 2 blitz
Fischer Random (w22) tourney is held in Wildone! Every game
begins with the correct number of pieces, but your back row is
arranged in a totally random order from game to game. It’s
the ultimate test of chess strategy without memorized openings! Come
out this Tuesday and give it a try… you won’t be sorry!
 Tourney Tip of the Week: Leaving a tourney!
Every
now and then, it’s unavoidable that a player needs to leave a tourney
they’ve entered.
While we encourage players
to remain if at all possible, if you must leave you can do
so with the command “tell <bot> leave. For
example, if you were playing in the Scheduled Fischer Random
on a Tuesday evening and absolutely had to go, you could type “tell
Wildone leave”. You
will then be removed from the tourney.
Please don’t simply
disconnect, because then the manager is left wondering whether
you will return or whether they
should forfeit you. The proper etiquette is to simply use the “tell <bot> leave” command. *Be
Warned* -- you will receive dr points!
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 37th
Bosna tournament
  The
traditional 37th Bosna tournament takes place May 18th-28th 2007
in Sarajevo.
Double round robin with:
Alexander Morozevich (RUS 2762) Nigel Short (ENG 2691) Artyom
Timofeev (RUS 2658) Ivan Sokolov (NED
2655) Sergei Movsesian (SVK 2642) Borki Predojevic (BIH 2609)
Visit the official
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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 between
young talents Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov.
Visit the official
website of the match.
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Gambiteer
I - A Hard-hitting Chess Opening Repertoire for White - Nigel Davies
 Opening
expert Nigel Davies produces a complete opening repertoire which
is certainly not for the faint-hearted: uncompromising and wild attacking
ideas for both colors.
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more
192 pages, Published by Everyman
 Price $22.95 - Buy
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Back to Basics: Tactics - Dan Heisman
 An
instructional book, aimed at beginning and improving players, designed
to hone your tactical skills. Includes about 500 examples and test
positions, from easy to challenging.
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more
192 pages, large format
Price $20.95 - Buy
now!
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Starting Out: Sicilian Sveshnikov - John Cox
 John
Cox revisits the fundamentals of the Sveshnikov, elaborating on the
crucial early moves and ideas for both sides in a way that is often
neglected in other texts.
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more
192 pages, Published by Everyman
Price $22.95 - Buy
now!
Solitaire Chess - Bruce Pandolfini
 From
world-renowned chess teacher Bruce Pandolfini comes a collection
of the 50 best games from his popular "Solitaire Chess" Column in
Chess Life magazine.
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229 pages, published by McKay
Price $14.95 - Buy
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