 It's A Candidates Classic!
ICC Chess.FM has daily live coverage of the Candidates Matches
 The 16-player Candidates Matches in Elista, capital of Fide president Kirsan Ilyumzhanov's Kalmykia, is turning into an instant classic with some epic battles to see which four will go forward later in the year to join Vladimir Kramnik, Vishwanathan Anand, Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler in Mexico City for the World Championship tournament.
The top pairing of Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen has been nothing short of spectacular and gripping chess with both players trading win after win (two White wins apiece!) in an enthralling contest as the match remains evenly poised at 2.5-2.5. So far though, safely through to the next series of matches in Elista (starting Wednesday, 6 June), is Gata Kamsky, Peter Leko and Alexander Grischuk.
ICC Chess.FM has daily live coverage of the Candidates Matches with all the best move-by-move analysis from their top commentary team of Mig Greengard and GMs Larry Christiansen, Joel Benjamin, Jon Speelman, John Fedorowicz, Gregory Kaidanov and Varuzhan Akobian.
Play starts 7:00am Eastern Time (12:00pm GMT – 13:00pm CET). Please note that audio, analysis board and entry into the daily New In Chess trivia contest (where each day a 1-year subscription to New In Chess is the top prize) is restricted to full ICC members. |
  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 second grand prize final on Saturday, 30 June 20:00 EDT, with a prize of a 1-year membership extension going to anyone who can beat Ronen in the final. Do you have what it takes for the Ronen Challenge?
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 on Tuesday, 5 June 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.
FM Graham Burgess is a respected author and editor of chess books, not to mention the holder of the world record for marathon blitz chess-playing. In addition to writing other Gambit books such as The Gambit Guide to the Torre Attack and The Slav, he is also a co-author of Nunn’s Chess Openings, as well as the Editorial Director of Gambit Publishing itself.
This show will be made available
for 7-days ONDemand for members.
Chess
FM page on our website
|
  Losers
(wild 17) Championships Coming!
 
From June 15th -20th, qualifiers will be held for the 2007 Losers
Championships! There will be 1 0 and 3 1 sections. The
bullet section qualifiers will be 12 round swiss tourneys. The
blitz section will be 7 round swiss. The top 3 players
from each qualifier will advance to the finals along with the next
4 best for the series of qualifiers who didn’t otherwise
qualify. Let’s see if anyone can dethrone last year’s
champion of both sections, MoltenThinker. Qualifier times
are posted at the
following website
RdgMx 500th Tourney Celebration Results!
179
players turned out to celebrate RdgMx’s 500th tournament
managed! RLH2 (FM) won the event with a
score of 16.0/20. Thanks to all the players and a special
thanks to RdgMx for managing 500 tourneys for ICC! |
|
|
|
League
of Losers!
It’s
the place where all the best w17 (losers chess) players come together
for a great time. LOL happens on Thursdays at 20:00 and Saturdays
at 13:00. Each time there is a 7 round 1 0 tourney immediately
followed by a 5 round 3 1! Wildexpert points are awarded
to the top 3 finishers each month (“finger wildexperts”). Prizes
are awarded for the top finishers of the monthly series as well
as the top finishers for the Thursday section and the Saturday
section. It’s lots of fun, so don’t miss it! “Help
tomatowinners” to see last month’s prize winners!
 Tourney
Tip of the Week:
The command “tell <bot> games” allows
you to see all the games being played in the current round of the tournament. You
can click on a game to observe that game. You can also get a good
idea of how close the round is to being completed. Example: Tell
tomato games.
|
|
ICC
Quiz #2175
submitted by corksucker
White mates in 3
To play this puzzle on the ICC type:
tell trainingbot number 2175
Then type: play trainingbot
| 
|
|
| ICC
Quiz #2180
submitted by EasilyAmused
White mates in 3
To play this puzzle on the ICC type:
tell trainingbot number 2180
Then type: play trainingbot
|
How
to Defend in Chess - Colin Crouch
 Many
books discuss how to attack in chess, but good, resourceful defensive
play is also a vital ingredient in competitive success. However,
this is an area largely neglected in the literature of the game.
This book fills the gap admirably, by explaining the basics of defending
against direct offensives, and taking an in-depth look at how the
all-time greats have fended off their opponents' attacks.. Read
more
224 pages, Published by Gambit
Price $23.95 - Buy
now!
Philidor, The: A Secret Weapon - Christian Seel
 In
this updated English edition, Christian Seel presents a complete
repertoire against 1.e4 based on the Antoshin Variation (1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7) of the Philidor Defence.
Underestimated for a long time, this line is now a solid component
in the repertoire of world-class GMs such as Aronian, Nisipeanu and
Bacrot. Seel sets out the latest state of play in all important lines,
with thorough strategic and tactical explanations and is not afraid
to betray some of the secrets from his own analysis lab. Read
more
Price $31.95 - Buy
now!
|
|
|
|
Starting
Out: The Colle - Richard Palliser
 This
book is a further addition to Everymans best-selling Starting Out
series, which has been acclaimed for its original approach to tackling
chess openings. International Master Richard Palliser examines the
fundamentals of the Colle, elaborating on the crucial early moves
and ideas for both sides in a way that is often neglected in other
texts. The reader is helped throughout with a plethora of notes,
tips and warnings highlighting the vital characteristics of the Colle
and of opening play in general. Read
more
192 pages, Published by Everyman
Price $22.95 - Buy now!
Kasparov’s Sicilian Strategies - Raymond Keene
 In
this book Grandmaster Raymond Keene selects 39 critical examples
of Kasparov’s use of the Sicilian defence in top level competition.
He explains the strategy behind the opening and analyses the critical
variations in such a way as to allow the reader to build up a Sicilian
repertoire and develop it into a deadly arsenal for personal use.
The Grandmaster author takes special care to explain the ideas behind
the moves, in the belief that comprehension of the themes of a chess
opening will be of more value to the reader than memorisation of
reams of moves by rote. Read
more
Published by Hardinge Simpole
Price $28.95 - Buy
now!
|
Solution
to ICC Quiz #2175
submitted by corksucker
1.Nf6+!
gxf6; 2.Rg3+ Kh8 3.Nf7#
|
|
|
|
Solution
to ICC Quiz #2180
submitted by EasilyAmused
1.Bh1!!
d6; 2.Rg2! Kxe4 3.Rd2#
|
|
|
|
