 Young Turks Rule....?
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Age and guile once again takes on youth and innocence at the 2nd NH
Chess Tournament in Amsterdam, as a newer generation of players do
battle with a team of stars from yesteryear.
The ten-day Scheveningen team tournament, held in the Dutch capital
is an intriguing battle of the ages between a team of `Experience´
and a team of `Rising Stars´. The old hands are players who all
peaked in the 1980s.
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Alexander Beliavsky
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Artur Jussupow
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Alexander Khalifman
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Ljubomir Ljubojevic
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Predrag Nikolic
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Ivan Cheparinov
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Sergey Karjakin
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Parimarjan Negi
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Jan Smeets
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Daniel Stellwagen
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Last year, the Rising Stars were emphatic 28-22 victors. This year
however, the old hands are proving more of a challenge. Going into
the final round, the Rising Stars lead by just a single point in the
team competition, 15.5-14.5.
Leading the charge for the coveted invitation to play in next year's Melody Amber tournament in Monaco though is the young, Ukrainian ace, Sergey Karjakin (pictured above), who leads the overall competition on 6/9, a half point ahead of Ivan Cheparinov and Artur Jussupow
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There's an old saying in the printed media that a picture says more
than a thousand words. If that were true in the chess world, then
ace Dutch photographer Fred Lucas has written what must seem like the
Collected Works of William Shakespeare!
There's none more professional amongst the camera-wielding rugby
scrum of photographers than Fred Lucas, armed with his trusty camera
and collection of lens' as he sets about getting candid and unusual
photos of all the players in action as you have never seen before.
"My relation with chess is simple," says Fred. "I'm a photographer
who is very fond of the game, loves the atmosphere at tournaments –
it's if you can really feel all the ideas coming up on all those
boards – and I love to make pictures, especially with available
light. What I like most when photographing chess players is to get
their emotions that are otherwise hard to see, because life
immediately proceeds to the next moment. Before the start of a game
most players are busy with themselves, concentrating and some give
you the impression that they really don't want to pay attention to
anything else than the game to come."
If you haven't heard or seen the work of this maestro, then please
take the time to visit Fred Lucas' site and enjoy
the works of a true artist.
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   GM Joel Benjamin Game of the Week
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Fridays [15:00 EDT | 21:00 CET]
 New to ICC Chess.FM! Three-time
U.S. Champion GM Joel Benjamin starts his new weekly show every Friday at 15:00 Server Time. Joel is regarded by many as one of the best commentators and analysts' we have in the game today, and each Friday he will be giving
us his insight and spin with his selection of Game of the Week.
This is a not-to-be-missed 30-minute video is exclusively for ICC members only -- so if you want to get ahead of the game, get ready to tune-in!
By popular demand and requests from members, ALL of Joel Benjamin's GOTW videos will be available now 24/7 by clicking here for
his library site archiving all shows. Enjoy! |
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Alex Lenderman
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Smith Morra Gambit series (part 2/3)
ICC Chess.FM presents part one of IM Alex Lenderman's three-part series on the Smith
Morra Gambit, free for everyone to view! Contrary to common belief, the Smith Morra Gambit is a sound and very dangerous weapon against the Sicilian - and fun to play! Alex Lenderman teaches you all the nuances, tricks and newly discovered secrets
of the Smith Morra Gambit. Be sure and watch this FREE video!
Part 2 of 3 for ICC members only is now available here and part 3 will be released shortly.
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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 fourth grand prize final on Saturday, 29 September at 20:00 EDT, with a prize of a 1-year membership extension going to anyone who can beat Ronen in the final. In Ronen's August final, he scored 10-0!
Only winners who beat Ronen on the board (not on time), will go forward to the final; and should anyone beat Ronen there, they will also receive an additional 12-month ICC membership extension! Anyone who draws in the final
will also receive a 4-month membership extension. And each month, Ronen will pick and annotate the best game from the final for the ICC Newsletter.
Do you have what it takes for the Ronen Challenge?
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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 ICC Chess.FM.
Each Tuesday at 21:00 EST, John's 90+ minute show will review the latest titles, followed by a discussion of books and other chess topics with his guests.
John Watson's guest this week will be Greg Shahade (4th Sept.), followed by Danish FIDE Master and author Carsten Hansen (11th Sept.).
Carsten writes the very popular ChessCafe.com column, Checkpoint,
which reviews new opening books each month. He has a wealth of
experience at international level and a reputation as an original
thinker and a thorough researcher. His first book, The Gambit Guide
to the English Opening: 1...e5 received high praise in the chess
press. Other Gambit titles to his name include: Improve Your
Positional Chess, The Nimzo-Indian 4 e3, and Symmetrical English.
 Chess FM page on our website.
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 September Marathon
 It's Marathon time! Mark your calendars for the weekend of September 8-9. Beginning at 12:00 noon on Saturday, and ending at 12:00 noon on Sunday, ICC is proud to host 24 consecutive hours of non-stop tournament action!
There will be several categories being contested.
- 5 0 Blitz: u1600 section
- 5 0 Blitz: over 1600 section
- 1 0 Bullet: u1800 section
- 1 0 Bullet: 1800+ section
- 15 0 Standard section for all ratings.
Prizes will be awarded for best and most in all categories. See "Help marathon" for full details!
Sleepless Series It's either early in the morning or late at night, depending on how you look at it. But either way, it's a great time to play some chess! So every day at 00:45 EST, we proudly present the Sleepless Nights Series. Three consecutive 5 round swiss 3 0 blitz tourneys are run in Cooly every single day!
Best of all, prizes are awarded to the top 3 finishers for the month and the 3 players who played the most games in the month.
Type "Finger SleeplessNights" for more info and type "Finger TomatoWinners" to see last months prize winners. Don't miss out on this fun opportunity! Log onto ICC tonight and tell Cooly join!
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 Tourney Tip of the Week:
Watch those dr-points! If you accumulate 50, you'll be banned from tournaments for a week, and that's no fun!
You gain dr-points when you are forfeited from tourneys, so avoid behaviors such as latestarting, disconnecting before a tourney is finished, and getting frustrated and leaving the tourney on your own.
To check your dr-points, "tell tomato finger". You can reduce your dr-points by completing tourneys. It's more fun for everyone if you play more tourneys and stay until the end!
"Tell tomato help dr-pts" for more details.
Atomic Championship Recap! It was a year of near misses for Peter-Patzer, widely considered to be one of the better atomic (wild 27) players on the ICC. He finished as the runner-up in both the 1 0 section and the 3 0 section!
In the 1 0, he lost to this year's champion, MoltenThinker, who has also been the wild 27 champion in 2004, 2005, and 2006! Nice job on the 4-peat Molten!
This year was the first year of the 3 0 w27 championship section, and Tipau becomes the first champion!
Congratulations to all who qualified for the finals. It was a good show, and we look forward to next year! |
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ICC
Quiz #719
submitted by Sex-Pistol
White mates in 3
To play this puzzle on the ICC type:
tell trainingbot number 719
Then type: play trainingbot
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Quiz #922
submitted by Breaker
White mates in 3
To play this puzzle on the ICC type:
tell trainingbot number 922
Then type: play trainingbot
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Solution to
ICC Quiz #719
submitted by Sex-Pistol
1. Qf8+! Bg8;
2. Qf6+!! Bxf6; 3. Bxf6 #
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Solution to ICC Quiz #922
submitted by Breaker
1. Qxg6+!! hxg6;
2. Nf6+ Kh8; 3. Rh7 #
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