WCL Newsletter Vol. II - issue VIII Friday, February 29th, 2008
	In this Issue: Over the Ocean Titled players challenge you ! Live on WCL Prizes Tournament & QR Highlights WCL : The Community Past issues

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Titled players challenge you ! If you want to see your name in the NewsLetter, it is VERY easy : just play the Events and win! Played this week Some results of the week   Keep an on the scheduled Events, connect in time, then, jump in!  On Dasher, click in menu bar - Window - Activities then select the Events tab. That is where you find most of the info about... guess what... EVENTS ! Under (To)day Events, you find scheduled events, MasterChallenge, Simul, etc. But also the live games that are broadcasted. Under them are the "tomorrow events" as far there is no last minute change. But above the Today Events, there is a line name "scheduled events with titled players this week" and it opens a webpage.  vs is probably the toughest Time  Control for the Masters. So, in most on cases, we go for a  1 0 vs 2 1. Still one more minute for the player!     Let's see the results of the week: Thursday, february 21st | 15:00 EST WGM Anna Zatonskih was on the field! 16 wins with a time control of 1 1 vs 2 1.   Lecture Friday February 22nd | 15:00 EST   GM Larry Christiansen took a short break as a commentator on Chess.FM for Morelia-Linares  tournament and gave an interesting and educational lecture on .  He chosed 3 games just played in AEROFLOT tournament and went throughout this games.  The last game (below), was Sutovsky vs Volotikin but he had previously analysed Grachev vs Nepomniatchi  and Dreev vs Nepomniatchi. LarryC(GM) kibitzes: I will be talking about a couple games from the 2008 aeroflot open LarryC(GM) kibitzes: .lost of great games there LindaMartell kibitzes: greetings Larry, thanks for the lecture ..:-) LarryC(GM) kibitzes: .one very nice game was even played in the A2 group LarryC(GM) kibitzes: which was composed of players u 2550LarryC(GM) kibitzes: the winner of aeroflot was the young GM Nepomniachtchi LarryC(GM) kibitzes: .don't ask me how to pronounce it Gbjorn kibitzes: how old is he? VAIBHAVBHAT kibitzes: lol LarryC(GM) kibitzes: I think he is 18 LarryC(GM) kibitzes: .but maybe 17 LarryC(GM) kibitzes: Russia's latest big talent LarryC(GM) kibitzes: he is a very aggressive player Gbjorn kibitzes: that's awesome LarryC(GM) kibitzes: who is known for lightning attacks lattie kibitzes: lol LarryC(GM) kibitzes: lol yes with audio I would mangle his name lattie kibitzes: call him Nepo LarryC(GM) kibitzes: lets see how he defeated one of the 2nd-place finishers  Prior to those analysis, GM Larry Christiansen showed a very nice combo played by Josh Friedel, well known player on a previous site.  Audience was full to follow that lecture given by the great Larry!  During this full hour, members can chat with the Master, ask questions and give their spin on the games, suggesting some sidelines or variations. A real contact between the players and the Master!  Those live lectures should be available soon in Audio. Saturday February 23rd | 10:00 EST  GM Viktor Gavrikov played a 16 games MasterChallenge with a Time Control 1 1 2 1, drawing to Lena and losing to Alpen (who already beat him the week before). Saturday, February 23rd | 15:00 EST  GM Victor Mikhalevski played a DoubleTrouble and his opponents were really in trouble as none of the 35 players could win or even draw the Israeli GM. As usual, well done Victor! Sunday, February 24th | 14:00 EST GM Daniel Fridman who just played and win the  Deutscher MeisterSchaft was a bit tired when he entered te MasterChallenge with the tough 1 0 2 0 time control. Nevertheless, he won 15 out of 20 games, losing to Lena, MaryDawson x2 and redsoxboy;  drawing to Korsten. Monday, February 25th | 15:00 EST WGM Anna Zatonskih  is never that far from GM Daniel Fridman and played a perfect MasterChallenge, winning her 16 games. Monday, February 25th | 19:00 EST  IM Irina Krush didn't want to do less than her compatriot and simply won 17 games!    Wednesday, February 27th | 15:00 EST GM Dnaniel Fridman was back and didn't give a chance to his opponent, winning his 17 games. Banter played this week:  During the 25 5 game, the two Masters whisper their thoughts and their plans. Of course, they can't read what their opponent is planning. Always interesting to try to understand how a Master thinks!  When the game finishes, the players review the game together, exploring other lines and analyzing their mistakes. IM Goran Vojinovic vs IM Gergely Szabo 0 - 1 GM Yuri Solodovnichenko vs GM Dejan Antic never ended, because Yuri lost his connexion. To complete the event watched by more than 25 people, GM Dejan Antic gaved a crushing 30min MasterChallenge wining his 10 games. These games have been recorded with the player's comments and can be rebroadcasted on demand.  TGIF This Friday evening, (Feb. 22), Dragan Stamenkovic was facing FM Dragan Drasko. Once again! And it's always a great show to observe this two players. An average of 10% of all the connected members are in the audience. IM Dragan Stamenkovic vs FM Drasko.Twelve games were played and the final score is 6 - 6.  Don't miss this weekly battle! Be there next friday at 20:00 EST where IM Goran Vojinovic will meet IM Dragan Stamenkovic!  Simul Results  Don't miss the registration! To make sure you'll be warned of the beginning of the registration for the simul, just do "tell simulbot alarm". Beware, that is a toggle command, so, if you send the command twice, that will switch the alarm off. Saturday, February 9th | 19:00 EST   IM Dragan Stamenkovic played the regular Saturday's Simul. It took less than one hour to get rid of the twelve players. Well... almost since the game vs Bigpawneater ended in a draw and that is te game he chosed to analyse. Remember that  is the only site where Simul are folowed by an analysis and comments between the simul giver and  the  audience. If you want to review that game by yourself, type /examine 1314125680. Tuesday, February 26th | 19:00 EST  GM Dejan Antic was there for the tuesday's Simul and despite a rather long time control (40 15), 11 players joined the party, including one of the most active players of the site IM Branimir Maksimovic. This game ended after 19 moves in a draw. Much more longer was the game played vs Zebille who drew GM Dejan Antic and whhom game was deeply analyzed at the end.   During his analyse, he pointed out a win missed by the player and then : DejanAntic(GM) whispers: draw DejanAntic(GM) whispers: thank you guys DejanAntic(GM) whispers: see you next time Zebbile kibitzes: thanks GM!!  Piece-Odds Friday, February 22nd | 15:00 EST  IM Dragan Stamenkovic played his second Piece-Odds on .  14 wins an only one loss to Zebille. Tuesday, February 19th | 15:00 EST  GM Vitali Golod was back for his favorite event.  Undefeated in the previous events, he lost one game this time to jjq. By the way he won the 16 others.  Of course, only members can play, so become a member!  In Pieces odds, the master will suffer the handicap of a piece determined by your blitz rating despite the rating displayed is your wild rating. The time control is 2 0 2 0. The limits can be adjusted and are not always the same, even for the same Master. For example:  U1200 Queen down  U1400 Rook on a file missing  U1650 Bishop on c file missing  U1850 kNight on b file missing  U2200 f pawn missing  Above?... well... show us you deserve your rating ;-) Wednesday, February 27th | 19:00 EST IM Miodrag Perunovic won 19 out of the 21 games he played, drawing to Goran and losing to Petrol Thanks to all the players, Members and Masters, and Congratulations to the Winners. Rules and descriptions of all Titled Events can be found here Site Pro : Vitali Golod   GM Vitali Golod was born in L'vov, Ukraine in 1971. He now lives in Beer-Sheva, Israel. You can find more details on his FIDE card here. Current rating 2606! His provisonal(?) highest.  He achieved GM title in 1996 (IM in 1993 and Soviet Union Master in 1991  Over the board: he is a specialist of King's Indian and Sicilian but he likes to study all kinds of openings with his friends. So, he has built a large repertoire!  Some results : His best result was probably in 2007, on the Isle of Man (1-6 places 6.5/9 with average Elo of 2585) but his palmares shows lots of good results, either with  his Beer-Sheva Team or as an individual in Israel Championship ( 1-2 places with 6.5/9 in 2004). This professional Chess Player has a good reputation as a coach and he is Captain of Israel Woman Team (Vitali! If you need some help, just ring me!). And his goal is -simply-  'bring up the future world champion on a chess :)'  When he is not pushing wood, you may find him playing snooker. He also enjoys swimming and tennis.  On , he plays MasterChallenge or BanterChess, and for a few weeks, he is becoming an expert in Piece-Odds (see rules above). You can face this expert in openings unable to use his repertoire because pieces are missing!  So, don't miss his next event on . We hope he will be available soon. Right now, he is playing in Belgian and German Liga. Daniel Fridman Deutscher Meister Congratulations to an other SitePro GM Daniel Fridman(2627) who just won the Deutsche Meisterschaft with 7.5/9. One full point ahead of GM Klaus Bischoff. Anna Zatonskih's best student is a fierce MasterChallenge giver here on.   Events Scheduled This Week (Saturday March 1st, March 9th)  Saturday  10:00 EST MasterChallenge  15:00 EST DoubleTrouble  19:00 EST Simul + analysis  IM Goran Vojinovic  FM Dragan Drasko  IM Martha Fierro  Sunday  14:00 EST MasterChallenge  18:00 EST Battle of the Week  GM Viktor Gavrikov  IM Irina Krush vs  GM Dejan Antic  Monday  15:00 EST MasterChallenge  19:00 EST MasterChallenge GM Daniel Fridman  IM Irina Krush  Tuesday  15:00 EST MC Pieces-Odds  19:00 EST Simul+Analysis  GM Alex Finkel  GM Ronen Har-Zvi  Wednesday  15:00 EST MasterChallenge  19:00 EST MasterChallenge IM Sasha Belezky  IM Branimir Maksimovic  Thursday  10:00 EST MasterChallenge  15:00 EST Simul+Analysis  19:00 EST BanterChess  IM Goran Vojinovic + PRIZE (see below)  GM Larry Christiansen FM Dragan Drasko vs  IM Branimir Maksimovic  Friday  15:00 EST Lecture  19:00 EST MC Pieces-Odds  20:00 EST TGIF IM Irina Krush  GM Larry Christiansen IM Gergely Szabo vs  IM Dragan Stamenkovic  Saturday  10:00 EST MasterChallenge  15:00 EST DoubleTrouble  19:00 EST Simul + analysis GM Michael Roiz IM Goran Vojinovic  IM Martha Fierro  Sunday  14:00 EST MasterChallenge  18:00 EST Battle of the Week WGM Anna Zatonskih GM Boris Gulko vs  GM Dejan Antic   Live on World Chess Live Aeroflot - Malaga Besides Morelia-Linares tournament  is broadcasting 2 importants tournaments. Aeroflot ran from feb 14 to feb 22. The young Russian rising star Nepomnichtchti(17) finished 1st with a score of 7/9, followed by Dreev and Motylev. GM Larry Christiansen gave a lecture on this games on last friday and you can watch this games in aeroflot08's library Also running is XI Open International Malaga de Ajedrez, which games are relayed every day on  from 11:00 EST. "finger Malaga08" for more details. The tourney will end March 1st. 1650 Euros ($2500) Prize for the winner and a total of 12,000 Euros will be dispatched between all the players.      Morélia - Linarès Tournament  Since Feb 14th, the Super Tournament Morelia/Linares is running. Don't miss a move of that event on and watch the eight top GM battling in the first part of that super tournament. Are present : Vishy Anand (India), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Peter Leko (Hungary), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway).  The first part is done, so click rematch icon to watch the second part running February 28 - 8 March in Linarès where, originally the tournament was created and held. The cross table below shows you the results after Morelia.  The relay team will provide you, in collaboration with ICC a live coverage of this really great event asw we did for the Morelia's part. You will have access, to ICC Chess.FM's commentaries by Mig Greengard & Macauley Peterson (whose daily video report will be available on ICC webpage. The team is composed of GM like Joel Benjamin, Ronen Har-Zvi, Larry Christiansen, Nick De Firmian and John Fedorowicz.  You must also watch the Game Of The Day (GOTD), available in Event Window. It's a not to be missed feature that no other Chess Site can provide you at such a level of quality.

Cross Table after Round 7 and before Linares

N NAT NAME FED FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PTS 1 Shirov ESP 2739   ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 4 2 Carlsen NOR 2714 ½   ½ 1 1 0- ½ 0 3.5 3 Leko HUN 2755 ½ ½   0 ½ 1 0 0 2.5 4 Topalov BUL 2769 0 0 1   1 ½ 1 1 4 5 Aronian ARM 2741 ½ 0 ½ 0   ½ 1 1 3.5 6 Radjabov AZE 2742 0 1 0 ½ ½   ½ ½ 3 7 Ivanchuk UKR 2787 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½   ½ 3 8 Anand IND 2801 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½   4.5

Highlights

Events with Prize by IM Goran Vojinovic Every Thursday at 10:00 EST  During February and March 2008, IM Goran Vojinovic will offer a weekly MasterChallenge in the early afternoon, (european time). Among the players who will play him, the best winner will be awarded by a free lesson given by IM Goran Vojinovic.  The Serbian International Master is actually rated 2474 and could beat his previous peak (2482) very soon.  He belongs to those who believe in WCL and wants to help the site to develop in Europ.  The dates are not yet determined, so keep an eye on WCL events and don't give away the chance to get free lesson from a great teacher! Result of Thursday, February 28th : 18 wins, so, this time again, the winner of the free lesson is NO_PLAYER. Better luck next Thursday ! Rules : the games will be played in 2 0 2 0 time control. In case of several losses, the best winner will be determined this way 1st tiebreak: The player who won the most games in that MasterChallenge. 2nd tiebreak: The player with the lowest rating. Predict a Move Started since January 1st, PAM (Predict-a-Move) is rolling. Every day at 13:00 EST, you can join the line just type "tell PAM-bot join". The rule is simple. A game played by 2 masters is chosen in a database and the members have to guess what is the move that has been played by white as well as black. Any guess within the 30 first seconds give you 25 points. The right guess gives 75 points, so, the right guess found in less than 30 seconds means 100 points. Of course, it is not allowed to search the game in a database in order to guess(?) the move. We hope you understand that cheating is just detrimental. You can join, leave and come back without losing your points. Here come the names of the top 3 in the PAM played from Thursday, February 21st to Wednesday, February 28th:  Thursday  1. Timm 4700 pts  2. Chesslover2 4450 pts  3. AleshBenko 4375 pts  Friday  1. Alstone52 2650 pts  2. AleshBenko 2600 pts  3. timm 2500 pts  Saturday  1. Alstone52 2700 pts  2. Zoraidax 2650 pts  3. MersenneTwister 2425 pts  Sunday  1. Antares12 4250 pts  2. Alstone52 4075 pts  3. RichardBradley 3900 pts  Monday  1. Alstone52 3850 pts  2. Korsten 3450 pts  3. MassimoViti 3000 pts  Tuesday  1. AleshBenko 4175 pts  2. EduardoAbramson 4150 pts  3. YoNoSe 4150 pts  Wednesday  1. ChessLover2 3500 pts  2. ZoranMilenkovic 2925 pts  3. PatriciaRichard 2875 pts  Each day, around 20 persons join this events and kibitz their thoughts via PAM-bot. So Join us and have fun!  In case of tiebreak, the system is very simple, it is the registration order which decides, so, be there at the very beginning!    : The Community  We need you ! As already said above, is growing ! We need Helpers, we need more Tournament managers, so if you like chess and if you enjoy to help people to play chess and give them fun in playing in the best conditions, apply for Helper and/or for Tournament Manager. Go in Event Tab of the Activities Window and, at the bottom, you'll find the forms to fill. Don't forget that thing : if you are friendly with people, people will be friendly with you (well... almost !) You can also click on "I want to become a Helper" or on "I want to be a Tournament Manager"  Feel free to share your opinion and your wishes. We want to know what kind of event you like, in tourneys, in event vs titled players. We also need to know what is the best hour for you (of course, regarding where you live in the world) and how much time you can spend on for an event. You can find the list of scheduled events, tourneys and broadcast of the coming week in the event window .   Well, we need to know who you are and where you are from in order to schedule the right events at the right time. Questions and some answers: Wild : Atomic chess will is back with the release 1.2.0 of Dasher actually under testing. Coming with it an other wild is back : the Two Kings. To know more about the rules of those two popular wild, type "help wild". Ask your Tournament Manager in channel 221 to set up Atomic or any other wild tourney! Rating graph : What is the problem with supplying a personal progress graph for World Chess Live? I considered this an important feature of Chess live and was disappointed when it wasn't carried over when the changes were made. No worries, it will be done. Guests : You have dowloaded Dasher and you can actually plays vs the computer when you are not connected but, if you want to play on line, you must be a member. Log in as a guest just allows you to ask questions. In case of problem to validate your membership, password lost, please contact . Games of the day / Videos : they are available for members only (so join us !) with your and password handle. Mac / Linux :I adore the dasher program but I can't downloaded with my Mac OS X 10.5.1 and sadly I only play with it in my laptop. There is an alternative interface to Dasher for people who chosed Mac or Linux, its called Sonia. Time Control : Set up a game with time control like 40 moves in 60 minutes + extra time like on an OTB is possible when the game is in tourney mode, so you may need a Admin Tournament Manager to do it. What time is it ? : On , the events refers to the Server Time EST (New-York time), that is GMT-5 or PST+3. To check the Server Time (and see if your didn't forget to have lunch) you can type /Date in main tab and see the server time.  Two important addresses : If you have any suggestions, ideas or questions, feel free to contact us. We will give you a personal answer or publish it in this part if many of you are concerned by a topic. We collect also infos regarding members of . If you have played a tourney OTB, if your club organizes an event or anything else, we can mention it. Some of you may have questions relatives to login, lost password, membership then contact support. We answer as soon we receive your mail.

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