WCL Newsletter Vol. II - issue XVIII  Friday, May 2, 2008
	In this Issue: USCF + WCL = Success Grand Prix : Just Great ! Titled players challenge you ! Live on WorldChessLive  Tourneys: Wild Marathon Highlights WCL : The Community Past issues

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Titled players challenge you ! MasterChallenge(*)(C)(TD): >Congratulations WCL-Member for defeating GM Vladimir TooStrongsky in the MasterChallenge event. Congratulations Player for this incredible accomplishment :) 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 Tournaments and EVENTS! Under (To)day Events, you find scheduled events, MasterChallenge, Simul, etc. But also the live games that are broadcasted. following, there is "tomorrow events" as far there is no last minute change.  vs is probably the toughest Time  Control for the Masters. So, in most on cases, we go for a  1 1 vs 2 1. Still one more minute for the player!     Let's see the results of the week: Thursday April 24 | 15:00 EDT  GM Dejan Antic 12 wins and 1 draw to Franco and 1 loss to Lena Friday, April 25 | 15:00 EDT IM Branimir Maksimovic  made a perect score with 17/17. Saturday, April 26 | 15:00 EDT GM Viktor Gavrikov played 19 games and won all. Monday, April 28 | 15:00 EDT IM Goran Vojinovic in time-odds won 14 games, drew 3 times to MaryDawson and lost to alstone52.  Monday, April 28 | 19:00 EDT IM Branimir Maksimovic played 19 games, and just lost one game to MikeWilson2! Wednesday, April 30 | 15:00 EDT WGM Anna Zatonskih for a time-odds Master Challenge played 15 games and lost once to VincentPerrier! Wednesday, April 30| 19:00 EDT IM Goran Vojinovic was just a killer  with 17 wins Piece-Odds Friday, April 25 | 19:00 EDT GM Larry Christiansen 21 wins and 1 loss to robertbancod. Tuesday, April 29 | 15:00 EDT WGM Anna Zatonskih jumped in her fisrt Piece-odds on WCL. 10 wins 3 losses  to MaryDawson, Predestinedpawn and  VAIBHAVBHAT, 1 draw to CaseyWestern. "I should be able to do better" No doubt Anna! see you next week!  Of course, only members can play, so become a member! Thanks to all the players, Members and Masters, and Congratulations to the Winners. Rules and descriptions of all Titled Events can be found here  TGIF This Friday evening, (April 19), was again the 2 Draqsko battle !  IM Dragan Stamenkovic 7.5-3.5 FM Dragan Drasko . Do you want to see this games ? type /search DStamenkovic DraganDrasko and you will get the list of all the games played between this titled players on WCL.    Don't miss this weekly battle! Be there next friday at 20:00 EDT!  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.   IM Martha Fierro , were back for her Saturday Night Simul. She won all the games and reviewed the one played against Zebbile.   GM Ronen Har-Zvi, played a Simul against 9 players and won 8 out of 9! Only PlayWayCool could beat the GM. As usual GM Ronen Har-Zvi was playing with black and on that diagram he showed to Billbodhisattva what could have been the plan for white there WCL is the only site where Simul are followed by an analysis and comments between the simul giver and  the  audience. 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. GM Boris Gulko vs GM Ronen Har-Zvi. It was the 3rd time they met in BanterChess. They drew the 2 first games and... Same again on Thursday April 24! So, a sequel to this series will be soon played. Keep an eye on teh scheduled events!  GM Dejan Antic vs IM Branimir Maksimovic was the program on sunday April 27. The game ended in a draw and the review of the game was much appreciated by the 25 people in audience!  These games are recorded with their commentaries for a further rebroadcast. You can also do /finger Banterchess to review the games without the comments for now but you will be soon be able to have the full benefit of the event.  Events Scheduled This Week (Saturday May 3, May 11)  Saturday  15:00 EST MasterChallenge  19:00 EST Simul+Analysis FM Dragan Drasko IM Martha Fierro  Sunday  14:00 EST Piece-Odds  18:00 EST Battle of the Week GM Alex Finkel GM Dejan Antic vs IM Irina Krush  Monday  15:00 EST Time-Odds  19:00 EST Simul+ Anlaysis WGM Anna Zatonskih GM Ronen Har-Zvi  Tuesday  15:00 EST MC Pieces-Odds  19:00 EST MasterChallenge WGM Anna Zatonskih IM Branimir Maksimovic  Wednesday  15:00 EST Time-Odds  19:00 EST MasterChallenge GM Larry Christiansen IM Branimir Maksimovic  Thursday  15:00 EST BanterChess  18:00 EST MasterChallenge GM Yuri Solodovnichenko vs  IM Irina Krush IM Gergely Szabo  Friday  15:00 EST MasterChallenge  19:00 EST MC Pieces-Odds  20:00 EST TGIF GM Viktor Gavrikov GM Larry Christiansen GM Dejan Antic vs  GM Yuri Solodovnichenko  Saturday  15:00 EST MasterChallenge  19:00 EST Simul + Analysis GM Alex Finkel IM Martha Fierro  Sunday  14:00 EST Piece-Odds  18:00 EST Battle of the Week IM Gergely Szabo FM Dragan Drasko vs IM Goran Vojinovic   Live on World Chess Live FIDE Grand Prix BAKU 2008 : 20 April - 6 May Started on April 20, the FIDE Grand Prix of Baku 2008 is broadcasted everyday by the relay team (including Thor, Thor and Thor) The Video Game Of The Day (GOTD) are available for members on WCL. The commentaries by GM Larry Christiansen are always highly appreciated. This famous SitePro of WCL plays almost every week MasterChallenge and Piece-Odds events So, if you dont want want to miss the GOTD and enjoy to be crushed by one of the strongest attacking players, just become a WCL member or renew your membership! More details on the official website Grand Prix on WCL : 2nd Tournament played on May 1st  The kickoff event for the 2008 Worldchesslive Online Grand Prix began Thursday, April 24th at 8pm Server Time. This inaugural event was FREE for all USCF members and a total of 20 points in USCF's 2008 WCL Grand Prix was awarded. Of course, Younger members can also earn points and, in addition, all games in the Online Grand Prix are USCF quick-rated. Full details can be found at WCL-USCF 2008 Grand Prix   When you register for the first time, make sure your USCF number and PIN have been updated, specially if you just renewed your USCF membership. Otherwise just come and play! USCF members are full part WCL members and can take benefit of all the events, tourneys, videos, that are provided by WCL to his members so enjoy and don't limit your pleasure to USCF events. On the other hand, all WCL members are invited to get their USCF membership and play in that great event! Grand Prix is hosted in channel 225 (Littleper) and run by Quickbot in 3 2 u blitz, 8 rounds no latejoin after rd 3, so don't be late! With 45 players joining the tournament, that first Grand Prix was a real success  but what to say when the number or player increases to 62 in the second! Just Greater than Great. Thanks people for joining us for this event! This week's winner is Houda and after a tiebreak knightenight got the 2nd place and bulletchamp the 3rd. Congratulations to the winners ! Thanks to all who played or watch for making this tournament a true success !   "tell tournamentbot grid 5445" for full results and info We hope to meet you next thursday and every week then for what is promising to become one of the greatest regular events on WCL! USCF QR : more and more players! Sunday April 27, 28 players joined what is becoming a not to be missed Tourney on WCL in cooperation with USCF. The tourney was a Swiss 5 0 7rounds. Congrats to PlayWayCool who scored 6 out of 7 and to Moonlightwizard and NRyba, both with 5.5/7. To see all the results "tell tourmanentbot 5386" The ratings have been updated on USCF site. Of course, all the precautions are taken to avoid cheating. But keep focus on your play, even if Speedtrap pays you a visit. That doesn't mean you are suspect, but just it behaves the same way with anybody.   So get ready for May 4, 20:00 EST ! STC Bunch May Mania Interested in playing slow games? The STC Bunch organizes slow tournaments and helps people who prefer slower time controls to find games. Check out our website at www.stcbunch.net and join channel 90. We have over 1000 members, and membership is free! May Mania is here! The STC Bunch's annual four round sprint kicked off on April 28 and will occur every week. You just have to sign-up for STC and the games are free. The time control is 45 5, and you'll be paired against players with a rating close to your own in every round. There are prizes available to WCL members! The minimum requirement is to play at least one game per month. Details of the rules can be found at http://stcbunch.net/eventswcl.php Available on WCL : Chess Talk with IM John Watson featuring Jonathan Berry Tune-in for Chess Talk with IM John Watson on ICC Chess.FM. John's weekly 60+ minute show will feature an interview with leading chess personalities. All shows run on demand for members after airing.  This week (Tue., 29 April), joining IM John Watson on Chess Talk will be Canadian jack-of-all-trades, Jonathan Berry. Apart from being an FM over-the-board, Jonathan holds the distinction of two further titles by being a Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess and International Arbiter, officiating at Candidates' matches and Olympiads. Since 1981, Jonathan has written the popular weekly chess column for Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail.  He's been the Executive Director of the Canadian Chess Federation and served for 15-years as Technical Editor for US magazine Inside Chess. Jonathan's most recent project has been as technical and layout editor for the new three-volume series on the life and times of Duncan Suttles, Chess on the Edge. Future Events : BOCA RATON  2008 U.S. Senior Open WCL will cover that famous meeting running from April, 28 to May, 3 2008. more details on the website

Highlights

Predict a Move - An Event with PRIZES ! Started  January 1st, PAM (Predict-a-Move) is rolling. Every day at 13:00 EDT, 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 gives 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. PRIZES : Each month the best player will be awarded with a 3 weeks membership extension and the player who has played the most during the month (with a minimun score of 3000 points for the whole month) will get 1 week membership extension! The winner of the best can't be, the same month, also winner of the most and can't be awarded for the best score, two months in a row but he is allowed to play for the most. The April Winners of PAM are:  For the best: timm 112825 pts (3weeks membership extension) For the most : MassimoViti 92875 pts (1 week membership extension) 162 differents players took part to this event in April! Here come the names of the top 3 in the PAM played from Thursday, April 24 to Wednesday, April 30:  Thursday  1. Alstone52  2850 pts  2. EduardoAbramson 2775 pts  3. Zoraidax 2775 pts  Friday  1. timm 4000 pts  2. ZoranMilenkovic 3975 pts  3. Alstone52 3800 pts  Saturday  1. MassimoViti 3700 pts  2. EduardoAbramson 3650 pts  3. Alstone52 3625 pts  Sunday  1. MersenneTwister 2300 pts  2. Richardbradley 2175 pts  3. ZoranMilenkovic 2025 pts  Monday  1. timm 3800 pts  2. RobertBancod 3025 pts  3. MassimoViti 2900 pts  Tuesday  1. Alstone52 4200 pts  2. Robertbancod 3975 pts  3. timm 3925 pts  Wednesday  1. timm 4675 pts  2. ZoranMilenkovic 4575 pts  3. RobertBancod 3100 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!   Dasher - Hints and tips  WCL help files are being updated. So, for the coming days, you will have to do /set webhelp 0 before calling a help file and read it in main tab. Just a matter of days :)    Make sure you have a version 1.2.2 or above. Click on the Help in menu bar and select About Dasher. It will display your actual version and if it does show you the 1.2.2 you have to download here. You just downloaded the latest Dasher and, Included in this version, a link to the multi-title winning JUNIOR engine that you can buy much cheaper than anywhere else and integrate in Dasher to examine, analyze your games and, use as a tool to help improve your game!     We are here to help you and let you have fun playing chess!    : The Community  We need you ! As already said above, WCL 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 WCL 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: Games of the day / Videos : they are available for members only (so join us !) with your WCL handle and password.  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 WCL, the events refers to the Server Time EDT (New-York time), that is GMT-4 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 WCL. 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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