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Benefits of ICC Membership

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ICC Benefits	Members
Unlimited rated and unrated play with opponents of all levels in the world's largest premium chess community.
Join tournaments, master chess lectures, team games, and many other events.
Challenge Grandmasters in simultaneous exhibitions. Watch and learn from 1,200 Grandmasters and International Masters competing on ICC.
Tune in to elite world chess events like Corus, Linares, MTel Masters & world championship matches relayed live with top Grandmaster commentary on Chess.FM. Also view Macauley Peterson's videos, shot directly each day from these elite events.
Listen & view all the regular weekday shows broadcast on Chess.FM - Mon., New Ideas in the Openings with GM Ronen Har-Zvi; Tue., Chess Talk with IM John Watson; Wed., Attack with GM Larry Christiansen!; Thur., Gambit Guide with GM Boris Alterman & Ask The Renaissance Man with NM Dan Heisman; Fri., Game of the Week with GM Joel Benjamin. All shows run for 7-days on demand for members.
Chat, kibitz, find people you know, leave messages for friends, and explore hundreds of specialized chat channels.
Take private lessons from world-class players, selected by ICC for quality of instruction and service.
Browse ICC's database of 5 million master games. Build your personal library and include your own games.
Measure your improvement. Earn multiple chess ratings, including Standard, Blitz, Bullet, Wild and more.
Get your questions answered by ICC's live online help.