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 Teenage Rampage

Age and guile is proving no match for youth and innocence right now at the NH Chess Tournament, as the 'Rising Stars' are running rampant over the 'Experience' team by the crushing score so far of 12-3. This unique event is organized in co-operation with the Monaco-based Association Max Euwe, running August 20-30, at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in the centre of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Experience team includes: Bareev (Russia, 2655), Kortchnoi (Switzerland, 2602), Jussupow (Germany, 2587), Agdestein (Norway, 2583) and Ljubojevic (Serbia, 2555). The Rising Stars team includes Wang Yue (China, 2704), Cheparinov (Bulgaria, 2687), Caruana (Italy, 2630), Stellwagen (The Netherlands, 2616) and Erwin l'Ami (The Netherlands, 2610).

ICC Chess.FM's Macauley Peterson (voted Journalist of the Year by the Chess Journalists of America) brings us his inimitable spin on this intriguing match-up, with daily videos throughout, along with Peter Doggers of ChessVibes.com.

 GM Peter Svidler Special on Chess.FM

Four-time Russian champion Peter Svidler joined the Chess.FM team for their round five live coverage of the Tal Memorial. In this exclusive, 90 minute rebroadcast video, Svidler dissects the days play and discusses major chess issues of the day. Don't miss it!

 Looking Tal in Moscow

Books and songs were written about him; and the ongoing Tal Memorial in Moscow further reminds us of the legacy of the incomparable Soviet-Latvian attacking genius Mikhail Tal, who died in 1992, aged just 56. They called him the "Magician from Riga," and even to this day, the compliment "You played like Tal" is regarded as the highest praise we can give to anyone who wins a dazzling attacking game. And in Moscow right now, the player today most likened to Tal, Russia's Alexander Morozevich, is leading the Tal Memorial at the midpoint. With an uncompromising style of fighting chess that makes him a big crowd-pleaser, “Moro” stunned the former world champion, Vladimir Kramnik, in round three, with a 31 move victory to take the outright lead, and now enjoys a half point lead over the chasing pack on 3.5/5 going into Saturday's rest day.

XI 'New In Chess' Trivia Contest winners

The XI 'New in Chess' TRIVIA Contest! ICC Chess.FM ICC and New in Chess present The XI 'New in Chess' Trivia Contest! Tune-in to Mig on ICC Chess.FM for our round-by-round coverage of Tal Memorial Tournament 2008, and each round you could win a 1-year subscription to the world's best chess magazine. For more information and rules, visit our help page.

Regular ICC Events

ICC Newsletter XXXIV August 22, 2008 In this issue: Looking Tal in Moscow, Teenage Rampage, August Membership Special!, Chess.FM videos, Tomato Central, and the ICC Store.

All events are free to ICC members unless noted. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Add 5 hours for GMT. Add 6 hours for CET.

Friday, August 29   00:45   Tournament Sleepless - 3 tournaments, 5 rounds of 3 0     07:00   Tournament Early Morning - 7 rounds of 3 1     10:00   Tournament ICC Store - 8 rounds of 1 0     11:30   Tournament Chess21 Series - 5 rounds of 5 0     13:00   Tournament Chess21 Series - 5 rounds of 5 0     13:00   Special SimulMaster! with a FIDE titled player     14:15   Tournament Daily Standard - 4 rounds of 30 0     15:00   Webcast GM Benjamin "Game of the Week" GOTW     17:00   Tournament Zhouse League - 6 rds 1 0, 2x6 rds 3 0     20:00   Tournament Unrated blitz - 7 rounds of 5 0     23:00   Tournament Nightly U1500 - 5 rounds of 2 6     23:00   Tournament Nightly O1500 - 7 rounds of 5 0     View this week's entire event list