ICC Events

GM Hikaru Nakamura (Smallville) plays simuls and time odds blitz 5 times per month. The events are usually Sunday 4:00 pm and Wednesday 8:00 pm. Watch the current events schedule.

GM Boris Alterman (B-Alterman) 50 10 simul	Sunday 11:00 am
Play the Master help PLAYtheMASTER	Sunday 2:00 pm
IM Jonathan Schroer (Schroer) 60 30 simul	Monday 1:00 pm
Play the Master help PLAYtheMASTER	Monday 7:00 pm
GM Larry Christiansen (LarryC) 45 15 simul	Every other Monday 8:00 pm
GM Larry Christiansen (LarryC) material odds blitz	The other Monday 8:00 pm
IM Alex Lenderman (manest) 60 30 simul	Tuesday 8:00 pm
IM Vojislav Milanovic (voja) 60 30 simul	Thursday 1:00 pm
GM Larry Christiansen (LarryC) material odds blitz	Every other Thursday 8:00 pm
GM Larry Christiansen (LarryC) 45 15 simul	The other Thursday 8:00 pm
IM Jonathan Schroer (Schroer) 60 30 simul	Friday 1:00 pm
IM Alexey Kireev (MaestroASK) 45 15 simul	Friday 5:00 pm
IM Alex Lenderman (manest) 60 30 simul	Saturday 8:00 am
IM Vojislav Milanovic (voja) 60 30 simul	Saturday 1:00 pm

The ICC also holds numerous other special events and broadcasts. Keep up-to-date by reading news items.

Play the Master

A master, and sometimes a Grandmaster, plays blitz chess against ICC members who are rated 300 or more points below the master. It's a great chance to play a master or Grandmaster! First-come-first-serve. You are also welcome to observe the games, and to heckle the master while he plays! It's an ICC tradition. "help PLAYtheMASTER" on ICC for details.

Simuls

To play in the simul, about 5 minutes before the simul is scheduled to start, type "tell SimulBot join". When the games start, you may move anytime it is your turn to move. You do not have to wait for the simul giver to come to your board. Most of these simuls last about 2 hours. Type +ch 3 if you wish to join the simul chat channel.

Material odds blitz

At the start of the game, material is removed from your opponent's board. This might be a pawn, knight, rook, or queen, depending on your rating. You start with black, except for pawn and move odds. In rook odds the "a" pawn starts on "a3"

Type "pend" and the name of the odds giver to see your place in line.

Time odds blitz

You start with more time than your opponent. Typical: you start with 5 minutes, the opponent 1 minute.