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Mexico 2007 ICC Qualifiers August 4-9 [See full Schedule and Rules] Starting August 4, and running until August 12, you will have a chance to win a trip to be a VIP guest at the World Championships in Mexico City. Now, after the huge record-breaking success of our Mainz qualifier, there comes another bigger and better qualifier - and exclusive ONLY for full ICC members! You have more information, including regulations and prizes in the Mexico 2007 ICC section.

We have joined forces with the organizers of the forthcoming World Championship tournament in Mexico City for yet another unique online qualifier package. Starting August 4, and running until August 12, you will have a chance to win a trip to be a VIP guest at the the World Championships in Mexico City from September 13 until September 17, with a ringside seat to watch all the action involving Kramnik, Anand, Morozevich, Aronian, Grischuk, Leko, Svidler and Gelfand.

The package for the overall winner includes: $1500 USD (to be paid out only on arrival in Mexico) to cover your airfares and other expenses. Also included in the package is 4 nights (13-17 Sept.) at a top hotel in Mexico City, plus VIP tickets for the World Championships, and free entry into the "Copa Internacional de la Cd. De Mexico" Open.

PLAYING SCHEDULE

There will be six qualifiers to the knockout finals. You can play in as many qualifiers as you like. All qualifiers will have 9 rounds, swiss pairings. The games are rated in the Blitz category. Latejoining is possible until round 6, but half point byes are only available for the first three rounds. The time control will be 3 0 in the whole tournament.

• Qualifier 1: Saturday, August 4th, 2pm
• Qualifier 2: Sunday, August 5th, 2pm
• Qualifier 3: Monday, August 6th, 3pm
• Qualifier 4: Tuesday, August 7th, 6pm
• Qualifier 5: Wednesday, August 8th, 5pm
• Qualifier 6: Thursday, August 9th, 4pm

Qualifier-2 | Sunday, August 5 | 14:00 EDT | 457 players

• Raffle prize winners of 3-months membership extensions: ponten, Raisingthebar, CharlieHerndon, emoskow.
• Standing and Results Qualifier-2.

Qualifier-1 | Saturday, August 4 | 14:00 EDT | 401 players

• Raffle prize winners of 3-months membership extensions: RdgMx, DFME, Revolutions, sitparkcin.
• Standing and Results Qualifier-1.

108th US Open 2007 Jul 28-Aug 5 [15:00 EDT | 21:00 CET] For those of you who like big tournaments, the 108th U.S. Open starts soon in New Jersey. It begins on July 28th, with the traditional schedule of one game a day at 7:30pm. This year's venue is the Crown Plaza Philadelphia-Cherry Hill in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. You have more information in the ICC LIVE coverage page. Also, visit MonRoi website.

	Arctic Chess Challenge 2007 Aug 4-12 [10:00 EDT | 16:00 CET] The Arctic Chess Challenge 2007 takes place 4th-12th August in Tromsø, Norway. This tournament  is the second in a series of events leading up to Tromsø’s bid for the 2014 Chess Olympics. The total prize fund is 11.050 Euro. You have more information in the ICC LIVE coverage page. Also, visit the official website.

	GM Magnus Carlsen wins the 40th Biel Festival July 23 - Aug 2 The main GM is very strong in spite of defending champion Alexander Morozevich deciding not to play due to health reasons. Players: Radjabov, Polgar, Grischuk, Carlsen, Van Wely, Onischuk, Bu Xiangzhi, Avrukh, Motylev and Pelletier. You have more information in the ICC LIVE coverage page. Also, visit the official website.

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Montreal - Interview with Ivanchuck

FREE. Macauley talks with Vassily Ivanchuk, winner of the 2007 Montreal International Empresa , on Sunday, July 29th. [Running Time: 4:20].

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John Watson Chess & Books with IM Malcolm Pein

Only for Members. John's special guest this week was International Master Malcolm Pein, chess entrepreneur and one of Britain's leading chess journalists. He writes daily for The Daily Telegraph and each week for The Sunday Telegraph, two of Britain's top national newspapers. Malcolm is Executive Editor and owner of Chess Monthly and Executive Director and proprietor of The London Chess Center. His expert views on the game are often sought for radio and television.

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ICC Events

Simul with IM Alex Lenderman Sunday [08:00 EST | 14:00 CET]  IM Alex Lenderman (manest) will be playing a simul against 30 members in channel 3. The time control for this simul is 45 30. For more information on other simuls happening this week visit our weekly event list.

	Simul with GM Boris Alterman Sunday [11:00 EDT | 17:00 CET]  GM Boris Alterman (B-Alterman) will be playing a simul against 30 members in channel 3. The time control for this simul is 50 10. For more information on other events happening this week visit our weekly event list.

	Simul with FM Vladan Rabrenovic Sunday [14:00 EDT | 20:00 CET]  FM Vladan Rabrenovic (Rabren) will be playing a simul against 20 members in channel 71. The time control for this simul is 45 00. For more information on other events happening this week visit our weekly event list.

	PlaytheMaster! with FIDE titled Sunday [14:00 EDT | 20:00 CET]  A master will be here to play games with anyone rated under 300 points (ICC blitz) below the master. We hope this will give a lot of people a chance to play blitz against a master, who may have never played a master before!

	Time Odds with WGM Martica Fierro Sunday [18:00 EDT | 24:00 CET]  WGM Martica Fierro (MarticaFierro) will play time odds Blitz games against ICC members. For more information on other events happening this week visit our weekly event list.

	SNS - Sunday Night Standard Sunday [18:30 EDT | 00:30 CET]  Each Sunday at 18:30 there will be a standard tournament with 16 6 time control. These tournaments are 5 round Swiss. 3 Prize Categories! sponsored by C:Support, Inc. For more information, visit our help page.

	ICC Newsletter 28-2007 August 3-10  In the issue 28-2007: Magnus Force! Ivanchuk wins in Montreal. Mexico City Qualifiers. Learning Corner with 3 annotated games by GM Ronen Har-Zvi.

All events are free to ICC members unless noted. All times are Eastern Daylight Time. Add 4 hours for GMT. Add 6 hours for CET.

Sunday, August 05   00:45   Tournament Sleepless - 3 tournaments, 5 rounds of 3 0     07:00   Tournament Early Morning - 7 rounds of 3 1     08:00   Simul IM Alex Lenderman - 45 30 U2200 - ch 3     10:00   Tournament Over 1700 Bullet - 9 rounds of 1 0     10:00   Live Coverage Arctic Chess Challenge round 2     10:00   Tournament Under 1800 Bullet - 7 rounds of 2 1     11:00   Simul GM Boris Alterman - 50 10 - ch 3     12:45   Tournament Zhouse League - 6 rd. 1 0 - 2x6 rd. 3 0     13:00   Tournament STC Bunch - 3 rounds of 45 5     14:00   Simul FM Vladan Rabrenovic - 45 00 - ch 71     14:00   Play The Master Blitz against a title FIDE player     14:00   Special ICC Qualifier-2 Mexico 2007     15:00   Tournament Sunday Top Player >= 1800 - 7 rounds 5 0     15:00   Tournament U1800 Blitz - 7 rounds of 2 5     15:00   Live Coverage US Open 2007 last round 9     17:00   Tournament TimeOddsBattle with the Master     18:00   Time Odds WGM Martica Fierro     18:30   Tournament SNS - Sunday Night Standard - 5 rounds 16 6     23:00   Tournament Nightly O1500 - 7 rounds of 5 0     23:00   Tournament Nightly U1500 - 5 rounds of 2 6     View this week's entire event list