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 NH Chess Tournament 2007
 Aug 22 - Sep 1 [07:30 EDT | 13:30 CET]
 The youngest grandmaster in the world, Parimarjan Negi, the youngest grandmaster ever, Sergey
Karjakin, and former world champion Alexander Khalifman are only a few of the stars who will compete in the NH Chess Tournament in Amsterdam, August 22 until September 1. |
Apart from the prize money on offer, the best player on the ‘Rising Stars’ team (provided he has a positive score) gets an invite to the 2008 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament in Monaco.
| Round-8 [Aug. 30 | 07:30 EDT] |
| FED |
ELO |
TIT |
RISING (18.5) |
RES |
EXPERIENCE (16.5) |
TIT |
ELO |
FED |
| NED |
2631 |
GM |
Stellwagen |
- |
Beliavsky |
GM |
2653 |
SLO |
| BUL |
2657 |
GM |
Cheparinov |
- |
Nikolic |
GM |
2646 |
BIH |
| UKR |
2678 |
GM |
Karjakin |
- |
Khalifman |
GM |
2632 |
RUS |
| IND |
2529 |
GM |
Negi |
- |
Jussupow |
GM |
2583 |
GER |
| NED |
2538 |
GM |
Smeets |
- |
Ljubojevic |
GM |
2550 |
SRB |
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| N |
FED |
ELO |
TIT |
NAME |
TOT |
| 1 |
UKR |
2678 |
GM |
Sergey Karjakin |
5.0 |
| 2 |
BUL |
2657 |
GM |
Ivan Cheparinov |
4.5 |
| 3 |
GER |
2583 |
GM |
Artur Jussupow |
4.0 |
| 4 |
NED |
2538 |
GM |
Jan Smeets |
4.0 |
| 5 |
RUS |
2632 |
GM |
Alexander Khalifman |
3.5 |
| 6 |
SLO |
2653 |
GM |
Alexander Beliavsky |
3.5 |
| 7 |
BIH |
2646 |
GM |
Predrag Nikolic |
3.5 |
| 8 |
NED |
2631 |
GM |
Daniel Stellwagen |
3.0 |
| 9 |
IND |
2529 |
GM |
Parimarjan Negi |
2.0 |
| 10 |
SRB |
2550 |
GM |
Ljubomir Ljubojevic |
2.0 |
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The games will be broadcast LIVE on ICC and the official website and also the press conferences after the rounds in streaming video.
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IX Sants Open 2007
Aug 24 - Sep 2 [10:30 EDT | 16:30 CET]
 The upcoming Catalonia classic, the season-ending Sants Open, will be split into 2 groups. The event takes
place in Barcelona, Spain, from August 24 to September 2. |
On one side, as previous editions, the main group, formed for all players with federation licenses no matter what Elo Rating points they have. On the other side, a second group of players with Elo lower than 1999 points. For
all rating categories and prizes, FIDE rating will be taking into account first, Catalan rating second, and finally, FEDA rating. Local & National ratings will be validated by Tournament Comission.
| Top-10 Round-7 [Aug. 30 | 10:30 EDT] |
| Bo. |
Tit |
Name |
Pts |
Res. |
Pts |
Tit |
Name |
| 1 |
GM |
Nijboer Friso |
5½ |
- |
5½ |
IM |
Lapshun Yury |
| 2 |
IM |
Feller Sebastien |
5½ |
- |
5½ |
GM |
Pinter Jozsef |
| 3 |
GM |
Shengelia Davit |
5 |
- |
5 |
IM |
Gonzalez Vidal |
| 4 |
GM |
Moskalenko Viktor |
5 |
- |
5 |
IM |
Moser Eva |
| 5 |
GM |
Sulskis Sarunas |
5 |
- |
5 |
IM |
Salgado Lopez |
| 6 |
FM |
Alsina Leal |
5 |
- |
5 |
IM |
Cuartas Jaime |
| 7 |
FM |
Oms Fuentes |
5 |
- |
5 |
IM |
Bromberger Stefan |
| 8 |
GM |
Karlsson Lars |
5 |
- |
5 |
IM |
Gonzalez Rodriguez |
| 9 |
-- |
White Michael |
5 |
- |
4½ |
GM |
Narciso Dublan |
| 10 |
GM |
Gonzalez Garcia |
4½ |
- |
4½ |
FM |
Van Dongen |
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ICC will have daily LIVE COVERAGE and latin Chess.FM on the last two rounds. Also, visit the official website.
New in Chess.FM
John Watson "Chess & Books" with WGM Jennifer Shahade
Only for members. John Watson is on a well-deserved vacation just now, so this week (28 August) it's The Best of John Watson with a re-run of one of his popular early shows that many of you may have missed.
His guest will be two-time U.S. Women's champion, WGM Jennifer Shahade, author of the eye-opening and enlightening tome Chess Bitch, and Web Editor for www.uschess.org. Jennifer has also showed her poker prowess earlier this year by finishing
17th in a World Series of Poker women-only event. Click here to Watch!
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IM Alex Lenderman's Smith Morra Gambit series - part 2/3
ONLY for members . New on ICC Chess.FM! presents part two of IM Alex Lenderman's three-part series on the Smith Morra Gambit. Contrary to common belief,
the Smith Morra Gambit is a sound and very dangerous weapon against the Sicilian - and fun to play! Alex Lenderman teaches you all the nuances, tricks and newly discovered secrets of the Smith Morra Gambit.
- Smith-Morra Part 1 - FREE video for all
- Smith-Morra Part 3 - for ICC members only - will be released shortly.
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ICC Events
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Every Thursday, 15:00 server time! Meet the Bullet master in a Flash tournament! A Grand Master, prominently listed in the Bullet part of the "best" list, will meet YOU in a swiss 9-rounder! |
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  Simul
with GM Larry Christiansen
Thursday [20:00 EDT | 02:00 CET]
 GM Larry Christiansen (LarryC)
will be playing a simul against 30 members in channel 3. The time control for this simul is 45 15. For more information on other events happening this week visit our weekly event
list. |
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 "Ask the Renaissance Man" with Dan Heisman
Thursday [21:00 EDT | 03:00 CET]
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 ICC Newsletter 31-2007
August 24-31
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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.
Thursday, August 30
|  | 00:45 |  Tournament Sleepless - 3 tournaments, 5 rounds of 3 0 |  |
| | 07:00 | Tournament Early Morning - 7 rounds of 3 1 | |
 | 07:30 | Live Coverage NH Chess Tournament - round 8 | |
| | 10:00 | Tournament ICC Store - 8 rounds of 0 1 | |
| | 10:30 | Live Coverage IX Sants Open - round 7 | |
| | 11:30 | Tournament Chess21 Series - 5 rounds of 5 0 | |
| | 13:00 | Tournament Chess21 Series - 5 rounds of 5 0 | |
| | 14:15 | Tournament Daily Standard - 4 rounds of 17 5 | |
 | 15:00 | Bullet Challenge Flash tournament with a titled player | |
 | 17:00 | Webcast "El RETO de Alegro" WIM Alejandra Guerrero | |
| | 20:00 | Tournament League of Losers - 7 rds. 1 0, 5 rds. 3 1 | |
 | 20:00 | Simul GM Larry Christiansen - 45 15 - ch 3 | |
| | 21:00 | Webcast "Ask the Renaissance Man" NM Dan Heisman | |
| | 21:00 | Tournament Thematic - 4 -5 rounds 15 0 | |
| | 23:00 | Tournament Nightly O1500 - 7 rounds of 5 0 | |
| | 23:00 | Tournament Nightly U1500 - 5 rounds of 2 6 | |
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Bullet Challenge with GM
