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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.
SimulMaster
A Master, and sometimes a Grandmaster, will play 20 ICC members rated under
300 points (ICC Standard) below the Master. The Simul will take place in channel
3. The time control is 30 minutes without increment (30 0). The lottery system
will be used, to give everyone a chance to play. It's a newICC event. "help
SimulMaster" 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.
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