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ICC Weekly Newsletter ● Vol. IV – Issue XVIII ● May 07, 2009

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U.S. Championship Countdown

Are you ready for a truly spectacular 2009 U.S. Championship that's set to get underway at the new Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis?

The 24 contenders include the "big three" of Gata Kamsky, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Onischuk and defending champ Yury Shulman, plus other former champions Alexander Shabalov, Boris Gulko (the only player to have won both the USSR and U.S. titles), U.S. Hall of Famers and ICC Chess.FM stars Joel Benjamin and Larry Christiansen . The championship also features some of the new rising stars of U.S. Chess, such as GM-elect Robert Hess plus IMs Ray Robson and Sam Shankland.

ICC Chess.FM plans extensive coverage direct from the playing venue in St. Louis! We'll be having official U.S. Championship commentators IM Jennifer Shahade and GM Emil Sutovsky broadcasting live to the audience in St. Louis and also here on Chess.FM throughout, starting at 3.00pm ET; Macauley Peterson will be on-hand producing videos for ICC and the official site each day long with a wrap-up service; and former U.S. champion Nick De Firmian will be hosting each day a special U.S. Championship Game of the Day.

And with Chess.FM streaming audio live for free at the official site, there will be special email trivia contests that will be open to the general public with amazing daily prizes - the NIC trivia contest (1-year subscription to New In Chess magazine); the House of Staunton GOTD trivia ($70 coupon to buy online at HOS); and if you attend the commentary room in person in St. Louis, there's the Everyman On-site trivia (Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess Pt. 2: Kasparov vs. Karpov 1975-1985).

Look out for regular updates here at chessclub.com and uschesschamps.com including a Twitter feed, videos and a fantasy chess competition.

Tuesdays: Chess Talk with IM John Watson

Tune-in for Chess Talk with IM John Watson on ICC Chess.FM. John's weekly 60+ minute show will feature an interview with leading chess personalities. All shows run on demand for members after airing.

This week (Tue., May 5), joining John on the second of his U.S. Chess Championship Specials will be Rex Sinquefield and Tony Rich of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.

Since opening its doors in July 2008 after a $1 million investment, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis has hit the headlines by being one of the world's most impressive chess clubs - and shortly it will be set to host the upcoming 2009 U.S. Championship. Rex is the founder & president of the club, and he'll be joined by Executive Director Tony Rich.

CLICK HERE to listen to full show - FREE to non-members

United States Chess Championship (2nd ed.), The - Andrew Soltis

This thoroughly updated and revised edition of the highly acclaimed 1986 reference work provides a definitive history of all championship events in the United States through 1995. Both the games and the occasions are covered in depth, including biographical details, descriptive settings, anecdotes, tournament drama, unusual games, and grandmaster analysis. Filled with quotations from the winners, losers and many others, this is an authoritative and indispensable volume.

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My 60 Memorable Games - Bobby Fischer

A rare window into the mind of a chess icon, My 60 Memorable Games is perhaps the most inspirational and influential chess book ever written. First published in 1969, it contains Bobby Fischer's objective, honest and self-critical annotations to games he had won, drawn and even lost in the period from 1957 to 1967 - but from which he had also learned valuable lessons.

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Bobby Fischer Rediscovered - Andy Soltis

Although 30 years have passed since Bobby Fischer single-handedly wrested the world chess title from the former Soviet Union, admiration for his beautiful play remains as strong as ever. As copies of My 60 Memorable Games by Fischer are elusive and the book only covers material up to 1967 in any case, the author has provided a timely volume that retraces Bobby's chess career from his teenage years in New York right up to his final matches with Boris Spassky, taking a fresh look at the chessboard masterpieces that have made him a living chess legend.

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American Grandmaster: Four Decades of Chess Adventures - Joel Benjamin

Joel Benjamin is one of the most prominent faces in the history of US chess. At thirteen years of age he broke Bobby Fischer's record as the youngest ever national master, and this was followed by countless tournament successes. Perhaps most famously, in 1997 he hit the headlines when he became the chess consultant for IBM's Deep Blue computer, which made history by beating World Champion Garry Kasparov in an epic encounter.

Soft cover, 192 pages

Price: $10.00 - Buy now!

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