 ICC Second Chance Offer!
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I'd like to thank all of you who recently renewed your ICC membership or joined us for the first time for your strong show of support and your understanding about our price increase. In the last few days, though, we've heard from some people who were disappointed that they missed subscribing at the old price for one reason or another, so we've decided to give everyone one last chance at our best deal.
From now through the end of the day on Tuesday, September 8th, anyone may extend an existing membership or join at the old three-year price of $149.95 (less than 14 cents a day!). On September 9th, the price will return to the regular $179.95. Note that students may receive an extra three years--see the payment page for details.
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If you missed earlier announcements, don't miss this chance!
http://www.chessclub.com/pay
Regards,
Joel Berez
President
Internet Chess Club
(frobozz on ICC)
P.S. Anyone who already paid this week for three years at the new price will automatically receive a refund for $30 with our compliments.
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NH Chess Tournament: Rising Stars vs. Experience
| The 2009 edition of the unique Rising Stars vs. Experience NH Tournament, in collaboration with the Monaco-based Association Max Euwe and NH Hotels, will take place 20th-31st August in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam.
The 'Experience' team has been strengthened this year to include Peter Svidler (Russia), Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark), Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia), Loek van Wely (The Netherlands) and Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Serbia). The 'Rising Stars' this year has Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Fabiano Caruana (Italy), Jan Smeets (The Netherlands), Daniel Stellwagen (The Netherlands) and Hou Yifan (China).
This 'Scheveningen' team tournament also has the added attraction of the highest-scorer in the Rising Stars team receiving an automatic invite to the 2010 elite Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament in Nice, France.
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Play gets underway each day at 7:30am EDT (last round 6:00am), and Chess.FM will have daily commentary with Mig and the GM team of Joel Benjamin, Larry Christiansen, Nick de Firmian and Gregory Kaidanov. We'll also have the New In Chess and House of Staunton trivia contests'', where each day ICC members can win major prizes.
Also in the press room in Amsterdam will be Macauley Peterson, who along with Peter Doggers of Chessvibes will be providing exclusive video coverage of the tournament. Check in at the official site at www.nhchess.com.
Free GOTD from NH Tournament One of the great benefits of ICC (apart from all the top-notch online play and tournaments) in recent years has been the upgrade in our Chess.FM service - many members agree that this alone is worthy of their membership fee. To allow non-members to judge for themselves, ICC is offering all of Game of the Day wrap-up videos from the ongoing NH Tournament to be viewed for free - and even if you are not an ICC member, YOU can also play and win the $75 daily GOTD trivia sponsored by House of Staunton.
You can view each round the GOTD videos at www.chessclub.com.
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MrHat(GM) |
GM Nakamura vs. GM Ljubojevic |
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2 |
LarryC(GM) |
GM Yifan vs. GM Ljubojevic |
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3 |
N-DeFirmian(GM) |
GM Beliavsky vs. GM Nakamura |
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4 |
MrHat(GM) |
GM Stellwagen vs. GM Van Wely |
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5 |
LarryC(GM) |
GM Svidler vs. GM Nakamura |
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6 |
LarryC(GM) |
GM Smeets vs. GM Beliavsky |
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Kaidanov(GM) |
GM Heine Nielsen vs. GM Smeets |
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'New in Chess' TRIVIA!
ICC and New in Chess present The XI 'New in Chess' Trivia Contest, where each day an ICC member will win a 1 year subscription to NIC! |
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Game of the Day Trivia!
ICC and The House of Staunton present the Game of the Day e-mail trivia, where each day you can win a $75 gift certificate. |
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