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5 unusual facts about Internet Chess Club


Aleksandr Lenderman

Lenderman plays on the Internet Chess Club under the handle 'manest' and gives free simuls periodically.

Conrad Holt

Conrad Holt is a consistently strong internet blitz player, playing on such chess servers as ICC and chess.com.

Dennis Monokroussos

His lecture series originally began as "Great Games in Chess History" on Chess.FM, which is now a part of the Internet Chess Club.

Internet chess server

On March 1, 1995, Sleator announced his intentions to commercialise ICS himself, renaming it the Internet Chess Club, or ICC, and charging a yearly membership fee of $US 49 ($US 59.95 in 2007).

John L. Watson

He has a weekly Internet radio show 'Chess Talk with John Watson' on Chess.FM, the radio arm of the Internet Chess Club (ICC).


Alexander Rustemov

Rustemov is a well seasoned internet blitz player, having played Loek van Wely in an 137-game blitz match on the ICC, the final score of which was 67.5-71.5 to van Wely.

Grünfeld Defence, Nadanian Variation

Bu Xiangzhi (2607) – Krishnan Sasikiran (2657), Dos Hermanas Internet Chess Club 2005; D85
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Na4 e5 6.dxe5 Nc6 7.a3 Nxe5 8.e4 Nb6 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bg5+ Be7 11.0-0-0+ Ke8 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.Kc2 Bd7 15.Bxe5 Bxe5 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Bc4 Ba4+ 18.Bb3 Bc6 19.Bd5 Ke7 20.e5 Bg7 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Nd4 c5 23.Nc6+ Ke6 24.f4 Ra4 25.g3 b5 26.Rhe1 Rha8 27.Nd8+ Ke7 28.e6 f5 29.Rd7+ 1–0


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