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38th Chess Olympiad, Dresden, Germany - November 13-25
In addition to our popular Game of the Day Grand Master coverage of the Olympiad, and podcasts by Mig Greengard (ChessNinja.com), ICC now has a Chess.FM blog! Anyone can read it, but ONLY ICC members can login to leave comments, and we plan to have additional members-only features in the future.
Recent posts feature audio & video from GMs Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Fabiano Caruana (Italy), IM David Smerdon (Australia), Alejandro Ramírez Álvarez (Costa Rica), Baadur Jobava (Georgia), Wang Hao and Hou Yifan (China), and Georg Meier (Germany).
So why not join ICC today and get all the best Olympiad action right here, right now!
"ICC now has a Chess.FM blog! ICC members can login to leave comments, and we'll soon have nifty members-only features. So login today!"
Game of the Day (1st Video - Free to all, All Videos - ONLY FREE TO MEMBERS)
Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008
Date
Round
Commentator
GOTD
Podcast (audio & video)
Thursday, November 13
1
Larry Christiansen
Friday, November 14
2
Larry Christiansen
Saturday, November 15
3
Joel Benjamin
Sunday, November 16
4
Joel Benjamin
Monday, November 17
5
Larry Christiansen
Wednesday, November 19
6
Joel Benjamin
Thursday, November 20
7
Larry Christiansen
Friday, November 21
8
Ronen Har-Zvi
Saturday, November 22
9
Joel Benjamin
Thursday, November 23
10
Ronen Har-Zvi
Tuesday, November 25
11
Joel Benjamin
Anand: One On One
After his World Championship win, Vishy Anand sat down with Macauley Peterson to review the match and answer ICC member questions. He discusses his training, team of seconds, opening preparation, view of the match format, and plans for the future, among other topics. [Running time: 19 minutes]
Regular ICC Events
ICC
Newsletter XLVI November 14, 2008
In this issue:
38th Chess Olympiad, Dresden, Germany - November 13-25, Anand: One On One, Iturrizaga Wins Corus Satellite Qualifier!, Chess.FM videos, and the ICC Store.
All events are free to ICC members unless noted. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Add 5 hours for GMT. Add 6 hours for CET.
Thursday, November 20
00:45
Tournament Sleepless - 3 tournaments, 5 rounds of 3 0
07:00
Tournament Early Morning - 7 rounds of 3 1
10:00
Tournament Cronos Challenge - 8 rounds of 0 1
11:30
Tournament WeekDay Series - 5 rounds of 5 0
13:00
Tournament WeekDay Series - 5 rounds of 5 0
13:00
Simul 30 60 ch 3 IM Vojislav Milanovic
14:15
Tournament Slomato 4 Rounds 17 5
15:00
Tournament Bullet Challenge 9 rounds 1 0
15:00
Webcast GM Boris Alterman
18:30
Material Odds IM John Schroer
20:00
Tournament League Of Losers 1 0 5 and 7 Rounds, W17
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38th Chess Olympiad, Dresden, Germany - November 13-25
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Tournament Sleepless - 3 tournaments, 5 rounds of 3 0
