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 Battle of Bonn - it's the final countdown!

We're now in the final countdown to the biggest chess showdown of the year, as world champion Vishy Anand (India) defends his title against former champion Vladimir Kramnik (Russia). The 12-game, $2 million plus match will run October 14th to November 2nd in the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn, Germany, under the patronage of German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrük, and sponsored by Evonik Industries AG. Game 1: Tuesday, October 14 Game 2: Wednesday, October 15 Game 3: Friday, October 17 Game 4: Saturday, October 18 Game 5: Monday, October 20 Game 6: Tuesday, October 21 Game 7: Thursday, October 23 Game 8: Friday, October 24 Game 9: Sunday, October 26 Game 10: Monday, October 27 Game 11: Wednesday, October 29 Game 12: Friday, October 31 Tiebreak (if needed): Sunday, November 2 Chess.FM will have unrivaled coverage throughout in Bonn, with Mig Greengard hosting our live coverage each day, supported by his regular GM sidekicks of Joel Benjamin, Larry Christiansen, Nick de Firmian, Ronen Har-Zvi, Gregory Kaidanov, not to mention some top-flight surprise guest commentators. Also in Bonn reporting for Chess.FM will be American Chess Journalist of the Year, Macauley Peterson, who will be giving us his unique video spin of all the action. During our live broadcast, there will be the ever-popular New In Chess Trivia contest, where each day you could win ICC membership extensions and the top prize of a one year subscription to the best chess magazine in the world, New In Chess! ICC members will also be able to take part in the shows and win ICC membership extensions by Skyping in questions each day that will be broadcast on air. You can view some of the highlights of live Chess.FM with a special 5 min preview clip from the recent Grand Slam Final in Bilbao - click to discover just what all our members are raving about and what you are missing by not being a member of ICC! So get ready for the Battle of Bonn by following all the action here at ICC Chess.FM - sign up for your free trial membership today!

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ICC Newsletter LX October 3, 2008 In this issue: Who's on First?, Battle of Bonn, 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.

Monday, October 06   00:45   Tournament Sleepless - 3 tourneys - 5 rounds of 3 0     07:00   Tournament Early Morning - 7 rounds of 3 1     10:00   Tournament ICC Store - Flash 8 rounds of 1 0     11:30   Tournament Chess21 Series - 5 rounds of 5 0     13:00   Tournament Chess21 Series - 5 rounds of 5 0     14:15   Tournament Daily Standard - 4 rounds of 20 5     15:00   Webcast GM Ronen Har-Zvi     18:00   Simul IM Jon Schroer - 55 20 - ch 3     19:00   Play The Master Blitz against a title FIDE player     21:00   Tournament Bullet - 9 rounds of 1 0     23:00   Tournament Nightly O1500 - 5 rounds of 5 0     23:00   Tournament Nightly U1500 - 5 rounds of 2 6     View this week's entire event list