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Article #1562U.S. vs China Summit Chess Match Live on the Internet
From: Michel Gagne
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 00:22
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 00:22
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WorldChessNetwork.com (WCN) is proud to announce their exclusive live coverage of the U.S.A. versus Peoples Republic of China Summit Chess Match beginning July 10th and ending on July 15th, 2002. The Summit Match will be held in Shanghai with games to be played on the 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th. Each round will consist of 10 games featuring six of the top male players, two of the top female players, and two of the top junior players from each country. Chinese hopes are high for another victory over their arch rivals from the U.S. as the Chinese team includes the likes of GM Ye Jiangchuan, rated 2676. Mr. Jiangchuan was the winner of the China Championship in 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, and 1996. GM Jiangchuan was a quarterfinalist in the 2000 World Cup. The Chinese super-team also includes GM Xu Jun, rated 2654. Mr. Jun was the winner of the China Championship in 1983 and 1985. He was also the winner of the Asian Men's Individual Championship in both 2000 and 2001 This will be the first time that the U.S. versus China summit has ever been covered live on the Internet. Chess fans from around the globe will be able to watch the matches "live" on the Internet via software provided free of charge by WorldChessNetwork.com. The top games of each round will be covered and commented on, in real-time by some of the world's top players. Photos, pre-game and post-game interviews will be available on the WorldChessNetwork.com website. http://www.worldchessnetwork.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,1942653245e07bd3,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-05 17:22:55 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!torn!news-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca!not-for-mail From: "Michel Gagne" <mgagne@nbnet.nb.ca> Newsgroups: gnu.chess Subject: U.S. vs China Summit Chess Match Live on the Internet Lines: 28 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <zLqV8.15951$f52.2093709@news-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca> Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 00:22:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.166.228.14 X-Complaints-To: abuse@nbnet.nb.ca X-Trace: news-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca 1025914975 142.166.228.14 (Fri, 05 Jul 2002 21:22:55 ADT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 21:22:55 ADT Organization: NBTel Internet