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Article #1749World Chess Network Announces Golden Opportunity Weekend
From: Michel Gagne
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:05
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:05
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World Chess Network Announces Golden Opportunity Weekend http://www.worldchessnetwork.com SCOTTSDALE, AZ - WorldChessNetwork.com, announces its second Golden Opportunity Weekend. For a full weekend, all members of the World Chess Network (WCN) regardless of their membership level will be able to try out the service as a full-fledged Gold Member. Tournaments, rated games, Predict-a-Move, banter games, and more will be available to all existing and new users of the WCN online chess services. Patrick Connoy, World Chess Network's President stated, "Our first Golden Opportunity Weekend, held last month, was so popular with our entire Membership base, that we are happy to offer it once again, this time on St. Patrick's Day weekend! Our first Golden Opportunity weekend set new all-time records on our site for number of games being played, number of players present and tournament participation. It was a really FUN weekend for all of our Members and we hope to set even higher records with our second Golden Opportunity Weekend later this month!" The Golden Opportunity Weekend program will allow anyone to try out all that the World Chess Network has to offer. The program begins on Saturday, March 16th at 12:00 AM Eastern Time and will end at 12:00 PM Eastern on Sunday, March 17th, 2002. Any new people who join WCN as an annual Gold Member on Golden Opportunity Weekend will also receive their choice of valuable prizes on the site. Interested parties can read more about this offer at: http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/English/promo/goldenOpp/goldenOpp.php --About the World Chess Network - The World Chess Network (http://www.worldchessnetwork.com) is owned and operated by Master Games International Inc., a corporation founded in 1997 by chess organizers, International Grandmasters and patrons of the game. The President/CEO is Patrick J. Connoy, an experienced CEO with a background in healthcare and a successful track record as a management executive. The Director of Technology is Marty Hirsch, winner of a NASA award for work on the Voyager Space Mission and several World Championships for developing the world's strongest chess playing software. The Company's Chairman is Dato' Tan Chin Nam who has served as Deputy President of the International Chess Federation and has sponsored chess-related events throughout the World. George W. Church, former President and CEO of Church's Chicken, also serves on the Company's Board of Directors and has been an active promoter of chess worldwide. Legendary World Chess Champion, Boris Spassky, who twice battled eccentric American genius, Bobby Fischer, is an International Ambassador for the World Chess Network.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,5056cc822366f053,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-11 10:05:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!torn!news-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca!not-for-mail From: "Michel Gagne" <mgagne@nbnet.nb.ca> Newsgroups: gnu.chess Subject: World Chess Network Announces Golden Opportunity Weekend Lines: 54 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: <hl6j8.11504$Ek1.1358841@news-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:05:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.166.192.4 X-Complaints-To: abuse@nbnet.nb.ca X-Trace: news-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca 1015869901 142.166.192.4 (Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:05:01 AST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:05:01 AST Organization: NBTel Internet