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Article #1847Canadian Championship
From: Michel Gagne
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 23:57
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 23:57
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World Chess Network Sponsors Canadian Championship http://www.worldchessnetwork.com SCOTTSDALE, AZ - WorldChessNetwork.com is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Canadian Zonal Chess Championship to be held in Richmond, British Colombia. The championship will start on March 21, 2002 and will end on April 1, 2002. The winner of this tournament will represent Canada at the $3,000,000 World Championship. The World Chess Network will be broadcasting live matches from each round of the tournament. Players and visitors to the tournament are encouraged to visit the World Chess Network booth to experience the thrill of Internet chess first-hand! Larry Christiansen, the United States chess champion is a site professional at World Chess Network. For more information on the Canadian Championship visit: http://24.71.136.184/ The World Chess Network website is located at: http://www.worldchessnetwork.com --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. --About Larry Christiansen- Larry Christiansen has been one of America's leading International Grandmasters for over 25 years. He has represented the United States in over 11 Chess Olympiads and has won the U.S. Chess Championship 3 times. His elite career includes wins over legendary World Champions Anatoly Karpov and Boris Spassky. Larry Christiansen is a Site Professional for World Chess Network.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,84a2b864c1babde1,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-01 15:57:54 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!torn!news-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca!not-for-mail From: "Michel Gagne" <mgagne@nbnet.nb.ca> Newsgroups: gnu.chess Subject: Canadian Championship Lines: 58 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: <5AUf8.9098$Ek1.1086661@news-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 23:57:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.166.199.215 X-Complaints-To: abuse@nbnet.nb.ca X-Trace: news-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca 1015027073 142.166.199.215 (Fri, 01 Mar 2002 19:57:53 AST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 19:57:53 AST Organization: NBTel Internet