Nakamura Wins 1st Internet Chess Club prizemoney open
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Hello everyone,
The world #8 (#6 on the live ratings), GM Hikaru Nakamura of the USA has won the first online blitz hosted by the Internet Chess Club and taken home the first prize of $600.
Nakamura - who played from Madrid, Spain, as he was en route to Romania for the upcoming Bazna tournament - easily progressed to the final by beating Hovhannisyan and Altounian. And he looked set for a comfortable win in the final against Hrair, but the young Armenian fought back to tie the pulsating match at 3-3. But Nakamura had more than just a little luck on his side as he went on to win the best-of-two-game tiebreaker to take the title by 4.5-3.5
A record-breaking 2,216 ICC members took part in the 1st ICC Open (Q1, 661; Q2, 441; Q3, 643; Q4, 471) that also included class prizes for those rated U2200, U2000, U1800 and U1600, the prize-winners of which will be announced shortly.
You can keep track at this link.
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Labels: first ICC blitz online open
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