PlayE4 of SkillEmpire Sponsors Israel Chess Championship

Online chess game PlayE4 is the latest addition to Skill Empire that also owns the leading backgammon site Play65. PlayE4 is one of the main sponsors of the 34th Israel Chess Championship, scheduled to begin on November 30 until December 12, 2008 at the MadaTech chess club in Haifa, Israel. The 1st prize is 10,000 ILS (about $2,570 or €02,030). Additionally, PlayE4 will provide a broadcast platform for highlights of the championship. This will allow chess fans to watch the games live online for absolutely no cost.

The Israel Chess Championship will begin on Sunday, November 30 at 15:00 at the MadaTech chess club in the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa, Israel. The biannual chess championship is being held for the 34th time, courtesy of the City of Haifa and the Israel Chess Federation (ICF). The Championship is also supported by Israel's top chess players, including Grandmaster Boris Gelfard, Evgeny Postny and Michael Roiz, who are ranked among FIDE (World Chess Federation) Top 100 Players Rating List.

The MadaTech chess club will be hosting an open active chess tournament as part of the national chess championship. The active chess tournament will take place on Tuesday, December 2nd between 18:00 and 22:00, and Friday, December 5th, from 10:00 to 13:00. It will consist of seven Swiss rounds, with time limitation of 20 minutes + 5 seconds.
PlayE4 allows you to watch the Israel Chess Championship and its satellite events online, in real time and free of charge. To watch the chess championship and the active chess tournament live, all you have to do is download PlayE4 chess software and open a new player's account.

PlayE4 is a new online chess game, developed by SkillEmpire LTD, the online skill games giant that brought you Play65 backgammon - the largest backgammon community online with over 6 million registered members from around the world. PlayE4 has some unique features that distinguishes it from its competitors in the internet chess market, above all: PlayE4 anti cheating program that can recognize the use of chess bots.

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