Contribute to the ICB

To submit an article to the ICB, you may:

	Send it via e-mail. A Word document is preferred, with RTF second and plain text third.
	Games are preferred in ChessBase archive format or in pgn format. If you don't have ChessBase, you may download ChessBase Light
	For pgn format, you can use most databases or chessplaying programs. Additionally, you can try this freeware: KenChess PGN Viewer may be found here. This is an excellent program for entering games to a text file that is readable by other databases. You will need an unzipping program. If you don't already have Winzip, you may get it free here: http://www.winzip.com/.
	Please e-mail the files to the editor. Currently, submissions may be sent to Pete Karagianis.
	Game submissions may also go to Games Editor FM Al Chow by e-mail or snail mail to Al Chow, 3513 N Seminary, Chicago, IL 60657.

PLEASE DO NOT submit games in other "odd" electronic formats. For example, a game submitted in Excel with gif diagrams DOES NOT help us in any form over a handwritten format. We will in fact, print it out only to re-enter the game. For example, we would probably prefer a plain text file with no diagrams to this type of submission, because the text file can likely be converted to PGN with some ease.

Thank you in advance for your contributions to the ICB. It is first and foremost you, the players, that make this a successful state magazine.

Donate Money to the ICA

If you wish to help the ICA improve chess in the state of Illinois or to enhance the features offered through out website please consider contributing to these causes monetarily. You will find 2 links below where 1 is for general purpose donations and another specifically for the continued computerization of the ICA website. We have not set any specific amounts for the donations as we ask that you donate only what you are capable of. Please note that you will have to check with your accountant to determine how much of your donation is tax deductible.

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