Deletion of Internet Chess Club

Comment: Gulp! I may be a bridgeplayer but even I know this is highly notable. The oldest,http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/26/technology/meek-or-masterly-a-challenger-awaits.html biggesthttp://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Qt1Sw4jQhmAC&pg=PA112&dq=%22Internet+Chess+Club%22&ei=6tqqSrzRL4O0zATBwfybCg#v=onepage&q=%22Internet%20Chess%20Club%22&f=false etc online chess playing site. used by all/most of the top GMs. Plenty of sources http://news.google.co.uk/archivesearch?um=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=%22Internet+Chess+Club%22&cf=all here that address ICC directly -, even in mainstream publications http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADF9F3CD80EC61&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePMhttp://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6694691.htmlhttp://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27953264_ITMhttp://www.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20010911chess0911p4.asp etc, mentioned in a pile of chess books http://books.google.co.uk/books?um=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=%22Internet%20Chess%20Club%22&cf=all&sa=N&tab=np etc. Of course the page needs sourcing and a really good clean up but that is an editorial matter. What research did the nominator carry out |before nomination
Stance: keep
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