Daaim Shabazz

  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 25, 2015
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    2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #2

    2015 Sinquefield CupAugust 23th – September 3rd, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #2 – Monday, 24 August 2015 1 Topalov, V BUL 1-0 Nakamura, H USA 2 Vachier-Lagrave, M FRA ½-½ Aronian, L ARM 3 Giri, A NED ½-½ So, W USA 4 Caruana, F USA 0-1 Carlsen, M NOR 5…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 24, 2015
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    2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #1

    2015 Sinquefield CupAugust 23th – September 3rd, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #1 – Sunday, 23 August 2015 1 Carlsen, M NOR 0-1 Topalov, V BUL 2 Nakamura, H USA 1-0 Anand, V IND 3 Aronian, L ARM 1-0 Caruana, F USA 4 Giri, A NED 1-0 Grischuk, A RUS 5…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 22, 2015
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    2015 Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA)

    It will be steaming hot in St. Louis over the next couple of weeks. Actually the weather is quite pleasant, but the world best chess players will set the boards ablaze in one of the strongest tournaments on American soil. The third Sinquefield Cup will commence on August 23rd with…

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  • Media Stories
    Daaim ShabazzAugust 20, 2015
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    Turkish Chess Federation vs. Dr. Daaim Shabazz (2012)

    Chess community, I am Dr. Daaim Shabazz, Associate Professor of Global Business at Florida A&M University and the creator/owner of The Chess Drum website. I am in good standing with the United States Chess Federation where I am an active player, Board Member of Florida Chess Association and have selflessly…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 19, 2015
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    TV deal for Millionaire Chess?

    Ashley’s Millionaire Chess is looking for a breakthrough. More developments in the multimedia space for the Millionaire Chess. No… it’s not the video contest that is ongoing until September 15th, nor is it another slick advertising video, but something on a much larger scale. The Millionaire Chess franchise is working…

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  • Media Stories
    Daaim ShabazzAugust 18, 2015
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    A look at Carlsen’s WCC proposal

    World Champions have often invoked their thoughts on various topics. Perhaps Mikhail Botvinnik, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov had the most to say about conditions of professional players and other pertinent matters such as the world championship cycle. On August 11th, Magnus Carlsen is the latest world champion to weigh…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 17, 2015
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    Korley wins “King of the Park”

    Sean Miller congratulating IM Kassa Korley.Photo courtesy of Sean Miller. While St. Louis has been crowned the nation’s chess capitol, most will agree that New York has arguably the most vibrant activity in the country. The chess energy is infectious, widespread and self-sustaining. It does not rely on government grants…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 14, 2015
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    2015 Tanzanian Championships

    Nurdin Husein HassujiPhoto Graham Jurgensen (KCFA). Tanzania is a relatively new chess nation better known for Mount Kilimanjaro than its gamesmanship. The east African country joined FIDE in 2014 at the Tromso FIDE Congress and hopes to build a lasting presence in East Africa along with Kenya and Uganda. Tanzania…

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  • Interviews
    Daaim ShabazzAugust 13, 2015
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    Rochelle Ballantyne on #GirlsCan

    Rochelle BallantynePhoto from LinkedIn In conjunction with Cover Girl, there was a beautiful interview done by Soledad O’Brien on Rochelle Ballantyne, a student at Stanford University. She is better known as chess player on the “Brooklyn Castle” fame and a successful student at Brooklyn Tech. Now as a Stanford student…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 10, 2015
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    Malaku Lorne reigns at Jamaica’s Millionaire Qualifier!

    While seven-time Jamaica champion FM Warren Elliott was the favourite going into the Millionaire Chess Qualifier, Malaku Lorne had to have been in the conversation of who would win the all-expense trip to the Millionaire Chess Open in October. With such high stakes, the Jamaican Chess Federation decided to limit…

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