Daaim Shabazz

  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 11, 2014
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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #9

    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #9 Monday, 11 August 2014 Top Boards (Open) China 2-2 Ukraine Czech Republic 1½-2½ France Norway 2-2 Turkey Azerbaijan 2-2 Romania Israel 1-3 Hungary Full Results The parity of this year’s Olympiad means that many teams retain medal chances even after a setback. In order to…

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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #8

    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #8 Sunday, 10 August 2014 Top Boards (Open) China 3-1 Azerbaijan Romania 3-1 Czech Republic Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-3 Norway Ukraine 2½-1½ Bulgaria France ½-1½ Poland Full Results Ding Liren is one of China’s bright hopes for future dominance. Both he and Yu Yangyi are picking…

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    African tensions boil at 2014 Olympiad

    The battle for the office of FIDE President is perhaps the most important event during this two week Olympiad. While the games were to take place at 2:00pm, the continental meetings took place today at 9:00am at the Radisson Blu Hotel. One of the main topics was the election for…

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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #7

    Top Boards (Open) Cuba 1½-2½ Azerbaijan Czech Republic 3-1 Russia Norway 1 1½-2½ Germany Serbia ½-3½ China Bulgaria 3-1 Netherlands Full Results Magnus Carlsen vs. Arkadij Naiditsch, 0-1.Photo Paul Truong. One of the shocks of the round was not Germany’s win over Norway, but the fact that Magnus Carlsen bungled…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 9, 2014
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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #6

    Top Boards (Open) Azerbaijan 3½-½ Georgia Serbia 2-2 Bulgaria Italy 1-3 Norway 1 Cuba 3½-½ Kazakhstan Uzbekistan 1½-2½ Russia Full Results Azerbaijan widens its lead with a crushing victory over Georgia with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov getting a cluster of pieces around the black king with deadly effect. Serbia-Bulgaria drew trading wins…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 8, 2014
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    The Chess Drum with Claudia Munoz

    Claudia Munoz at the 2014 U.S. Open.Photo by Daaim Shabazz. Claudia Munoz is known in chess circles for her chess promotion activities in social networking. The 16-year old is the reigning National Girls champion and took part in the U.S. Open where we conducted a short interview. Enrolled in Texas…

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    Conrad “Lightning” Holt wins U.S. Open!

    GM Conrad Holt receiving the Edmondson Cup. Photo by Daaim Shabazz.Conrad Holt has had a great run in the last couple of years. The physics major and rising senior at University of Texas at Dallas made a sparkling debut in last year’s U.S. Championship scoring a creditable 5th place with…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 7, 2014
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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #5

    Top Boards (Open) Azerbaijan 2-2 Serbia Russia 2-2 Bulgaria Armenia 2½-1½ Norway 1 China 2-2 Netherlands Ukraine 1½-2½ Uzbekistan Full Results What’s wrong with Ivanchuk?Photo by David Llada. The Ukraine has won two Olympiads of the past five with Armenia winning the other three. They are always a credible threat…

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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #4

    Top Boards (Open) France 1½-2½ Azerbaijan Serbia 2½-1½ Czech Republic Norway 1 3-1 Poland Russia 2-2 China Netherlands 2-2 Israel Full Results Kamsky reeling after losing to IM Henry Steel (2399)!Photo by Paul Truong When was the last time a top 50 player has lost to another player 300 ELO…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 5, 2014
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    Darrian Robinson in the news!

    The Chicago Tribune ran an interview with Darrian Robinson who The Chess Drum will have read about. Now a rising 19-year old junior at the University of Chicago, she has a well-defined path to success in the public sector. Last summer, she interned at the White House Office of Public…

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