Daaim Shabazz

  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 27, 2014
    16 2,006

    Ashley Statement on the Millionaire Open

    With four days left until the March 31st target for 1500 entrants, GM Maurice Ashley has released an important statement about the Millionaire Chess Open. After announcing the idea in December, Ashley pledged to move chess into the realm of marketability with a high-stakes format. The discussion thereafter produced a…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 26, 2014
    5 2,001

    World Candidates 2014-11: Drawing Closer

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #11 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 11.1 Svidler 2758 ½-½ Aronian 2830 11.2 Topalov 2785 ½-½ Karjakin 2766 11.3 Kramnik 2810 ½-½ Anand 2773 11.4 Andreikin 2709 ½-½ Mamedyarov 2757 Games A champion has to have determination…

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  • Europe
    Daaim ShabazzMarch 25, 2014
    3 1,959

    World Candidates 2014-10: Kramnik KOed!

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #10 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 10.1 Karjakin 2766 ½-½ Andreikin 2709 10.2 Anand 2773 ½-½ Mamedyarov 2757 10.3 Topalov 2785 ½-½ Aronian 2830 10.4 Kramnik 2810 0-1 Svidler 2758 Games A befuddled Vladimir Kramnik seems at…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 25, 2014
    8 2,016

    1st Annual Ron Simpson Memorial

    The Carolinas Chess Initiative are hosting a tournament in the memory of FIDE Master Ron Simpson who succumbed last year to Stage Four cancer. He was loved and respected in his home of New York and his second home in North Carolina. Simpson was known as a resourceful, tactical player…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 24, 2014
    1 2,081

    Zimbabwe’s 2014 Olympiad Team

    Can Robert Gwaze resurrect the magic from 2002? Photo by Cathy Rogers. Zimbabwe has named its team to compete in the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway. The team consists of veterans and newcomers alike. IM Robert Gwaze will lead the tables for Zimbabwe as he will play in his…

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  • Europe
    Daaim ShabazzMarch 24, 2014
    1 1,956

    World Candidates 2014-9: Anand bolts ahead!

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #9 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 9.1 Andreikin 2709 ½-½ Svidler 2758 9.2 Karjakin 2766 1-0 Kramnik 2810 9.3 Mamedyarov 2757 1-0 Aronian 2830 9.4 Anand 2773 1-0 Topalov 2785 Games Viswanathan Anand won a beautiful game…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 23, 2014
    0 1,988

    World Candidates 2014-8: 1.5 pts. separates field

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #8 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 8.1 Topalov 2785 ½-½ Mamedyarov 2757 8.2 Aronian 2830 ½-½ Anand 2773 8.3 Kramnik 2810 ½-½ Andreikin 2709 8.4 Svidler 2758 0-1 Karjakin 2766 Games Official Site: https://candidates2014.fide.com/ Drum Coverage: https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2014/03/13/2014-world-chess-candidates-khanty-mansiysk-rus/…

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  • Europe
    Daaim ShabazzMarch 22, 2014
    1 1,977

    World Candidates 2014-7: Fire on Board… Dead Heat!

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #7 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 7.1 Karjakin 2766 0-1 Aronian 2830 7.2 Svidler 2758 ½-½ Anand 2773 7.3 Kramnik 2810 1-0 Mamedyarov 2757 7.4 Andreikin 2709 1-0 Topalov 2785 Games Official Site: https://candidates2014.fide.com/ Drum Coverage: https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2014/03/13/2014-world-chess-candidates-khanty-mansiysk-rus/…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 19, 2014
    4 1,900

    World Candidates 2014-6: The Plot Thickens!

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #6 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 6.1 Topalov 2785 1-0 Kramnik 2810 6.2 Anand 2773 ½-½ Karjakin 2766 6.3 Mamedyarov 2757 1-0 Svidler 2758 6.4 Aronian 2830 ½-½ Andreikin 2709 Games The tournament has turned into a…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 18, 2014
    1 1,918

    World Candidates 2014-5: Peter the Great

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #5 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 5.1 Svidler 2758 1-0 Topalov 2785 5.2 Kramnik 2810 ½-½ Aronian 2830 5.3 Andreikin 2709 ½-½ Anand 2773 5.4 Karjakin 2766 ½-½ Mamedyarov 2757 Games Peter Svidler’s selection as a wildcard…

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