Daaim Shabazz

  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 7, 2013
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    Carlsson Chess Training!

    Back in the summer, The Chess Drum chatted with Swedish Grandmaster Pontus Carlsson via Skype and got an update on his chess activities and his online teaching. He is well-known to The Chess Drum audience having earned his GM title back in 2007 and joining Sweden’s national team. While Carlsson…

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 3, 2013
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    Things heating up at World Team ’13!!

    Two more rounds remain at the the 2013 World Team Championships and it will be a race to gold. Ukraine is currently atop the field by one point over Russia with 12 points, while China (10 pts.) and the USA (8 pts.) are also fighting for medal contention. Kramnik’s fortune…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 29, 2013
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    2013 World Team Championship (Antalya, Turkey)

    While the fervor from World Championship has subsided and Magnus Carlsen settles into his role as the World Champion, other action is heating up in Antalya, Turkey. The biennial World Team Championship is being held featuring ten of the top teams including the host nation of Turkey. Hikaru Nakamura is…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 22, 2013
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    WCC2013-10: Magnus is King!

    Down three points, World Champion Viswanathan Anand admitted that his situation did not appear to be encouraging, but when he sat down today he had his head held high and proceeded to forge on. While much of the attention has focused squarely on Magnus Carlsen during the match, Anand perhaps…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 22, 2013
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    WCC2013-9: Blunder puts champion at brink

    Do or die. Courtesy of Anastasia Karlovich. Today would be the day that the World Champion would make a strong stand to retain his title. Many expected that Viswanathan Anand would play something a bit more daring and thus change his opening choice against challenger Magnus Carlsen and his two-point…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 19, 2013
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    Orrin Hudson in India @FWCM2013

    ‘Be Someone’ Founder Attending 2013 World Chess Championship USA’s Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson in the Business of Saving Lives with His Chess Board Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson, long known in the United States for his ability to change young lives through the lessons taught on a chess board, is once again telling…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 19, 2013
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    WCC2013-8: Anand opts for Berlin… no dice

    Another pre-game rumination by Anand… trying to stir up motivation. Photo by Anastasia Karlovich. Fans and commentators were clamoring for a Najdorf Sicilian to challenge Magnus Carlsen’s two-point bulge in the eighth game of the match. What did they get? Anand took a page out of John F. Kennedy’s archives…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 19, 2013
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    WCC2013-7: Anand whiffs with white

    Anand pondering on a way to catch Carlsen in preparation. Photo by Anastasia Karlovich. All eyes were on Viswanathan Anand today as he was attempting to rebound after two consecutive losses. A minor stir was caused as Magnus Carlsen nearly forfeited due to the zero tolerance rule. Magnus Carlsen almost…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 16, 2013
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    WCC2013-6: Carlsen wins… two-point bulge

    Magnus Carlsen now has opened a healthy lead. Photo by Anastasia Karlovich. Magnus Carlsen has opened up a two-point bulge in the sixth game of the World Championships shellshocking fans all over the world… and Anand himself. The past two games lost by Anand in rook endings followed two contentious…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 16, 2013
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    Alphas host GM Ashley in Cleveland

    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., known for its instincts for being originators and being first to serve and lead in its communities has done it again. The pre-community services activities of the second annual Cleveland Scholastic Open, a chess tournament designed to attract the interest of non-scholastic chess players and…

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