Daaim Shabazz

  • Daaim ShabazzOctober 15, 2013
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    1st “Armaggedon” at African Chess Lounge

    Approximately one year ago, The Chess Drum was introduced to the South Africa-based African Chess Lounge (ACL). At that time, they were holding qualifiers for a long-awaited television broadcast featuring blitz matches, news and interviews. That time has come as Reuben Salimu sent out a press release. National Master Jerald…

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  • Africa
    Daaim ShabazzOctober 12, 2013
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    2013 Lagos Chess Classic (Lagos, Nigeria)

    Egypt’s IM Abdelrahman Hesham won the 1st LAGOS STATE CHESS CLASSICS International Open Chess Tournament topping four others with 6/7 on tiebreaks. According to Abiola Akinseye’s Facebook report, The final day of the Lagos state chess classic ended in some kind of anticlimax as the tournament leaders GM Dejan Antic…

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  • Daaim ShabazzOctober 12, 2013
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    Wilkinson at 84th FIDE Congress

    Ian Wilkinson in Tallinn, Estonia. Ian G. Wilkinson, QC, the president of the Jamaica Chess Federation visited the Estonian Parliament on Thursday, October 10, 2013 as a guest of Member of Parliament Andrei Korobeinik who is also the president of the Estonia Chess Union. The men discussed various matters of…

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  • Daaim ShabazzOctober 11, 2013
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    Alpha Phi Alpha promotes Scholastic Chess

    Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Incorporated is the first collegiate fraternity founded by seven Black men at Cornell University on December 4, 1906. The idea was to build an organization in which these students (and those like them) could maintain more intimate contacts in order to pursue scholarly endeavors. The foundations…

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  • Daaim ShabazzOctober 8, 2013
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    Ilyumzhinov announces re-election bid

    Most of the attention since yesterday has been on Garry Kasparov’s announcement of his candidacy for FIDE President. What has been lost on most chess websites is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s bid for re-election. Ilyumzhinov has been the head of FIDE for the past 18 years and is seeking another four years.…

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  • Daaim ShabazzOctober 7, 2013
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    Kasparov seeks FIDE Presidency!

    A few months ago during Garry Kasparov’s tour of Africa, speculation was bubbling that the former world champion would vie for the FIDE Presidency. His tour had all the makings of a campaign as he was received by the chess brass of seven nations. Garry Kasparov, FIDE Presidential CandidatePhoto by…

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  • Daaim ShabazzOctober 7, 2013
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    Doggers on Chess.com/ChessVibes buyout

    Last week, Peter Doggers of Chessvibes.com released a statement that his company was being purchased by chess.com. It was an announcement that had caught many by surprise, but had been in the works for the better part of a month. As negotiations flowed, the main details were determined and Doggers…

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  • Scholastic
    Daaim ShabazzOctober 1, 2013
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    Ballantyne seeks ’13 WYCC bid in UAE

    Rochelle Ballantyne Rochelle Ballantyne has grown up before our eyes in the past six years. From her legend at IS-318 (featured in movie, “Brooklyn Castle“) to winning scholarships at different schools and ultimately enrolling at Stanford University, Rochelle has used chess as a platform to academic excellence. Typically, college students…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 28, 2013
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    Reflections of 2013 Sinquefield Cup

    Back in July, I received an e-mail invitation from Mike Wilmering to attend the Sinquefield Cup as a part of the chess media. The concept sounded exciting… the world’s top two players and America’s top two players in a double round-robin! I responded and gave him a “tentative yes”. I…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 27, 2013
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    Black wins CIS Rapid in Central Park!

    One of the 600 participants in the Chess-in-the-Schools festivities. Chess has a way of creating happiness. We are officially amidst a chess renaissance in the U.S. With SuperNational scholastic tournaments drawing more than 5,000 players, St. Louis becoming the centrifugal force of growth of American chess (with St. Louis Chess…

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