Daaim Shabazz

  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 4, 2012
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    Hou Yifan breaks through at Gibraltar!

    GM Hou Yifan Co-winner of 2012 Gibraltar Chess FestivalPhoto by Ray Morris-Hill. Hou Yifan has been a sensation before her teenage years. She successfully defended her world championship and has since continued her stellar play by leading the Chinese to a gold medal in the World Team Championship, winning the…

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  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 3, 2012
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    Polgar moves SPICE to St. Louis!

    After five years of success at Texas Tech, Grandmaster Susan Polgar is taking her chess institute called “SPICE” to Webster University in St. Louis. The program was built into a chess powerhouse with eight Grandmasters and two International Masters hailing from a variety of countries. The ten players will transfer…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 30, 2012
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    Aronian takes 2012 Tata tourney!

    GM Levon Aronian (Armenia)2012 Tata Steel ChampionPhoto by Fred Lucas. Levon Aronian of Armenia continues his string of career successes by adding yet another accolade. The 2012 Tata Steel at Wijk aan Zee was a powerhouse tournament with the strongest assembly of players the tournament has seen to date. Certainly,…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 28, 2012
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    Social Chess Clock for Android

    Ready for a quick game? No clock? Turn your Android touch-phone into a functional chess clock by downloading the new chess app called Social Chess Clock. Pablo Ovalle told The Chess Drum, I proudly present Social Chess Clock: a free app that allows you to use your Android device as…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 28, 2012
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    “Young Lions” roar at Liberty Open

    Philadelphia is where chess happens! The “City of Brotherly Love” has become the hub for several major U.S. tournaments on the east coast. The Sheraton Hotel is also the home of the Philadelphia International, World Open, the National Congress and the Liberty was having its 44th edition during the King…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 24, 2012
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    Tata simmering after eight rounds

    With five round left in the 2012 Tata Steel tournament, the world’s two highest-rated players hold the lead in a tight race. Both Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian hold a half-point lead over Teimour Radjabov and a mere one-point lead over Vassily Ivanchuk, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura. There are…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 20, 2012
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    Botswana’s “Year Opener”

    Providence Oatlhotse The stage has been set for the first tournament in the Botswana Chess Calendar. The tournament dubbed Year Opener will take place from 20th-22 January. The tournament presents an opportunity for last year’s winner CM Providence Oatlhotse to defend his title. Oatlhotse had an impressive run in the…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 18, 2012
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    Carlsen, Aronian lead Tata after 4

    If someone had predicted that Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian would be leading the Tata Steel Chess tournament (3/4), it would not be much of a surprise. The tournament has been rather competitive with Fabiano Caruana putting in a strong performance in joint second with Teimour Radjabov on 2.5/4. There…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 18, 2012
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    Kenny Solomon gets 1st GM norm!

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 16, 2012
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    2012 Ghana Nat’l Championships

    Kojo Hasford2012 Ghana Champion The Ghana National Individual Chess Championship 2012 was held at the Accra Sports Stadium-Accra from January 2 to January 7, 2012. The system and rate of play was a 7-round Swiss, 90 minutes per player per game for the first round to select the best six…

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