Daaim Shabazz

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    Daaim ShabazzNovember 13, 2011
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    Vaux Glory Days Revisited

    Vaux Junior High School chess team with President Jimmy Carter in 1979. One of the most storied teams in scholastic chess has been relegated to the annals of history, but their name lives on. Recently Steve Rasmussen, a former teacher at Vaux, noted some of the history during the school’s…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 13, 2011
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    “Young Lions” in New York Times!

    Justus Williams, Josh Colas and James Black, Jr. have a lot more in common than their names beginning with the same letter. All are from New York state, all have won multiple scholastic titles, all earned the title of National Master before their 13th birthday and all have desires to…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 12, 2011
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    2011 Women Chess Championship (Tirana, Albania)

    GM Hou Yifan vs. GM Koneru Humpy The Women’s World Chess Championships between champion Hou Yifan of China and Humpy Koneru of India starts at 2pm GMT (9am EST) on Monday 14th November 2011 in Tirana, Albania. This will be the third match between the two Asian rivals with Hou…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 11, 2011
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    New in Chess (2011/7)

    The big story in the latest New in Chess has been the collaboration between America’s top GM, Hikaru Nakamura and former World Champion, Garry Kasparov. There were rumors circulating for the better part of a year, but they came to the surface after an Nakamura gave an interview to Macauley…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 11, 2011
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    Ashley in Jamaica for Caribbean tour

    On Thursday afternoon (November 10th), celebrated international Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley (the first black man to achieve the coveted title) arrived in Jamaica on the 4th leg of his Caribbean tour, having already visited Guadeloupe, Martinique and the US. Virgin Islands. One of Chess’s most recognizable figures, Ashley was accorded…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 10, 2011
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    UMADA Cup 2011 (Barbados)

    Nations defending honor: Barbados, Aruba, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Photo by Barbados Chess Federation. At the closing ceremony of the 2010 Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced a US$100,000 per year, five year sponsorship deal to fund two new tournaments in…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 8, 2011
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    “Brooklyn Castle” coming soon!

    Almost two years ago, an initiative was launched to chronicle the success of Brooklyn’s I.S. 318 into a movie project. Kati and Nelson Dellamaggiore started a $4,000 fundraising campaign which ultimately netted $10,536. A teaser video was released about the project. Outreach Director Kali Holloway told The Chess Drum that…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 3, 2011
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    T&T’s Harper bags 6th title!

    FM Ryan HarperPhoto by Daaim Shabazz. While Trinidad’s FIDE Master Ryan Harper, 34, is a long way from matching Cristo Cave’s record of 13 national championships, he is now one step closer with his recent win as reported by the T&T Guardian. Harper bested a field of 11 finalists finishing…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 3, 2011
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    Kasparov-Nakamura establish alliance

    There had been some whispering about an alliance between Hikaru Nakamura and Garry Kasparov for some time now. When Magnus Carlsen began working with Kasparov, Nakamura expressed to me disappointment that chess journalist and Kasparov assistant Mig Greengard did not suggest him as a subject. A Kasparov-Nakamura team seemed to…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 3, 2011
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    November 2011 FIDE Ratings

    For the first time in history, there are four 2800s. It seems not so long ago that 2700 was the standard for “super GM”. Twenty years ago, there were only a handful of 2700 players. Ten years ago, only Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik eclipsed 2800. Now Kramnik (2800) has…

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