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2008 World Open Information Center
Following is a selection of World Open resources. For games, you can go to monroi.com or use the PGN file below. If you have any other sources that may be useful, please post here. Next year’s World Open will return to the Sheraton. Be there! The Chess Drum (Daaim Shabazz)…
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2008 Jamaica Chess Championship
The Jamaican Nationals are underway and perhaps the most interesting observation is that none of the top players are playing. The field is missing FM Warren Elliott, Shane Matthews, Duane Rowe, Jomo Pitterson and Russel Porter, all past Olympians and national team members. The field has a mixture of players…
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Gamecast: Adu vs. Ramaswamy!
Nigeria’s IM Oladapo Adu is featured on gamecast video analyzing his game with India WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy. The game comes out of a classic battle in the Sicilian where black is able to play instructively on the dark squares. Watch gamecast!
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Nigeria announces Olympiad Qualifiers
The Nigerian Chess Federation has announced a series of qualifying tournaments to select the 2008 Olympiad team. After a lengthy transcontinental discussion, officials within the Nigerian Disapora have figured out a way to select the strongest possible team. There will be separate competitions to select eight male players… two from…
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Drum Majors
Rene’ Phillips: Victim or Victor?
Rene’ Phillips (left) blitzing with Sulaiman Smith in Atlanta. Photo by Frank Johnson (shootfilm.net). There are many controversies in chess. Lately the chess world has had to address a number of cheating allegations of players who have tried to take advantage of the system. These players are often barred, suspended…
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Pre-Olympiad Quandary… Choosing the Team
If you are a fan following professional sports, you know that choosing national teams is a difficult process. There is always a question of who qualifies as it relates to nationality, skill level, experience, etc. Chess Olympiad teams are no different. The U.S. team was coming off of a disastrous…
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Drum Majors battle at World Open
“Drum Major” is associated with a leader of a band. Their job is to keep the pace and to serve as a model for the band unit. In The Chess Drum community, Drum Major means something different. Certainly the term still connotes those who serve as models, but more precisely…
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