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The Chess Drum
Inside Look at Kenyan Chess
64 Chess Squares TV hosted a short interview with Kenya Chess Federation President Benard Wanjala. He discusses the current events including the highest participation in the African Chess Championships in Malawi. Wanjala, who also serves as the African Chess Confederation Vice President, discussed the current state of chess given the…
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World Cup
2021 FIDE World Cup: FINALS
2021 World Chess CupJuly 12th-August 6th, 2021(Sochi, Russia)MATCH PAIRINGS (FINALS, 3rd Place) 1 Karjakin, Sergey RUS ½-½ Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL 2 Fedoseev, Vladimir RUS 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR Official Brackets Finals (Open, 3rd place), Game 1 Wednesday, 4 August 2021 Karjakin-Duda are “Quick Draw McGraw”… Carlsen bashes Fedoseev Both Sergey…
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2021 FIDE World Cup: Semis (Open), Finals (Women)
2021 World Chess CupJuly 12th-August 6th, 2021(Sochi, Russia)MATCH PAIRINGS (ROUND 6) 1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR ½-½ Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL 2 Fedoseev, Vladimir RUS ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey RUS Official Brackets Semifinals (Open), Finals (Women), Game 1 Sunday, 1 August 2021 Semifinal games drawn… Kosteniuk breaks through in opener Magnus Carlsen is…
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The Chess Drum
Justus Williams reaches chess heights on Black Squares
Many times we sometimes think about what role we want to play in the greater chess community. Are we teachers? Organizers? Arbiters? Politicians? Journalists? Authors? Commentators? Are we those who only want to compete? For Justus Williams, who is a USCF Senior Master, he happens to be in another category……
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Media Stories
2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #6
2021 World Chess CupJuly 12th-August 6th, 2021(Sochi, Russia)MATCH PAIRINGS (ROUND 6) 1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 1-0 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL ½-½ Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND 3 Fedoseev, Vladimir RUS ½-½ Tabatabaei, Amin IRI 4 Karjakin, Sergey RUS 0-1 Shankland, Sam USA Official Brackets Round 6, Game 1…
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World Cup
2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #5
2021 World Chess CupJuly 12th-August 6th, 2021(Sochi, Russia)MATCH PAIRINGS (ROUND 5) Bracket 1 1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR ½-½ Esipenko, Andrey RUS 2 Bacrot, Etienne FRA ½-½ Piorun, Kacper POL Bracket 2 3 Grischuk, Alexander RUS ½-½ Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL 4 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND ½-½ Durarbayli, Vasif AZE Bracket 3…
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The Chess Drum
2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #4
2021 World Chess CupJuly 12th-August 6th, 2021(Sochi, Russia)MATCH PAIRINGS (ROUND 4) Bracket 1 1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR ½-½ Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2 Dubov, Daniil RUS ½-½ Esipenko, Andrey RUS 3 Ponkratov, Pavel RUS 0-1 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 4 Piorun, Kacper POL 1-0 Sindarov, Javokhir USA Bracket 2 5 Grischuk, Alexander…
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World Cup
2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #3
Round 3, Game 1 Sunday, 18 July 2021 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov goes down… Carissa Yip scores big win! GM Bassem Amin (Egypt)Photo by IM Eric Rosen There were some FIDE World Cup viewers who were clamoring for Bassem Amin’s game. While it may go unnoticed to most, Amin is an iconic…
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World Cup
2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #2
Round 2, Game 1 Thursday, 15 July 2021 COVID strikes Indonesia… Susanto Megaranto retires match with Caruana Aronian withdraws due to tonsilitis, fever The lead story of the FIDE Grand Prix is players having to submit to COVID protocols. Indonesia Grandmaster Susanto Megaranto was on move 15 against an unmasked…
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World Cup
2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #1
Round 1, Game 1 Monday, 12 July 2021 Sizzling start at the 2021 World Cup in Sochi!Chile’s Salinas uncorks brilliancy… Egypt’s Moaataz upsets Ushenina 25…Qg1+! 26.Nxg1 Nxh2# wrapped up a beautiful game! https://t.co/m7GDW4MQKE #c24live #FIDEWorldCup pic.twitter.com/HtILsWQjxr — chess24.com (@chess24com) July 12, 2021 With 78 games today in the open, there…
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