South Africa

Daaim ShabazzApril 8, 2008
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South Africa announces Olympiad team!

The South African Olympiad team has chosen their Men’s and Women’s teams and IM Kenny Solomon will lead a delegation of ten players to Dresden, Germany. The men’s team will include South African champion, 18-year old Henry Steel. IM Watu Kobese will play board #2 and IM Johannes Mabusela will…
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Daaim ShabazzJanuary 25, 2008
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South Africa’s ChessCube.com

Mark Levitt of South Africa sent me a message about chesscube.com, an all-purpose chess website that includes gaming, news, blogs, forum and other features. He states, I wanted to highlight www.ChessCube.com, a chess initiative started in Cape Town, South Africa. ChessCube is a free playing site, with a strong social…
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Daaim ShabazzJuly 29, 2007
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Ngubeni analyzes Africa’s Top 20!

Comments: The African Top 20 presents an interesting perspective of the continent’s chess masters. The list shows four Grandmasters, there are in fact five. GM Slim Bouaziz (2338) of Tunisia, does not make the top 20 club due to his low fide rating. Also GM is WGM Tuduetso Sabure…
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Daaim ShabazzJuly 16, 2007
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ChessCube.com interviews South Africa’s Kenny Solomon

Kenny Solomon on the move at the 2007 South African Open. Photo courtesy of Chessa.com. International Master Kenny Solomon is currently in Algiers, Algeria trying to bring home a medal from the 9th All-Africa Games. Prior to the trip, he won the 2007 South African Open for the 4th time and is…
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Daaim ShabazzJuly 1, 2004
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Historic Moments: Africans in the 2004 FIDE World Championship

Clockwise (L-R) GM Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco), IM Amon Simutowe (Zambia), IM Ahmed Adly (Egypt) and IM-elect Kenny Solomon (South Africa). The Dawn of a New Beginning The 2004 FIDE World Knockout Championship was a historic event for many reasons. First, it is the next step toward unification; secondly, the tournament…
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Daaim ShabazzSeptember 1, 2003
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The Rising Stars of Africa

Africa has long produced strong players, but lack of exposure and training resources prevented many from reaching their full potential. Manuel Mateus and Pedro Aderito of Angola earned their IM titles at a young age, but their talents have gone largely unnoticed. IM Watu Kobese has also struggled to find…
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Daaim ShabazzMay 31, 2002
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IM Watu Kobese: The African Lion

A couple of years ago, KasparovChess.com interviewed South African IM Watu Kobese. This interview is refreshing look at one of Africa’s brightest hopes for its next Grandmaster. In the interview, Mark Rubery asked a question pertaining to the legendary story of an 8-year-old Kobese challenging then-champion GM Anatoly Karpov in a match!! IM Watu Kobese Other…
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Daaim ShabazzJuly 14, 2001
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2001 Wilbert Paige Memorial (Harlem, NY)

Welcome to the Wilbert Paige Memorial tournament! (14-23rd of July 2001, Harlem NY, Hotel Theresa) Brief Chess Biography NM Wilbert Paige Photo by Jerry BibuldNM Wilbert Paige, a Philadelphia native, first gained a serious interest in chess while attending West Philadelphia High School and played from 1975-77 on the chess…
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