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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 7, 2014
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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #5

    Top Boards (Open) Azerbaijan 2-2 Serbia Russia 2-2 Bulgaria Armenia 2½-1½ Norway 1 China 2-2 Netherlands Ukraine 1½-2½ Uzbekistan Full Results What’s wrong with Ivanchuk?Photo by David Llada. The Ukraine has won two Olympiads of the past five with Armenia winning the other three. They are always a credible threat…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 6, 2014
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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #4

    Top Boards (Open) France 1½-2½ Azerbaijan Serbia 2½-1½ Czech Republic Norway 1 3-1 Poland Russia 2-2 China Netherlands 2-2 Israel Full Results Kamsky reeling after losing to IM Henry Steel (2399)!Photo by Paul Truong When was the last time a top 50 player has lost to another player 300 ELO…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 5, 2014
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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #3

    Top Boards (Open) Armenia 1½-2½ France USA 1½-2½ Netherlands Norway 3-1 Montenegro Germany 2-2 England Poland 2-2 Cuba Full Results Batumi, Georgia putting in a bid for Olympiad 2018. Photo by Paul Truong. The plot thickened today as top teams began to clash. All the top teams faced a strong…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 4, 2014
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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #2

    Top Boards (Open) Russia 3½-½ Qatar Norway 2 2-2 Ukraine Finland 2-2 Norway 1 France 4-0 Mongolia Australia 1-3 Armenia Full Results Fabiano Caruana of Italy is now #3 in the world with a 2800 ELO. Photo by chess24.com. First major upset of the tournament! The Ukraine was drawn by…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 3, 2014
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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #1

    Top Boards (Open) Jordan 0-4 Russia Ukraine 4-0 Tunisia Norway 2½:1½ Yemen Zambia 0-4 France Armenia 4-0 Japan Full Results Madagascar going through security. Photo by Paul Truong. The 2014 Chess Olympiad kicked off with the usual fanfare and excitement. The bustling of the teams greeting one another and of…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 1, 2014
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    2014 Chess Olympiad (Tromso, Norway)

    Dear Chess World, The 2014 Chess Olympiad has begun. Teams from 174 countries totaling 1800 players have assembled for today’s Opening Ceremonies. There are already reports of teams being escorted to the respective hotels for what will be two weeks of chess festivities and action. Hou Yifan beat Kateryna Lagno…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJuly 17, 2014
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    Russia women to miss 2014 Olympiad?

    A major story has broken in the chess world yesterday as Norway Olympiad Committee (NOC) have disqualified the Russian women’s team who are the defending champions. This has caused quite a stir because FIDE is seeking to overturn the decision despite the admission that the Russian Chess Federation (RCF) missed…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJune 30, 2014
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    Raising a Champion… The Carlsen Way

    There is some food for thought in the recent article on Magnus Carlsen’s parents (Henrik and Sigrun). It details the approach they used in order to raise a World Champion chess player. Of course most parents feel their child is special, but the Carlsens did not see the talent in…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 6, 2014
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    chess24.com launches Olympiad website!

    Amidst the recent launching of chess24.com, award-winning journalist Macauley Peterson told The Chess Drum about the newly-released Olympiad website. The invitation was released by FIDE recently and it appears that everything is fitting into place. While the site is still skinny on content, it will serve as a portal of…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 22, 2013
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    WCC2013-10: Magnus is King!

    Down three points, World Champion Viswanathan Anand admitted that his situation did not appear to be encouraging, but when he sat down today he had his head held high and proceeded to forge on. While much of the attention has focused squarely on Magnus Carlsen during the match, Anand perhaps…

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