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  • Daaim ShabazzMay 11, 2012
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    WCC2012-1: Match starts with Draw

    There certainly will be no personality clashes in this match since both Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand share deep respect for one another and have been on friendly terms for more than a decade. However, expect hostilities on the board. Viswanathan Anand is about to face Boris Gelfand’s Grunfeld Defense.Photo…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMay 10, 2012
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    2012 World Chess Championship (Anand vs. Gelfand)

    This evening will launch the world championship of chess between two veterans, India’s Viswanathan Anand (defending World Champion) and Israel’s Boris Gelfand (Challenger). The first game of the anticipated match begins May 11th and will be held in Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery. The prize fund for the match is 2.55 million…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMay 4, 2012
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    May 2012 FIDE Ratings

    Levon Aronian (2825, +5) edged closer to ratings leader Magnus Carlsen (2835, +0) in the last FIDE list. Aronian gained five points in the Bundesliga while most of the top ten were inactive. Viswanathan Anand (2791, -8) actually lost points playing in the same Bundesliga league. While both Aronian and…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 1, 2012
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    March 2012 FIDE Ratings

    GM Levon Aronian (Armenia)2012 Tata Steel ChampionPhoto by Fred Lucas. On the latest FIDE ratings, Magnus Carlsen still sits atop the rating chart at 2835 (+0), but the lead has narrowed to 15 ELO points. Levon Aronian’s (2820, +15) win at the Tata Steel tournament allowed him to surge forward…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 2, 2012
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    January 2012 FIDE Ratings

    Magnus Carlsen (2835, +9) has now approached dangerously close to Garry Kasparov’s rating record of 2851. With the idea of slight rating inflation and the onset of computers, this record is bound to fall, but it may also show how far Kasparov was ahead of his contemporaries. GM Magnus Carlsen…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 15, 2011
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    WWC2011-2: Hou under pressure, but holds

    Koneru Humpy trots out the Petroff in Game #2. The Indian pressed by could not score the full point. Photo by Anastasiya Karlovich for FIDE. Looking at the first two games of the Women’s World Championship, one may say that it is the challenger who looks to be more aggressive.…

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  • Daaim ShabazzNovember 15, 2011
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    WWC2011-1: 1st game ends in lengthy draw

    The highly-anticipated world championship match between China’s Hou Yifan and India’s Koneru Humpy got underway today. The first of ten games began with the “Killer Catalan” which has become a serious weapon in several World Championship matches. Viswanathan Anand employed with great effect against Veselin Topalov. Perhaps Koneru got some…

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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 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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  • Daaim ShabazzOctober 1, 2011
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    Arbiter’s Training in Jamaica

    September 30, 2011 The Jamaica Chess Federation Jamaica Chess Federation Arbiter Course This is to announce that registration for an upcoming JCF Arbiter Course is now open and continues until October 18. Persons wishing to register must be paid up members of the JCF. The registration fee is J$1,000 which…

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