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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 14
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 14: Nepo misses chance, game fizzles… tiebreaks ahead Match Score: – Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 14Saturday, 29 April 2023 The match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren came down to Game 14 of the classical…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 13
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 13: Ding presses, but match stays level Match Score: 6½-6½ Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 13Thursday, 27 April 2023 After a titanic struggle in Game 12, this game had tremendous tension, but the penultimate Game 13…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 12
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 12: Explosive game ends in crushing defeat for Nepo Match Score: 6-6 Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 12Wednesday, 26 April 2023 Game 12 will go down in world championship history as one of the most back-and-forth…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 10
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 10: Ding couldn’t break through in Game 10. Match Score: 5½-4½ Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 10Sunday, 23 April 2023 With Ding playing white in Game 10, this match has officially entered the final phase and…
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Derrick Rose hosting “Chesstival” in Las Vegas
Chess is an ultimate battle of the mind. Chicago’s own Derrick Rose is now hosting a “Chesstival” event in Las Vegas. As a product of the hard-scrabble courts of Englewood, Rose knows a thing or two about battling. In the 2010-2011 season, he became the youngest MVP in history while…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 9
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 9: 82-move draw after intense drama Match Score: 5-4 Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 9Friday, 21 April 2023 After a fierce battle in round eight, both players appeared to have dialled down the intensity. Game nine…
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All Roads to Atlanta for HBCU Chess Classic!
The HBCU Chess Classic will kick off on April 22nd featuring several schools including Morehouse, Spelman, Clark Atlanta, Howard, Hampton, North Carolina A&T, Florida A&M, and host Morris Brown. This tournament will be a five-round, rated, Swiss tournament with both individual and team prizes. This initiative is designed to build…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 1
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 1: Tense battle ends quietly Match Score: ½-½ Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 1Sunday, 9 April 2023 Nepo presses, but Ding slips away Game 1 of the 2023 World Chess Championship starts off with a Delayed…
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“Chess in Slums” treks to Kenya, Uganda!
Tunde Onakoya of “Chess in Slums” visiting Kenya with representatives from partner organization, “The Gift of Chess.” Tunde Onakoya has spent the last five years refining his delivery of “Chess in Slums” to some of the most poverty-stricken areas of Nigeria. Now His initiative has attracted many admirers and supporters…
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HBCU Chess Classic on April 22nd!
The inaugural HBCU Classic will kick off April 22nd at Morehouse College and hopes to attract students from around the country to network… and compete for glory! The Chess Drum was informed about an HBCU tournament by Jamaal Abdul-Alim and contacted the organizer Shaniah Francis (Spelman College) on LinkedIn. “I’m…
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