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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 12, 2015
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    “Rich as a King” teaches chess to invest!

    As a business professor, I am able to see young adults mature as they begin to understand the elements financial responsibility. How many students have gone off to school only to be approached at orientation by banks offering a free water bottle to sign up for a debit card? Lots.…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 12, 2015
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    2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #3

    Round #3 – Monday, 12 January 2015 Masters Ding Liren – Baddur Jobova, 1-0 Vassily Ivanchuk – Loek van Wely, 1-0 Anish Giri – Fabiano Caruana, ½-½ Radaslaw Wojtaszek – Magnus Carlsen, 1-0 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Teimour Radjabov, ½-½ Wesley So – Levon Aronian, 1-0 Ivan Saric – Hou Yifan,…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 12, 2015
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    2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #2

    Round #2 – Sunday, 11 January 2015 Masters Loek van Wely – Radaslaw Wojtaszek, ½-½ Magnus Carlsen – Wesley So, ½-½ Levon Aronian – Anish Giri, ½-½ Fabiano Caruana – Ivan Saric, 1-0 Hou Yifan – Ding Liren, 0-1 Baddur Jobova – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, ½-½ Teimour Radjabov – Vassily Ivanchuk,…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 5, 2015
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    2014 Zimbabwe Open… Bwalya on top!

    IM Gillian Bwalya Zambia has proven to be one of the most promising federations in sub-Saharan Africa. Having produced the first GM in the region in Amon Simutowe, the players have established quite a tradition and showed their mettle in the 2010 Olympiad coming in 47th after being ranked 121st.…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 4, 2015
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    2015 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)

    World Champion Magnus Carlsen will be one of the 14 competitors in the 77th edition of the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). With an average rating of 2746 the tournament boasts Carlsen (2862), Fabiano Caruana (2820) and defending champion Levon Aronian (2797) leading the field. There…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 3, 2015
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    Wesley So… the next Asian Tiger?

    Wesley So at 2012 World Open.Photo by Daaim Shabazz. The year 2014 was a momentous year for Wesley So of the Philippines. The chess world knows him as one of the most phenomenal talents to come out of Philippines and Asia in general. He became one of the world’s youngest…

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 31, 2014
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    The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2014!

    Chinese men became Olympiad champions for the first time!Photo by Daaim Shabazz. The year 2014 was an interesting campaign and The Chess Drum covered the action in 240 published articles. Magnus Carlsen successfully defended his title in November and we have a new Olympiad champion in China… the men!! The…

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 31, 2014
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    New in Chess (2014/8)

    Alexander Grischuk has long been known as a supreme talent and recently breached the 2800 barrier after winning the Tigran Petrosian Memorial. The scruffy-looking and once dread-locked Russian has again been put on the short list of championship contenders. Polish phenom Jan-Krzysztof Duda brings up such an important point in…

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 31, 2014
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    Millionaire Chess #2 opens January 1st!!

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 30, 2014
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    “A Fork, A Spoon and A Knight”

    A couple of years back, a very important book was released about a girl from a poor African village. Her name was “Phiona”… from one of the poorest continents, poorest countries, poorest city and… a girl. It was a gripping story which showed how difficult life can be for some…

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