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  • Daaim ShabazzApril 2, 2014
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    HHCF starts Los Angeles push!

    For Immediate Release PR Contact: Meek Gaborski 1-888-588-4418 memg@hiphopchessfederation.org Hip-Hop Chess Federation Launches Chess & Life Strategies Classes at High School in South Central LA… UFC Vet Kenny Florian, Sons of Anarchy’s Emilio Rivera and Black Knights Join HHCF to Inspire At-Risk LA Teens Emelio Rivera (center) gives a stirring…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 31, 2014
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    World Candidates 2014-14: Anand wins… naysayers silenced

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #14 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 12.1 Mamedyarov 2757 ½-½ Kramnik 2810 12.2 Topalov 2785 ½-½ Andreikin 2709 12.3 Aronian 2830 0-1 Karjakin 2766 12.4 Anand 2773 ½-½ Svidler 2758 Games Viswanathan Anand The final round was…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 29, 2014
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    World Candidates 2014-13: It’s a rematch!

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #13 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 12.1 Andreikin 2709 1-0 Aronian 2830 12.2 Karjakin 2766 ½-½ Anand 2773 12.3 Svidler 2758 ½-½ Mamedyarov 2757 12.4 Kramnik 2810 1-0 Topalov 2785 Games With a tough draw against Sergey…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 27, 2014
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    World Candidates 2014-12: Topalov flees cellar

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #12 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 12.1 Topalov 2785 1-0 Svidler 2758 12.2 Mamedyarov 2757 ½-½ Karjakin 2766 12.3 Aronian 2830 ½-½ Kramnik 2810 12.4 Anand 2773 ½-½ Andreikin 2709 Games Anand almost scored a full point…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 27, 2014
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    Ashley Statement on the Millionaire Open

    With four days left until the March 31st target for 1500 entrants, GM Maurice Ashley has released an important statement about the Millionaire Chess Open. After announcing the idea in December, Ashley pledged to move chess into the realm of marketability with a high-stakes format. The discussion thereafter produced a…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 26, 2014
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    World Candidates 2014-11: Drawing Closer

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #11 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 11.1 Svidler 2758 ½-½ Aronian 2830 11.2 Topalov 2785 ½-½ Karjakin 2766 11.3 Kramnik 2810 ½-½ Anand 2773 11.4 Andreikin 2709 ½-½ Mamedyarov 2757 Games A champion has to have determination…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 25, 2014
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    World Candidates 2014-10: Kramnik KOed!

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #10 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 10.1 Karjakin 2766 ½-½ Andreikin 2709 10.2 Anand 2773 ½-½ Mamedyarov 2757 10.3 Topalov 2785 ½-½ Aronian 2830 10.4 Kramnik 2810 0-1 Svidler 2758 Games A befuddled Vladimir Kramnik seems at…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 24, 2014
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    World Candidates 2014-9: Anand bolts ahead!

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #9 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 9.1 Andreikin 2709 ½-½ Svidler 2758 9.2 Karjakin 2766 1-0 Kramnik 2810 9.3 Mamedyarov 2757 1-0 Aronian 2830 9.4 Anand 2773 1-0 Topalov 2785 Games Viswanathan Anand won a beautiful game…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 23, 2014
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    World Candidates 2014-8: 1.5 pts. separates field

    2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #8 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 8.1 Topalov 2785 ½-½ Mamedyarov 2757 8.2 Aronian 2830 ½-½ Anand 2773 8.3 Kramnik 2810 ½-½ Andreikin 2709 8.4 Svidler 2758 0-1 Karjakin 2766 Games Official Site: https://candidates2014.fide.com/ Drum Coverage: https://thechessdrum.net/blog/2014/03/13/2014-world-chess-candidates-khanty-mansiysk-rus/…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 15, 2014
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    16 days for Millionaire Chess push!

    “Chess players have the power!”~GM Maurice Ashley~ Back in December, Grandmaster Maurice Ashley made an appeal for the chess public to invest in the future of chess. This investment would go toward helping to change the face of chess tournaments under the name “Millionaire Chess“. As we have said from…

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