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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 22, 2012
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    Drum Interviews @ Istanbul Olympiad

    Olympiad tournaments are full of interesting personalities ranging from professional players, to enthusiastic organizers and to national champions in tiny chess countries. IM Kenneth Solomon The Chess Drum was able to get 12 interviews during the 40th Chess Olympiad including its third with three-time Olympic champion Levon Aronian. Please sit…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 21, 2012
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    New in Chess (2012/6)

    Wang Hao officially enters stardom gracing the cover of the latest New In Chess. While China is a rising power in chess, news on the rise of China is rather scarce. This story is a refreshing entry into news often dominated by the same faces. Wang Hao is a phenomenon.…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 19, 2012
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    Olympiad book copied from Olimpbase.org?

    Dear Chess World, Those of us in the small community of chess journalism commit to this task as a labor of love. There is no quantifying the amount of time and energy invested in telling the story of chess to the world. Many of us who cover chess have full-time…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 16, 2012
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    Reflections on Istanbul Olympiad

    I have always wanted to visit Turkey. It is one of those places that one reads about in school. The Ottoman Empire and the vision of Kemal Attaturk are those I had known about, but to see the famous Blue Mosque was something I had to witness. The 40th Chess…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 13, 2012
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    2012 Chess Olympiad: Closing Ceremonies

    Champions Cup The 40th Chess Olympiad came to a close on Sunday evening as the medal ceremonies crowned a number of winners. The crowning moments came at the end when both the Armenian men and the Russian women climbed the podium for the gold. If this Olympiad has told us…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 7, 2012
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    Yazici speaks on journalist ban

    Ali Nihat Yazici speaking on the journalist banning. Photo by Daaim Shabazz. Evgeny Surov of chess.news received a sanction from Turkish Federation President Ali Nihat Yazici and was not allowed an accreditation at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey. According to a Chessvibes report and Surov’s own accounts, he…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 28, 2012
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    2012 Chess Olympiad: A Turkish Welcome

    The audience got an entertaining display of folkloric dance. Photos by David Llada, Anastasiya Karlovich for FIDE.com.. The 2012 Chess Olympiad has already broken records for attendance with 158 teams registered for the marquee chess event. At the Opening Ceremonies of the 40th Chess Olympiad Games, there was the posting…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 17, 2012
    2 2,095

    Chess Olympiad coming!

    The 40th Chess Olympiad will commence August 27th in Istanbul, Turkey. More than 160 nations will travel to the history country in the aftermath of the Olympic Games in London, England. Anticipating the largest Olympiad in history, Turkey last held the Olympiad in 2002 and hopes to be better than…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 12, 2012
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    New in Chess (2012/5)

    Magnus Carlsen is on the cover of yet another issue of New in Chess as the magazine has made him the “cover boy” once again. Perhaps it helps sales as well. đŸ™‚ Carlsen’s victory at the 2012 Tal Memorial is the latest in the seemingly endless headline stories about the…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 1, 2012
    3 2,208

    Tate sighting in Indiana!

    IM Emory Tate According to Daniel Weinberg of the Brunswick Branch Library, International Master Emory Tate will be at “ChessFest 6” at the W.E.B. DuBois Branch of the Gary Public Library on August 4, 2012 from 12:30 to 3:30pm. Born on the westside of Chicago, Tate spent his most formative…

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