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Daaim ShabazzOctober 14, 2015
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2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Day #3)

Le Quang Liem won his fifth game in a row leading after the tournament! Yu Yangyi (China) vs. Evgeny Bareev (Canada) amounted to a draw. Fabiano Caruana is still in the hunt with another win. Tension was extremely high!Photos by Daaim Shabazz. * * * Replay of Round #5 Le…
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Daaim ShabazzOctober 10, 2015
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2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Day #2)

Day two of the Millionaire Chess started with the arrival of the four-day schedule. There was also an opening breakfast where Maurice and Amy addressed the audience. One can clearly see that the MC organization is trying some innovative ideas. One of the newest is the RFID data entry method.…
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Daaim ShabazzOctober 9, 2015
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2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Day #1)

The Millionaire Open kicked off with an incredible buzz as players milled about in anticipation for the start of the Millionaire Chess Open. Players from near and far… as close as Las Vegas and as far way as Asia/Africa/Pacific came to participate in the event of the year. Although there…
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Daaim ShabazzOctober 9, 2015
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2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Las Vegas, NV)

After the inaugural Millionaire Chess Open (MCO) was met with a rousing organizational success, many of the skeptics were silenced and supporters encouraged. However, there was always the question of whether this tournament would become a fixture on the American chess landscape. Amy Lee There is a wave of excitement…
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Daaim ShabazzOctober 3, 2015
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Movie “PAWN SACRIFICE”… fair to Fischer?

Fischer was so defiant of presuming to do what the movie aspires to do. Tobey and I sat there and looked through every picture from every interview he ever did, read everything he ever said, but in the end, you finally have to trust a certain amount of your own…
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Daaim ShabazzSeptember 26, 2015
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50+ GMs, 50+ Countries = Millionaire Chess 2015!

The second Millionaire Chess Open is just a bit more than a week away and excitement is building. There is also excitement because more “star power” has been added before the September 30th registration deadline. The MC organized periodically announces strong players and yesterday Amy Lee told The Chess Drum…
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Daaim ShabazzSeptember 12, 2015
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Interview with WGM Jennifer Shahade

The Chess Drum caught up with WGM Jennifer Shahade during the 2015 Sinquefield Cup in a very short interview. While she has played in a number of U.S. Championships (winning two women’s titles), she primarily is known as a chess promoter and commentator. She is a fixture on commentary teams…
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Daaim ShabazzSeptember 7, 2015
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Reflections of 2015 Sinquefield Cup

The 2015 Sinquefield Cup was held was great fanfare from August 22nd until September 3rd. The excitement built from a gradual crescendo when ten of the top players from around the world set upon St. Louis, Missouri to compete one of the strongest round robins in history. The Chess Drum…
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Daaim ShabazzSeptember 3, 2015
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Nakamura visits Detroit City CC

Detroit is known for many things… cars, music, sports and increasingly chess. On the weekend of August 21st, Hikaru Nakamura visited the Detroit City Chess Club (DCCC) and was welcomed by the community at-large. Kevin Fite who organized the visit hosted the four-time U.S. Champion and world’s #2 player, his…
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Daaim ShabazzSeptember 2, 2015
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2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #9

2015 Sinquefield CupAugust 23th – September 3rd, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #9 – Tuesday, 1 September 2015 1 Topalov, V BUL ½-½ Aronian, L ARM 2 Anand, V IND ½-½ Carlsen, M NOR 3 Vachier-Lagrave, M FRA ½-½ Giri, A NED 4 Nakamura, H USA 1-0 Grischuk, A RUS 5…
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