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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 13, 2012
    19 2,137

    Issac Braswell dies tragically

    Issac Braswell In what has been a spate of misfortunes for the U.S. chess community, Issac Braswell became the most recent tragedy. The affable Chicago player allegedly took his own life on March 2nd, only a day after playing in a match in the Chicago Industrial Chess League (CICL). There…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMay 7, 2010
    7 2,059

    Chicago’s Tyrone Lee killed in car crash

    Tyrone Lee, a long-time Chicago resident and chess player was killed in a car accident while traveling to Tennessee last weekend. “Ty Lee” (as he is commonly called) was a chess player known to those primarily in the Chicago area, but had chess associates around the country. He spent a…

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 7, 2009
    63 6,843

    IM Michael Schleifer: 1967-2009

    IM Michael Schleifer (Canada) Photo by Mark Dutton. It is with great sadness that I learned from Neil Sullivan of the death of International Master Michael Schleifer. According to a Canadian chess board, “Chess Talk“, someone placed a call into the Montreal City morgue to verify the story. Morgue officials…

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