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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 31, 2012
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    The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2012!

    The year of 2012 was supposed to be a magical year with all the Mayan calendar prophesies and such. In the year of the Olympics, a World Championship match, the Chess Olympiad and Kasparov’s record falling, there was quite a bit happening in the chess world. The Chess Drum was…

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  • Daaim ShabazzOctober 6, 2012
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    Join “1000 Likes” Fundraiser!

    Dear Chess Community, The Chess Drum is launching a “1000 LIKES” Fall fundraising campaign to reach 1000 Facebook “Likes”, 1000 Twitter followers and US$1000 in funds raised. The funds will go toward a site renovation project destined for the 12th anniversary of the website February 2013. Over the years The…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 26, 2012
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    Follow the Drum!

    The Chess Drum was live in Istanbul with coverage of the 40th Olympiad and it was an exciting event indeed. We were on site and captured history with photos, interviews and stories to bring life to the event for those who were not there. There were many breaking stories including…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJune 8, 2012
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    “Drum Beat” Vol. 1, No. 5

    In the fifth “Drum Beat” segment (June 7th), we present a special issue highlighting the World Championship and its aftermath. We will discuss the match, the result, the reaction and the response from the champion, Viswanathan Anand. One may argue that Boris Gelfand had the better preparation. There were a…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMay 9, 2012
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    Follow the Drum!

    The fourth edition of “The Drum Beat” is out! We will feature the latest updates, visit top websites, Facebook, Twitter and gear up for the 2012 World Championship starting tomorrow! You can also send in your questions and they can be addressed on the air. Get news you can’t get…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMay 8, 2012
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    “Drum Beat” Vol. 1 No. 4

    In the fourth “Drum Beat” segment (May 7th), we present an extended issue highlighting the U.S. Championship, the World Championship and upcoming tournaments. The latest news on The Chess Drum include the national championships of IS-318 (Brooklyn) in both the High School and Junior High and also a historic visit…

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  • Daaim ShabazzApril 3, 2012
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    Follow the Drum!

    This weekend The Chess Drum will release its third edition of “The Drum Beat”. We will feature the latest updates, visit top websites, Facebook, Twitter and perhaps run an exclusive segment on the World Championship. You can also send in your questions and they can be addressed on the air.…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 7, 2012
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    “Drum Beat” Vol.1, No. 2

    In the second “Drum Beat” segment, we look at the latest news on The Chess Drum including the an exclusive article titled, “The Rise of the ‘Asian Dragons’,” which looks at the rapid development of four chess nations. Also in this segment is a survey of other sites including “The…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 5, 2012
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    New Video Tour for The Chess Drum

    Drum Visitors, After accumulating more than 9,000 pages at The Chess Drum, it becomes important to make the navigational strategy less cumbersome. Given the size of this 11-year project it also occurs to me that many routinely miss content here since the updates occur frequently and some information can be…

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  • Daaim ShabazzMarch 1, 2012
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    Follow The Drum!

    As much of the news content for chess moves online and into social networks, The Chess Drum wants to continue delivering content in a timely fashion so I invite you to follow The Chess Drum for latest updates in chess news! Support one of the world’s largest chess websites. Follow…

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