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Interviews

Daaim ShabazzOctober 19, 2015
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Drum Interviews @ ’15 Millionaire Chess

Drum Interviews @ Millionaire Chess Open #2 The second Millionaire Chess Open is in the record books and it was even more eventful than the first. Accented by a marquee lineup of players, the tournament lived up to its billing as the brightest stars shone in the end. While Hikaru…
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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 ShabazzAugust 13, 2015
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Rochelle Ballantyne on #GirlsCan

Rochelle BallantynePhoto from LinkedIn In conjunction with Cover Girl, there was a beautiful interview done by Soledad O’Brien on Rochelle Ballantyne, a student at Stanford University. She is better known as chess player on the “Brooklyn Castle” fame and a successful student at Brooklyn Tech. Now as a Stanford student…
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Daaim ShabazzJuly 10, 2015
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Drum Interviews @ ’15 World Open

IM Odion Aikhoje gave some interesting professional insights about the marketing of chess in an informative half-hour conversation. He has a Master’s degree in sports marketing management. The 2015 World Open remains America’s marquee event… for right now. It has staying power, but of course its consistency may suggest that…
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Daaim ShabazzJune 12, 2015
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Corbin unleashes “Elephant” @ World Open

An “unretired” FM Philip Corbin drawing Billy Turner at the 2014 World Open. Photo by Daaim Shabazz. With the World Open only a few weeks away, we always seem to refer back to novel games of that tournament whether played on the very top boards or boards in the amateur…
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Daaim ShabazzApril 12, 2015
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2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #10)

2015 U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri, USARound #10 (Saturday, 11 April 2015) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Troff, Kayden W 4.5 2532 GM Gareev, Timur 3.5 2604 ½-½ 2 GM Robson, Ray 6.0 2656 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 6.5 2798 ½-½ 3 GM Onischuk,…
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Daaim ShabazzOctober 16, 2014
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Wesley So wins 1st Millionaire Open!!

Wesley So wins 1st Millionaire Open and $100,000!! Amy Lee and Maurice Ashley present a triumphant Wesley So with the winner’s check.Photo by Paul Truong. GM Wesley So told The Chess Drum that he was skeptical about the tournament a month ago, but decided to play at the urging of…
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Daaim ShabazzSeptember 13, 2014
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FIDE’s African Problem

Last month, the world’s marquee team tournament known as the “Chess Olympiad” ended in Tromso, Norway with record attendance of 174 nations. This included a record 34 present from Africa (excluding eight proxies). While I am not certain when the first African federation joined the World Chess Federation…
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Daaim ShabazzAugust 18, 2014
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Drum Interviews @ ’14 Olympiad

The Olympiad is the biennial chess festival attracting players, delegates and enthusiasts far and wide. Its beauty lies in the fact that all of the chess federations have arrived at the venue in many different ways… and in some cases for the first time. The 2014 Olympiad broke a record…
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Daaim ShabazzAugust 8, 2014
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The Chess Drum with Claudia Munoz

Claudia Munoz at the 2014 U.S. Open.Photo by Daaim Shabazz. Claudia Munoz is known in chess circles for her chess promotion activities in social networking. The 16-year old is the reigning National Girls champion and took part in the U.S. Open where we conducted a short interview. Enrolled in Texas…
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