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2016 Millionaire Chess Open (Atlantic City, NJ)
Millionaire Chess #3 is finally here. More than 400 players have registered for the latest edition in another premier tournament. As we move toward the end of 2016, the chess community has had a big year and looks to close on a high note. Maurice Ashley officially opens the latest…
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Queen of Katwe: A Chess Review
At the 42nd Olympiad last month 1,583 players from around the world assembled in Baku, Azerbaijan to compete in the marquee tournament of they year. Players donned their colors and beautiful cultural garments bringing with them the history and pride of their chess communities. At the Olympiad there are so…
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The End of Millionaire Chess?
GM Maurice Ashley has had an eventful year with the Grand Chess Tour (U.S., France, Belgium), the Millionaire Chess African tour (Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa) and the Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan. From his posts on Facebook it was clear that the Brooklyn-based Grandmaster had developed a new vision.…
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The Anatomy of USA Gold at ’16 Chess Olympiad
Heading into the Baku Olympiad, there was heightened anticipation of how the USA would do given the two new additions on the team. Out were Gata Kamsky and Alexander Onischuk and in were Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So. These were very favorable replacements of two players who had served the…
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2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #11
2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #11 Tuesday, 13 September 2016 Open Section USA 2½-1½ Canada Ukraine 3½-½ Ukraine Russia 3-1 Italy Turkmenistan 1-3 Azerbaijan 1 India 2-2 Norway Full Results Finally… the USA can call themselves Olympic champions in chess for the first time in 40 years! Led by Fabiano Caruana…
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2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #10
2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #10Monday, 12 September 2016 Open Section Georgia 1½-2½ USA Czech Republic 1-3 Ukraine India 2-2 Russia England 2½-1½ Azerbaijan 1 Latvia 1-3 Canada Full Results USA and Ukraine win… tied doing into last round.Tiebreak advantage to Americans. Sam Shankland’s gold medal performance in Tromso Olympiad was…
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2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #9
2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #9Sunday, 11 September 2016 Open Section Ukraine 2½-1½ India USA 3-1 Norway Iran 2-2 England Azerbaijan 1 1-3 Russia Latvia 2-2 Slovenia Full Results America racing to gold… Ukraine in dead heat Come on Magnus! Scandinavian is not a World Champion's opening! Photo: Eteri Kublashvili.#bakuchess pic.twitter.com/k79rrmnzAP…
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Expert Adia Onyango… New York’s chess charm
For the past several years, Adia Onyango has been on a quest to improve her chess performance. She had already created a wildly popular “Chess Connections” Facebook group which currently has more than 1200 members. In addition, she embarked on 30-day green smoothie challenges, took to a daily biking regiment…
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Gwayne Lambert wins Chicago’s Tate Memorial!
Emory Tate at 2009 World Open. Photo by Michael Williams. When one thinks of chess, perhaps visions of old men in barbershops and parks may come to mind. Maybe it is the snotty-nosed, anti-social bookworm that comes to mind… or even the foul-mouthed, trash-talking chess hustler. All of these are…
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15 years for The Chess Drum!
Dear friends and supporters, Today (February 12th, 2016), The Chess Drum is 15 years old! It’s been a long journey. Most probably cannot imagine how difficult it is to maintain a website for this length of time. It is not an easy task requiring copious amounts of “sweat equity”. There…
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