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  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 2, 2014
    4 2,270

    2013 African Junior Championships (Tiaret, Algeria)

    The 2013 African Junior Championships were hosted on January 25th-31st at Hotel Bouazza in Tiaret, Algeria and organized by the Algerian Chess Federation (FADE) and the African Chess Union. This tournament features players under 20 years old or born before January 1, 1993. Eight federations were represented and there were…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 29, 2014
    3 2,179

    Update on Millionaire Chess

    GM Parimarjan Negi has signed up.Photo by https://topnews.in/ (Keval Sharma). Back in early December of last year, GM Maurice Ashley announced an epic event… a “Millionaire Chess” open tournament with an unprecedented prize fund of $1,000,000. It has generated a ripple throughout the chess world and ignited a discussion about…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 29, 2014
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    Aronian wins 2014 Tata Steel!

    GM Levon AronianPhoto by Frans Peeters. Levon Aronian was on a blistering pace and clinched the 2014 Tata Steel tournament with one round remaining. Not even a last round loss could spoil his otherwise sterling result. In the last round, he fell prey to a nice tactical shot from Loek…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 12, 2014
    1 2,284

    2014 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)

    This year’s Tata Steel Chess Tournament features a scales down edition from previous years with only two sections and 12 players. Previous tournaments have had three sections of 14 players each. In addition, neither Magnus Carlsen, nor Viswanathan Anand will be present. Both have long-running histories of the tournament, but…

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 31, 2013
    2 2,114

    Chess Drama at 2013 World Youth

    The World Youth Team Championship was held in Al Ain, UAE typically the center of chess tournaments in the Middle East. While it broke records for the largest amount of players (1773), there were a number of issues that dampened an otherwise festive event. There were complaints about the food…

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 31, 2013
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    2013 North American Open (Las Vegas)

    While GM Giorgi Kacheishvili’s win of the 2013 North American Open is not much of a surprise, what was more surprising is the players who showed up. More on that later. GM Giorgi KacheishviliPhoto by Cathy Rogers. Kacheishvili tied with seven other players, but won on superior tiebreaks to take…

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 31, 2013
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    GM N’Cho Joel Atse: Draughts Champion

    GM N’Cho Joel Atse of Ivory Coast won the 100 draughts blitz championship and later received his gold medal, the first for Africa in the 2013 World Mind Games. Draughts is probably a board sport that does not get much recognition for being a high-level game. However there is intricate…

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 28, 2013
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    Early Reactions to $1,000,000 Chess

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 19, 2013
    2 2,219

    2013 World Mind Games (Beijing, China)

    All roads led to the 2013 World Minds Sports Games in Beijing, China on December 12th-18th. This unique tournament featured five sports including bridge, go, draughts, xiangqi (Chinese chess) and international chess. Top players in each of these mind sports competed in various formats. Chess unfurled a unique chess variant…

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  • Daaim ShabazzDecember 18, 2013
    1 2,184

    Russian chess attempts to reclaim glory

    Coming off of a “must-win” in the World Team Championships there has been an aggressive effort to reclaim the glorious past of the “Russian School of Chess”. However, has that era passed for good or is Russian ripe for a resurgence? In the win during the World Team, there was…

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