Day: September 28, 2007

Daaim ShabazzSeptember 28, 2007
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Tom Murphy: King of Dupont Circle

Tom Murphy in his office at the famous Dupont Circle. Photo washingtonpost.com Vaughn Bennett just sent me a link to an article from the Washington Post on Tom Murphy, a DC-based legendary chess hustler. Those who have been to Dupont Circle in Washington, DC have no doubt heard his name…
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Daaim ShabazzSeptember 28, 2007
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HHCF kicks off Kings tournament on October 13th!

Inside Bay Area https://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_6986670 The Chess Drum https://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_HipHopChess8.html [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUj5cFAACBs[/youtube]
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Opinion/Editorials

Daaim ShabazzSeptember 28, 2007
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Changing of the Guard

Ever since Garry Kasparov retired (and even prior to), there has been a slow changing of the guard in chess. The powerful Soviet School of Chess still reigned after the fall of the Soviet Union. However, the advent of computers, the migration of Russian players and simply the passage of…
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