Day: January 24, 2008

Daaim ShabazzJanuary 24, 2008
2 14

Ugandan Chess in Crisis

Sande Bashaija & Lambert Rusoke, “Cash Crisis Hurts Chess ,” The Monitor, 3 January 2008 (Kampala, Uganda). There were some tremendous individual performances but financial hiccups continued to hinder the development of chess in 2007. The Uganda Chess Federation (UCF) was throughout the year rocked in a financial quagmire that…
Read More »
Daaim ShabazzJanuary 24, 2008
41 1,591

The Socio-Politics of the First Move in Chess

Dear Reader, I just penned an article that may pique your interest. It examines the “first mover advantage” in chess. I have had many online debates (mostly notably on The Daily Dirt) about this issue and most of the arguments point to white’s plus score in games played in the…
Read More »