Month: January 2015

Daaim ShabazzJanuary 12, 2015
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2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #2

Round #2 – Sunday, 11 January 2015 Masters Loek van Wely – Radaslaw Wojtaszek, ½-½ Magnus Carlsen – Wesley So, ½-½ Levon Aronian – Anish Giri, ½-½ Fabiano Caruana – Ivan Saric, 1-0 Hou Yifan – Ding Liren, 0-1 Baddur Jobova – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, ½-½ Teimour Radjabov – Vassily Ivanchuk,…
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Daaim ShabazzJanuary 11, 2015
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2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #1

Round #1 – Saturday, 10 January 2015 Masters Anish Giri – Magnus Carlsen, ½-½ Ivan Saric – Levon Aronian, ½-½ Teimour Radjabov – Loek van Wely, ½-½ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Hou Yifan, 1-0 Vassily Ivanchuk – Baddur Jobova, 1-0 Ding Liren – Fabiano Caruana, 0-1 Wesley So – Radaslaw Wojtaszek,…
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Daaim ShabazzJanuary 5, 2015
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2014 Zimbabwe Open… Bwalya on top!

IM Gillian Bwalya Zambia has proven to be one of the most promising federations in sub-Saharan Africa. Having produced the first GM in the region in Amon Simutowe, the players have established quite a tradition and showed their mettle in the 2010 Olympiad coming in 47th after being ranked 121st.…
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Daaim ShabazzJanuary 4, 2015
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2015 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)

World Champion Magnus Carlsen will be one of the 14 competitors in the 77th edition of the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). With an average rating of 2746 the tournament boasts Carlsen (2862), Fabiano Caruana (2820) and defending champion Levon Aronian (2797) leading the field. There…
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Daaim ShabazzJanuary 3, 2015
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Wesley So… the next Asian Tiger?

Wesley So at 2012 World Open.Photo by Daaim Shabazz. The year 2014 was a momentous year for Wesley So of the Philippines. The chess world knows him as one of the most phenomenal talents to come out of Philippines and Asia in general. He became one of the world’s youngest…
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Daaim ShabazzJanuary 1, 2015
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Looking forward to chess beat in 2015!

Dear chess family & friends, January 2014 in Halong Bay, Vietnam. The year 2014 was a good one for chess. With a number of marquee tournaments, an Olympiad, a world championship match, break-out performances, a few rising stars and new federations, chess had quite a bit of variety. The world…
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