Month: October 2015

Daaim ShabazzOctober 9, 2015
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2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Day #1)

The Millionaire Open kicked off with an incredible buzz as players milled about in anticipation for the start of the Millionaire Chess Open. Players from near and far… as close as Las Vegas and as far way as Asia/Africa/Pacific came to participate in the event of the year. Although there…
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Daaim ShabazzOctober 9, 2015
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2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Las Vegas, NV)

After the inaugural Millionaire Chess Open (MCO) was met with a rousing organizational success, many of the skeptics were silenced and supporters encouraged. However, there was always the question of whether this tournament would become a fixture on the American chess landscape. Amy Lee There is a wave of excitement…
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Opinion/Editorials

Daaim ShabazzOctober 3, 2015
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Movie “PAWN SACRIFICE”… fair to Fischer?

Fischer was so defiant of presuming to do what the movie aspires to do. Tobey and I sat there and looked through every picture from every interview he ever did, read everything he ever said, but in the end, you finally have to trust a certain amount of your own…
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Daaim ShabazzOctober 2, 2015
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2015 World Chess Cup: FINALS

2015 World Chess CupSeptember 10th-October 4th, 2015 (Baku, Azerbaijan)Match Scores (FINALS) 1 Karjakin, S RUS 6-4 Svidler, P RUS Drum Coverage| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 || Semifinals | Finals | Official Website: https://www.bakuworldcup2015.com/ All PGN Games (TWIC): https://www.theweekinchess.com/ Rules and…
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