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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 27, 2013
    12 32

    Black wins CIS Rapid in Central Park!

    One of the 600 participants in the Chess-in-the-Schools festivities. Chess has a way of creating happiness. We are officially amidst a chess renaissance in the U.S. With SuperNational scholastic tournaments drawing more than 5,000 players, St. Louis becoming the centrifugal force of growth of American chess (with St. Louis Chess…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 22, 2013
    13 40

    Chevannes’ U.S. tour a smash… eclipses 2200

    WIM-elect Sabrina ChevannesPhoto by WIM Ioana Smaranda Padurariu. WFM Sabrina Chevannes was on tour this summer in the U.S. and capped off her visit by attending the historic Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis. Prior to that she had visited Susan Polgar’s Webster Academy, stopped by the iconic and famed Marshall…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 21, 2013
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    FM Ronald Simpson: 1960-2013

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 20, 2013
    17 33

    1st IM Norm for Justus!

    Justus Williams (right) faced Josh Colas in round six. That game would go four hours and Williams would prevail. Photo by John Upper. Justus Williams may be the most disappointed person ever to earn an IM norm and FM title. The 15-year old scholastic star competed in the North American…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 11, 2013
    14 102

    Gillian Bwalya at World Cup

    Gillian Bwalya probably became known to the world after his creditable 7/10 performance at the 2012 Olympiad netting him the FM title. Since then he has pocketed the IM title pending on his conferral. For winning the 4.3 subzonal, the Zambian will compete in the 2013 World Cup tournament. He…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJuly 23, 2013
    40 40

    Justus prevails at U.S. Cadet!

    Justus Williams has come a long from being the soft-spoken boy with the long dreadlock mane. The last five years have been a whirlwind for the 15-year old from the Bronx, New York. He is now a slender, clean-cut, bespectacled high school sophomore at Bronx School of Science and Technology…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJuly 11, 2013
    1 30

    Sabrina Chevannes releases new book!

    WFM Sabrina Chevannes has told The Chess Drum that she is releasing a new children’s book on chess. It will be release in about a month and published by Batsford, the company known for producing many popular chess titles. Chevannes has had a storied career winning many national titles and…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJune 13, 2013
    4 67

    GM denounces Cuban “Chess Mafia”

    Peter Doggers’ Chessvibes ran a story about a row in Spain after a Ukrainian GM Viktor Moskalenko hurled accusations at a contingent of Cuban players who compete in the Spanish circuit. One of the prime targets is GM Orelvis Perez Mitjans who recently was conferred his GM title last year…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJune 12, 2013
    7 106

    Emojong becomes East Africa’s 1st IM!

    IM Elijah Emojong FIDE, the world’s Chess governing body has awarded Uganda’s 20-year old Elijah Emojong the title of International Master (IM) following his splendind performance at the Zone 4.2 Africa Chess Championship that was held in Cairo, Egypt from 29 April to 7 May 2013. Emojong finished the Zonal…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJune 9, 2013
    15 85

    Cuba’s Oleiny Linares making strides!

    Cuba is a country of complex history and culture. With a mixture of tradition stemming from Taino Arawak roots, Spanish colonialism and African lineage, the country of more than 11 million has a sense of pride that appears infectious. That same pride is taken in many areas such as scholarship,…

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