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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 2, 2014
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    2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #6

    2014 Sinquefield CupAugust 27th – September 7th, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #6 – Tuesday, 2 September 2014 1 Caruana, F ITA 1-0 Topalov, V BUL 2 Carlsen, M NOR ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave FRA 3 Aronian, L ARM ½-½ Nakamura, H USA Official Site Fabiano Caruana on a Fischeresque 6-0 blitz… history…

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  • Daaim ShabazzSeptember 1, 2014
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    2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #5

    2014 Sinquefield CupAugust 27th – September 7th, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #5 – Sunday, 31 August 2014 1 Nakamura, H USA 0-1 Caruana, F ITA 2 Aronian, L ARM 0-1 Carlsen, M NOR 3 Topalov, V BUL 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave FRA Official Site “Fab Five”… unprecedented performance in strongest tournament! Two…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 31, 2014
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    2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #4

    2014 Sinquefield CupAugust 27th – September 7th, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #4 – Saturday, 30 August 2014 1 Caruana, F ITA 1-0 Aronian, L ARM 2 Carlsen, M NOR ½-½ Topalov, V BUL 3 Vachier-Lagrave FRA ½-½ Nakamura, H USA Official Site Caruana is now at 2820 on live list.Photo…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 30, 2014
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    2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #3

    2014 Sinquefield CupAugust 27th – September 7th, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #3 – Friday, 29 August 2014 1 Carlsen, M NOR 0-1 Caruana, F ITA 2 Vachier-Lagrave FRA 1-0 Aronian, L ARM 3 Topalov, V BUL 1-0 Nakamura, H USA Official Site Caruana on fire at 3/3, beats Carlsen! What…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 29, 2014
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    2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #2

    2014 Sinquefield CupAugust 27th – September 7th, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #2 – Thursday, 28 August 2014 1 Nakamura, H USA ½-½ Carlsen, M NOR 2 Caruana, F ITA 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave FRA 3 Aronian, L ARM 1-0 Topalov, V BUL Official Site Caruana wins again… Topalov loses again… this time…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 28, 2014
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    2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #1

    2014 Sinquefield CupAugust 27th – September 7th, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #1 – Wednesday, 27 August 2014 1 Vachier-Lagrave FRA ½-½ Carlsen, M NOR 2 Aronian, L ARM ½-½ Nakamura, H USA 3 Topalov, V BUL 0-1 Caruana, F ITA Official Site “Fire on Board” in MVL-Carlsen… Topalov toppled. Carlsen…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 27, 2014
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    2014 Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA)

    Six of the world’s top ten chess players will assemble in what has recently been claimed as America’s “Chess Capital”. St. Louis will host the 2nd Sinquefield Cup beginning today touts the strongest ever tournament on American soil. With the average rating at a stratospheric 2801.67 it is the first…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 22, 2014
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    Reflections on Tromso Olympiad

    Every two years, FIDE hosts the Olympiad with a chief organizing body. It is like no other tournament, so generally no expense is spared to make it successful. Most everyone was anticipating the Tromso Olympiad in the idyllic and quaint city. Besides it is the home country of World Champion…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 18, 2014
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    Drum Interviews @ ’14 Olympiad

    The Olympiad is the biennial chess festival attracting players, delegates and enthusiasts far and wide. Its beauty lies in the fact that all of the chess federations have arrived at the venue in many different ways… and in some cases for the first time. The 2014 Olympiad broke a record…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 17, 2014
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    2014 Chess Olympiad: Closing Ceremonies

    2014 Chess Olympiad: Closing Ceremonies Thursday, 14 August 2014 Ni Hua jumps in jubilation after China wins gold. All photos by Daaim Shabazz.The 41st Chess Olympiad was eventful for a number of reasons. The contentious campaign leading up to the Presidential election held the entire event in suspense. The presence…

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