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Daaim ShabazzNovember 18, 2018
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Ju Wenjun to face Kateryna Lagno in WWC final!

2018 Women’s World Chess ChampionshipNovember 8th-28th, 2018 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) FINAL (Ju Wenjun vs. Kateryna Lagno) Flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 pts. Ju 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 – – – 4½ Lagno 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0…
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Daaim ShabazzNovember 5, 2018
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2018 Women’s World Chess Championship (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia)

2018 Women’s World Chess Championship(Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Photo by ugra2018.fide.com The Women’s World Chess Championship has begun with 64 players from 28 countries! It started only a week prior to the World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. One may ask why do…
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Daaim ShabazzDecember 1, 2016
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2016 World Chess Championship: Carlsen wins!!

TIEBREAKSCarlsen beats Karjakin 9-7 to defend crown! Carlsen hoists champion’s trophy.Photo by chess24 After beating Karjakin in Game #10, Magnus Carlsen said that he was able to “break” Sergey Karjakin. It was a pivotal moment of the match as the champion decided that with new life, he would head for…
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Daaim ShabazzNovember 29, 2016
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2016 World Chess Championship: Game #12

Game 12: WTF? With tension in the air at the Fulton Market Building, both Carlsen and Karjakin were preparing for a pivotal game in the match. It was, in effect, a “sudden death” match. Many anticipated an epic battle, but were shocked at the outcome. The game lasted less than…
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Daaim ShabazzNovember 28, 2016
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2016 World Chess Championship: Game #11

Game 11: Another fighting draw! Carlsen-Karjakin will go the distance. Another Ruy Lopez…. the theoretical theme of the match! This match has had its share of twists and turns and the penultimate round was no different. A Ruy Lopez repeated from Game #2, the game took on a type of…
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Daaim ShabazzNovember 25, 2016
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2016 World Chess Championship: Game #10

Game 10: We have a match!!Carlsen gets the equalizer after Karjakin breaks! Anticipation was high before the 10th game of the World Chess Championship. There were many questions being asked before today’s game. What would be the strategy for Magnus Carlsen? What opening would he play? Would he be under…
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Daaim ShabazzNovember 24, 2016
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2016 World Chess Championship: Game #9

Game 9: Carlsen at the brink… holds for another day VG's sport front page today #vgsjakk pic.twitter.com/thoeOW6lhh — Jon Ludvig Hammer (@gmjlh) November 23, 2016 “The King’s Choice: A Chess Drama” In Norway, five million people have been staying up late at night following the championship match featuring their native…
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Daaim ShabazzNovember 23, 2016
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2016 World Chess Championship: Game #8

Game 8: Karjakin shocks Carlsen… goes up +1! The Trump analogies will start flying again if Sergey Karjakin wins the ongoing championship match. Karjakin stormed to victory today in a tense, yet error-filled game. Magnus Carlsen pressed with white in an unbalanced position, had an edge, misjudged the position and…
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Daaim ShabazzNovember 21, 2016
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2016 World Chess Championship: Game #7

Game 7: Draw… Fischer’s ghost stirring Today was another short game, but the players granted a longer press conference. Some of the questions asked have been rather off-putting, but today packed room enjoyed a bit of levity and good cheer from the players. Perhaps this is an effort to stay…
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Daaim ShabazzNovember 18, 2016
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2016 World Chess Championship: Game #6

Game 6: Calm draw before pending storm While outsiders may look at the score of the ongoing championship match, they would say that it seems to lack action because no one is scoring wins. If one could, for one moment, think of this match like a 12-round boxing bout where…
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