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  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 24, 2008
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    Did R.O. Mitchell meet Bobby Fischer?

    Back in 2001 there were rumours circulating that Bobby Fischer was playing games at the Internet Chess Club. GM Nigel Short was one of the first to make the claim that an extremely strong player used several anonymous accounts to play top players. Short had apparently heard it from a…

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  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 23, 2008
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    Agony of Defeat!

    Following the 2008 Linares tournament, I watched the Ivanchuk-Aronian video with a bit of pity. Ivanchuk is one of the world’s top players and needs no pity, but when one blunders in a chess game, it is a crushing blow and you can’t help but to empathize. I remember reading…

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  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 16, 2008
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    Kasparov in Newsweek

    Former World Champion Garry Kasparov (pictured left) is in the latest issue of Newsweek magazine talking about the political environment in Russia. Currently, he is leading an opposition movement to unseat President Vladimir Putin. Kasparov has been an outspoken critic of the Putin government and states that Russia has deteriorated…

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  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 16, 2008
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    A Fischer equalizer… Panama’s John Evans

    John Evans (pictured right) was a member of the Panamanian national team back in the 60s and later settled in New York. He visited the Wilbert Paige Memorial in 2001 and added to the importance of the event. Here is a game he played against none other than Robert James…

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  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 15, 2008
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    African Origins of Chess?

    Exhibit at U.S. Chess Hall of Fame on the ancient Egyptian game, Senet. Copyright © 2001, Daaim Shabazz. Dr. Joseph Bailey, II has recently penned an article titled, “Chess Originated in Africa.” We have all heard this before, but let us be specific! For example, Bailey states in his essay,…

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  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 12, 2008
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    The Chess Drum turns 7!

    It all started with the page on the right. A crude banner, a few news stories, ugly diagrams, BUT a lot of good intentions. Seven years later, The Chess Drum has grown… and grown… and grown. Now at 6000 pages, the site has become a recognizable member of the chess…

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  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 10, 2008
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    The Chess Drum reveals “Classics”

    In commemoration of Black History Month and the 7th anniversary of The Chess Drum, I present to you “Drum Classics,” a presentation of images of chess events that may have been long forgotten. Over the years chess has become more accessible to people far and wide, but the manner in…

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  • Daaim ShabazzFebruary 9, 2008
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    Stephanie Ballom in New in Chess!

    Stephanie Ballom in “Sweet 16” magazine back in 2005. The above article is not from NEW IN CHESS, but Guideposts Sweet 16 magazine. More on the NEW IN CHESS later. This article was titled, “Queen of the Board” and written by Lisa Freeman. It was about Stephanie Ballom who (at…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 25, 2008
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    South Africa’s ChessCube.com

    Mark Levitt of South Africa sent me a message about chesscube.com, an all-purpose chess website that includes gaming, news, blogs, forum and other features. He states, I wanted to highlight www.ChessCube.com, a chess initiative started in Cape Town, South Africa. ChessCube is a free playing site, with a strong social…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJanuary 19, 2008
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    Fischer wanted to play Kasparov, Anand

    A story from Iceland’s Morgunbladid stated that Bobby Fischer desired one last match with Garry Kasparov and/or Viswanathan Anand. This is a very interesting development since Fischer has disassociated himself from the chess world since his 1992 match in Yugoslavia. In interviews, he stated that he would only play Fischer…

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