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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 26, 2015
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    2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #3

    2015 Sinquefield CupAugust 23th – September 3rd, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #3 – Tuesday, 25 August 2015 1 Anand, V IND ½-½ Topalov, V BUL 2 Aronian, L ARM ½-½ Giri, A NED 3 Carlsen, M NOR 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, M FRA 4 So, W USA 1-0 Grischuk, A RUS 5…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 25, 2015
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    2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #2

    2015 Sinquefield CupAugust 23th – September 3rd, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #2 – Monday, 24 August 2015 1 Topalov, V BUL 1-0 Nakamura, H USA 2 Vachier-Lagrave, M FRA ½-½ Aronian, L ARM 3 Giri, A NED ½-½ So, W USA 4 Caruana, F USA 0-1 Carlsen, M NOR 5…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 24, 2015
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    2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #1

    2015 Sinquefield CupAugust 23th – September 3rd, 2014 (St. Louis, USA)Round #1 – Sunday, 23 August 2015 1 Carlsen, M NOR 0-1 Topalov, V BUL 2 Nakamura, H USA 1-0 Anand, V IND 3 Aronian, L ARM 1-0 Caruana, F USA 4 Giri, A NED 1-0 Grischuk, A RUS 5…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 22, 2015
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    2015 Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA)

    It will be steaming hot in St. Louis over the next couple of weeks. Actually the weather is quite pleasant, but the world best chess players will set the boards ablaze in one of the strongest tournaments on American soil. The third Sinquefield Cup will commence on August 23rd with…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 19, 2015
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    TV deal for Millionaire Chess?

    Ashley’s Millionaire Chess is looking for a breakthrough. More developments in the multimedia space for the Millionaire Chess. No… it’s not the video contest that is ongoing until September 15th, nor is it another slick advertising video, but something on a much larger scale. The Millionaire Chess franchise is working…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 13, 2015
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    Rochelle Ballantyne on #GirlsCan

    Rochelle BallantynePhoto from LinkedIn In conjunction with Cover Girl, there was a beautiful interview done by Soledad O’Brien on Rochelle Ballantyne, a student at Stanford University. She is better known as chess player on the “Brooklyn Castle” fame and a successful student at Brooklyn Tech. Now as a Stanford student…

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  • Daaim ShabazzAugust 5, 2015
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    2015 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Kingston, Jamaica)

    “MILLIONAIRE CHESS” COMES TO JAMAICA! History will unfold in Jamaican Chess at 6:00 pm on Wednesday August 5, 2015 when the first round of the Millionaire Chess Qualifier (“MCQ”) pawns off at the Christar Villas Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. This tournament is being held under the auspices of the Jamaica…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJuly 19, 2015
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    Latest Vibe with Adisa Banjoko (HHCF)

    The Chess Drum caught up with Adisa Banjoko of the Hip Hop Chess Federation (HHCF) to discuss his new projects, the challenges, the successes and the organization’s sprawling new space for classes. The HHCF is on the move once again and has been progressive in trying to establish an fusion…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJuly 16, 2015
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    Millionaire Open #2 gets Caruana!

    Caruana faced Nakamura at last year’s Sinquefield. Both will compete in this year’s event as well as the Millionaire Open. Photo by uschesschamps.com. On June 26th, Fabiano Caruana was officially listed under the U.S. Chess Federation. This move comes after last year’s transfer of Wesley So of the Philippines. Along…

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  • Daaim ShabazzJuly 10, 2015
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    Drum Interviews @ ’15 World Open

    IM Odion Aikhoje gave some interesting professional insights about the marketing of chess in an informative half-hour conversation. He has a Master’s degree in sports marketing management. The 2015 World Open remains America’s marquee event… for right now. It has staying power, but of course its consistency may suggest that…

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