Drum Majors
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1st Annual Ron Simpson Memorial
The Carolinas Chess Initiative are hosting a tournament in the memory of FIDE Master Ron Simpson who succumbed last year to Stage Four cancer. He was loved and respected in his home of New York and his second home in North Carolina. Simpson was known as a resourceful, tactical player…
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St. Louis Legend, Leroy Muhammad (1948-2013)
The Chess Drum was informed that St. Louis chess master Leroy Muhammad has passed away. Living in Gary, Indiana, his daughter Sophia Muhammad came to the St. Louis Chess Club and informed an employee that Leroy had passed in October of 2013. IM Elliott Winslow, a contemporary of Muhammad and…
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Ashley interview on Millionaire Chess, Part 1
The Chess Drum conducted an interview on March 2nd (via Skype) with GM Maurice Ashley concerning the Millionaire Chess Open. The tournament earned its moniker due to its $1,000,000 prize fund and is scheduled to take place in the electric atmosphere that Las Vegas offers. GM Ashley at the site…
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“On the Scene” with Jerald Times
National Master Jerald Times was featured in a new segment called “On the Scene” with Sean Miller. Times answers a series of questions including how he discovered chess and his evolution as a player out of historic Harlem, New York. He touched on the fierce rivalry as a member of…
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Chess through the eyes of Black History
QUEEN NEFERTARI (Egypt) Each year in America, the Black community commemorates the accomplishments of many pioneers who overcame political exclusion, racial discrimination and socioeconomic hardships. In general the many historic figures are given each year during “Black History Month” and their accomplishments are reflected. The Chess Drum will take this…
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Ashley: Why should Chess exist at all?
GM Maurice Ashley sent this in the Millionaire Chess newsletter on February 20th to address responses that were part of a lively Facebook post on February 16th. The thread has generated more than 200 comments concerning the Millionaire Chess Open to take place this October. Several players chimed in including…
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Rogelio Ortega: Afro-Cuban Maestro
Rogelio Ortega in Polanica-Zdroj, Poland in 1967.Photo by Alojzy Milka (courtesy of Dariusz Milka). There are many global heroes of sport, yet we often forget about those who never caught the glare of the bright lights but shone as brightly on the national scene. Every two years we see this…
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