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• Category: Africa
  • 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Blitz-Day 5
  • 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid – Day 3
  • 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid – Day 4
  • 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 1
  • 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 2
  • 12th All-Africa Games (Rabat, Morocco)
  • 13th All-African Games (Accra, Ghana)
  • 16-year old Okpegbuo talks chess on Nigerian TV!
  • ’18 FIDE Election heats up… Africa in the middle
  • 1st “Armaggedon” at African Chess Lounge
  • 1st Saturday Budapest invites Africans!
  • 20 years after GM title, Ashley discusses African path
  • 2001 Wilbert Paige Memorial (Harlem, NY)
  • 2007 African Championships (Winhoek, Namibia)
  • 2007 African Junior Championship (Malawi)
  • 2008 African Junior Championship
  • 2008 Botswana National Championship
  • 2008 East Africa Chess Championship
  • 2008 Reykjavik Open features Carlsson, Simutowe!
  • 2009 African Champs heat up!
  • 2009 African Individual Championships
  • 2009 African Jr. Championships (Cairo, Egypt)
  • 2009 South Africa Open
  • South Africa Open goes online!
  • 2010 Botswana International Open
  • 2011 African Individual Championships
  • 2011 Botswana Chess Calendar
  • 2011 Botswana Closed
  • 2011 CUCA International (Luanda, Angola)
  • 2012 Botswana 2nd Qualifiers
  • 2012 Botswana Nat’l Championships
  • 2012 Botswana Open
  • 2012 CUCA International (Luanda, Angola)
  • 2012 Ghana Nat’l Championships
  • 2012 South African Open
  • 2012 Zimbabwe Open
  • 2013 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia)
  • 2013 African Junior Championships (Tiaret, Algeria)
  • 2013 Airfficiency Open (Botswana)
  • 2013 Botswana National Championship
  • 2013 DSK Chess Championship (S. Africa)
  • 2013 Lagos Chess Classic (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • 2013 Tanzania Open (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  • 2013 Zambian National Championships
  • 2014 African Individual Championships (Windhoek, Namibia)
  • 2014 Gambia Open kicks off!
  • 2014 Ghana National Championships
  • 2014 South Sudan Chess Nationals
  • 2014 Uganda Olympiad Team
  • 2014 Zimbabwe Open… Bwalya on top!
  • 2015 African Individual Championship (Cairo, Egypt)
  • 2015 Kenyan National Championship
  • 2015 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Johannesburg, S. Africa)
  • 2015 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • 2015 Rwabushenyi Memorial (Uganda)
  • 2015 Tanzania Open (Dar es Salaam)
  • 2015 Tanzanian Championships
  • 2015 Zimbabwe Open (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  • 2016 Africa Chess Calendar is out!
  • 2016 African Individual Championships (Kampala, Uganda)
  • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #1
  • 2016 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Johannesburg, S. Africa)
  • 2016 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • 2017 Africa Tour with IM Makoto
  • 2017 African Tour with GM Carlsson
  • 2017 African Tour with GM Solomon
  • 2017 Cote d’Ivoire Team Invitational
  • 2017 Zanzibar Open
  • 2018 CIV Invitational a rousing success!
  • 2019 African Championships: Round #1
  • 2019 African Championships: Round #2
  • 2019 African Championships: Round #3
  • 2019 African Championships: Round #4
  • 2019 African Championships: Round #5
  • 2019 African Championships: Round #6
  • 2019 African Championships: Round #7
  • 2019 African Championships: Round #8
  • 2019 African Championships: Round #9
  • 2019 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia)
  • 2019 African Junior Championship (Accra, Ghana)
  • 2019 Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire)
  • 2019 World Chess Cup starts today… Africa rejuvenated
  • 2021 African Individual Chess Championship
  • 2023 Kenya Chess Open is historic!
  • 2023 Zone 4.3 in Equatorial Guinea
  • 9th All-Africa Games (Algiers, Algeria)
  • 9th All-Africa Games: Opening Ceremony
  • 9th All-Africa Games: The Kenyan Principle
  • “A Fork, A Spoon and A Knight”
  • Acheampong is Africa’s under-9 champ!
  • Adeyemi chats with Drum on Olympiad
  • Adly gives chess simul in Eritrea!
  • Adly, Khaled are new African Champions!
  • Adu: Nigerian chess neglected
  • Adu sets sights on Trinidad, UAE
  • Adu triumphs in Nigeria!
  • Adu’s living nightmare after zonal 4.2… now stranded!
  • Africa Chess releases “Maiden Edition”
  • Africa crowns Jr. Champs!
  • Africa: Too Much Voting Power in FIDE?
  • 2020 Africa 4.2 Chess Subzonal (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
  • African Candidates spar in fierce debate
  • African Championships start today!
  • African Chess: 2014 in Perspective
  • African Chess celebrates “Africa Day”
  • African Chess made strides in 2015
  • African Diaspora at the ’12 Olympiad
  • African Diaspora @ Budapest Olympiad!
  • African Diaspora made a colorful presence in Batumi
  • African Junior Championships in Togo!
  • African Juniors 2019 going down to the wire!
  • African Lounge launches TV Show!
  • African nations at Chennai Olympiad!
  • African Nations booted from Chess Olympiad!
  • African Regent Championship (Accra, Ghana)
  • African tensions boil at 2014 Olympiad
  • African Zonal 4.2 (Abuja, Nigeria)
  • Africans wracked by visa problems… again!
  • After World Cup, Where is African Chess?
  • Aikhoje denounces FIDE fight in Africa
  • Aikhoje seeks to claim ’98 gold medal
  • Akinseye interviews ACC’s Lewis Ncube
  • All-Africa Games in full swing!
  • 10th All-Africa Games (Maputo, Mozambique)
  • Amin, Khaled 2015 African Champions!
  • Amin tops Africa, Lake Sevan… closing on 2700
  • Amin, Wafa… 2013 African Champions!!
  • Amin wins 5th African Championship!
  • Anand Arrives in Botswana!
  • Anand in Tanzania June 1st
  • Anand to visit Botswana!
  • Anand to visit Kenya during 4.2 subzonal
  • Angola hosts BGI International
  • Angola hosts CUCA BGI tourney!
  • Angola’s Rocha win 3rd straight title!
  • Angola’s Soares wins African Junior!
  • Anquandah, Felix… Ghanaian chess champions!
  • Arthur Kobese: (1938-2010)
  • Asanga puts West Africa on FIDE map
  • Ashley propelling chess forward in West Africa
  • African Origins of Chess?
  • GM Baba Sy: World Checkers Champion
  • Baku 2016: The Africans are Coming!
  • Bassem Amin is 2009 African Champ!
  • Bassem Amin & Shahenda Wafa… 2022 African Champs!
  • Bassem Amin tours South Africa!
  • Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability
  • Beauty of Africa through a Chess Lens
  • Black Girls in Chess: Keeping Men in Check!
  • Black History: A Chess Perspective
  • Black History Month (2008)
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 10: The Moors of Spain
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 13: GM Amon Simutowe
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 18: Queen Nefertari & Senet
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 25: IM Watu Kobese
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 9: Robert Gwaze’s Gold!
  • Black Star News features article on Simutowe!
  • Botswana added to list of visa troubles
  • Botswana Olympiad “Send Off”
  • Botswana to host CACDEC seminar
  • Botswana-Zambia friendly match
  • Botswana’s Maruatona to end six-year reign
  • Botswana’s “Year Opener”
  • Bouah recounts S. African history in new book!
  • Brema Bah: Mali’s Olympiad Gem
  • Burkina Faso making moves in chess!
  • Burundi’s Chess President, Wilfried Ntamatungiro
  • Can Pan-Africanism work in Chess?
  • Carlsen wins Abidjan Rapid & Blitz!
  • Carlsson tours Kenya!
  • Championship Reflections by FM Steven Kawuma
  • Chess brought before Kenyan Parliament
  • Chess Events for East Africa
  • Chess finds its way to Gambian village
  • “Chess for Peace” in Ghana
  • Chess in Burkina Faso
  • Chess in Djibouti!
  • “Chess in Slums” treks to Kenya, Uganda!
  • Chess in the Congo!
  • Chess in Togo!
  • Chess outlet for S. African prisoners
  • Chess Player banned for impersonating a woman
  • Chess shines on NTV Kenya!
  • Chess through the eyes of Black History
  • ChessBase article on Amon Simutowe!
  • ChessCube.com interviews South Africa’s Kenny Solomon
  • Col. Michel Nguele Viang Cameroon’s 1st Chess President dies
  • Coming to America: The Queen of Katwe
  • Congo’s Mashala Kabamwanishi shines at Olympiad
  • Congratulations 2007 African Champions!
  • Cote d’Ivoire days away from epic chess event!
  • Creating Black History in Chess
  • Daniel Cawdery wins South African Championship
  • Dapo Adu dominates Africa’s Zone 4.4 Championships
  • Do Blacks have a Chess History?
  • Dutch GM visits Kenya
  • Egypt takes Team Gold!
  • Egypt’s Adham Fawzy slays Modern Defense
  • Egypt’s Adly denied travel to World Cup!
  • Egypt’s Adly, Wafa are 2019 African Champions!
  • Egypt’s Bassem Amin breaks 2700!
  • Egypt’s Essam El-Gindy gets 3rd GM norm!
  • Emojong becomes East Africa’s 1st IM!
  • Emojong to raise Ugandan flag at zonals
  • Togo’s Fumey will stand for FIDE President
  • Essoh Essis on GCT Rapid & Blitz event
  • Ethiopians denied German Visas!
  • Ethiopia-Kenya-Uganda build chess bridges!
  • Ethiopian Chess thanks Donors!
  • Ethiopia’s Daniel Shawul Abdi breaking codes in computer chess
  • IM Eugenio Campos at IPCA
  • Farai Mandizha: International Master
  • Fawzy, Pires win titles at 2019 African Juniors!
  • FIDE 2014: The Scramble for Africa
  • FIDE Election hotly-contested in Africa
  • FIDE Election Rumble in “Gabon-Gate”
  • FIDE Election tickets certified, African ticket out
  • FIDE’s President for Africa Speaks!
  • FIDE President in Nigeria
  • FIDE to hold Africa Seminar in Zambia
  • FIDE Women’s Commission busy in Africa
  • FIDE’s Site Visit to Africa
  • FM Harold Wanyama of Uganda retires
  • “Gabon-Gate” heats up… legal docs fly
  • Gambia gets new chess home!
  • Gamecast: Adu vs. Ramaswamy!
  • Ghana and Liberia pawn off!
  • Ghana Chess on GBC News during COVID-19
  • Ghana sets Calendar for early 2009!
  • Ghana’s 1st FIDE-rated tourney!
  • Gillian Bwalya at World Cup
  • GM Ashley treks to South Africa!
  • GM Jean-Marc N’Djofang… Draughts’ African Lion
  • GM Kenny Solomon honored!
  • GM Kenny Solomon launches book!
  • GM Kenny Solomon’s Masterclass
  • GM N’Cho Joel Atse: Draughts Champion
  • GM Zhu Chen on African tour!
  • Gohil is Kenya’s 2019 chess king, wins car!!
  • Grand Chess Tour coming to Africa in 2019!
  • Grand Chess Tour meets Didier Drogba!
  • Gwaze captures Botswana Open!
  • Hamdouchi is French Champion!
  • Help send Zambia’s Kennedy Shane to India
  • Hesham wins 2016 African Championship!
  • Historic Moments: African Diaspora at Olympiad
  • Historic Moments: Africans in the 2004 FIDE World Championship
  • Historic Moments: Ancient Chess in Africa!
  • Historic Moments: Country Spotlight… Mauritius
  • Historic Moments: Stanley Chumfwa qualifies for FIDE World Cup!
  • Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open
  • Ilyumzhinov in Togo and Cameroon
  • Ilyumzhinov visits Libya’s Qaddafi
  • IM Mabusela on 6/6 at Millionaire Tourney!
  • IM norm for Zimbabwe’s Zhemba Jemusse!
  • Inside look at Ghana Chess
  • Inside Look at Kenyan Chess
  • Interview with Botswana’s Mudongo
  • Interview with Bunmi Olape
  • Interview with Essoh Essis for ACC President
  • Interview with Tshepo Sitale for ACC President
  • Invitation 2014 African Individuals (Namibia)
  • Is Chess Inherently Racist?
  • Ivorians ready for 2019 African Juniors
  • Ivy Amoko: Ugandan Olympiad Ace
  • Jerald Times in S. Africa!
  • Jere, Epah win Zambian Sports crowns!
  • Jere wins Botswana Open
  • Jere wins Olympiad tune-up!
  • Jerry Bibuld, chess activist (1928-2013)
  • Justus Williams is K8 co-champ!
  • Karpov2010 heads to Africa
  • Kasparov campaigns in Nigeria
  • Kasparov Chess Africa to host three ‘Millionaire’ tourneys!
  • Kasparov Chess Foundation creates African analytics!
  • Kasparov in Africa
  • Kasparov in Kenya!
  • Kasparov in South Africa!
  • Kasparov’s impact on African Chess
  • Katinsenge top sport administrator in Botswana
  • Another Kawuma to make Olympiad
  • Kenny Solomon gets 1st GM norm!
  • Kentucky hosts Chess-Kwanzaa celebration
  • Kenya announces Olympiad team
  • Kenya archives Karanja!
  • Kenya-Netherlands Internet match!
  • Kenya surges forward in 2016!
  • Kenya-Uganda chess clash!!
  • Kenya welcomes Shabazz!
  • Kenyan @ World Championship for Disabled
  • Kenya’s Sagwe walks 165kms to promote chess
  • Khetho wins Botswana Clash!
  • Kighiga takes Nigerian Open
  • Kim Bhari recounts Short’s visit
  • King Solomon reigns at 2014 African Championship!
  • Kobese publishes Xhosa chess book!
  • Kobese wins S. Africa Open!
  • Lesotho launching “MiniChess” program!
  • Lesson in Touch Move?
  • Lessons learned for Botswana
  • Levon Aronian in South Africa!
  • Lewis Ncube wins African Chess Presidency!
  • Life Stories: Interview with Phiona Mutesi
  • Lupita Nyong’o to star in ‘Queen of Katwe’ film
  • Madagascar Open (August 4th-9th)
  • Magnus Carlsen in Africa, May 8th-12th!
  • Majur Juac: A “Lost Boy” who found success
  • Makoto wins South African Open
  • Malawi and Tanzania Chess in Action!
  • Malawian women train for Olympiad
  • Mandizha earns IM Norm at NY Int’l!
  • Mandizha joint 1st at Liberty Bell
  • Maurice Ashley helps propel Kenyan chess forward!
  • Meet Nigeria’s IM Odion Aikhoje
  • Microsoft co-Founder and KCF launch “Chess Masters for Africa”
  • Millionaire Chess qualifier set in Kenya!
  • 2015 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • Rwanda chess making strides!
  • MiniChess franchise in Kenya!
  • MiniChess hits Madagascar!
  • “MiniChess” turns into big chess in Cote d’Ivoire!
  • Moses Kawuma makes FIDE Master!
  • “Moves for Life” launched in S. Africa
  • Mudongo is conferred WIM title
  • Mutesi graces cover of Chess Life
  • Mutesi, ‘Queen of Katwe’ on 33-day tour!
  • Mutesi’s trek to Siberia
  • Naledi Marape: Botswana’s rising talent
  • Namibia set to host African Championships
  • Namibian Olympians to Russia
  • Namibia’s Eichab is Blitz King!
  • Ncube discusses youth tourney on Kenya TV
  • “New Blood” on Botswana Olympiad Team
  • New In Chess (2011/5)
  • News from Uganda!
  • Ngubeni analyzes Africa’s Top 20!
  • Nigel Short campaigns in Africa
  • Nigel Short’s mini-tour of Africa
  • Nigeria announces Olympiad Qualifiers
  • Nigeria hosts Nigel Short!
  • Nigeria planning Grand Tourney in ’11
  • Nigeria set to hold Olympiad Qualifiers
  • Nigeria to host Olympiad trials
  • Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York
  • Nigeria’s Basirat Ariyike… sunshine in Lagos slum
  • Nigeria’s Onyekwere brings heat in win!
  • Oatlhotse wins Millionaire Satellite in S. Africa!
  • Odion Aikhoje launches blog!
  • Odion Aikhoje to be honored in Dresden!
  • Olape wins Millionaire Chess Satellite in Nigeria!
  • Olebile wins Botswana Junior!
  • Pan-African Chess thrives in 2020!
  • Peace Flags… Kenya
  • PEDACHESS in Nigeria!
  • Pedro Aderito, Angolan IM, passes at 44
  • Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe”
  • Phiona Mutesi: The Queen of Katwe
  • Photo Impressions of Ghana
  • President Zuma at Chess Tournament
  • 2nd President’s Cup (Accra, Ghana)
  • Purity Maina awarded International Arbiter title!
  • Queen of Katwe: A Chess Review
  • Queen of Katwe actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies at 15
  • Queen of Katwe adjusting to College Life
  • Queen of Katwe battles Kasparov!
  • “Queen of Katwe” is coming!
  • Questions about Botswana Chess
  • Reflections on 2019 Abidjan Rapid & Blitz
  • Reflections on the Wilbert Paige Memorial
  • Renaissance CC hosts chess at African Fest!
  • Response to FIDE’s Statement on Racism (2020)
  • Robert Gwaze launches new site!
  • Rodwell Makoto: 2011 Zimbabwe Champion
  • Rwanda chess set for 2018 Olympiad
  • Rwanda reports Olympiad visa problems
  • Rwanda’s Ian Murara (13) rises!
  • S. Africa’s President at Chess Tourney
  • Senegal crowns national chess champion!
  • Senegal relaunches chess in 2016!
  • Senegalese chess forging ahead during COVID-19 crisis
  • Senterej: Chess with Ethiopian Flavor
  • Severine Wamala goes to trial
  • Shabazz carries beat to Ghana!
  • Shogi finds a home in Africa!
  • Egypt’s Shoker shocks for GM norm!
  • Shoker wins subzonal 4.2…Emojong stars
  • Short wins Tanzanian Open!
  • Silva keeping tradition as African Jr. Champ!
  • Simutowe 2nd in Rhône Open (France)
  • Simutowe in play at Dutch Open
  • Simutowe examines the Science of Chess
  • Simutowe in Netherlands for GM norm quest!
  • Simutowe in Nigeria!
  • Simutowe playing in Angola’s BGI!
  • Simutowe Marches On!
  • Simutowe @ NJ Futurity International
  • Simutowe reflects on 2018 World Championship… format
  • Simutowe withdraws from All-Africa Games!
  • Simutowe’s GM title conferred!!
  • Simutowe’s Last Mile
  • Solomon gets Olympiad double norm!
  • Solomon returns to S. Africa for simul
  • Somalia Chess in full gear!
  • Somalia finalizes team for 2022 Olympiad
  • Somalia ushers in “Chess in Schools”
  • South Africa welcomes Vishy Anand
  • South Africa announces Olympiad team!
  • South Africa hosts the Commonwealth
  • South Africa’s ChessCube.com
  • South Africa’s “Moves for Life” moves on!
  • Steel, Kobese win S. Africa Closed
  • Steven Kawuma writes on his FM feat
  • Susan Namangale: Malawi’s Chess Prez
  • Tani Adewumi book coming in April!
  • Tani Adewumi vaults over 2000!
  • Tanzania holds “Chess Arena”!
  • The Battle for “Migingo”
  • The Black Genesis of Chess – Moors of Spain
  • The Chess Drum beats in Ghana!
  • The Chess Drum chats with Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu
  • The Chess Drum on South African Twitch tomorrow!
  • The Congo to host 2015 All-Africa Games
  • The Chess Drum Beats in Africa!
  • The Drum beats in Durban, RSA!
  • The Drum Majors of Chess: Part One
  • The Drum Majors of Chess: Part Three
  • The Drum Majors of Chess: Part Two
  • The Drum to beat in Africa!
  • The Importance of Nakamura’s Trip to South Africa
  • The Legacy of the “Black Knight”
  • The Nigerian Experiment
  • The Rising Stars of Africa
  • The Road to Olympiad… from Nairobi to Siberia
  • Thomas Saah, Liberia’s National Champion
  • Times’ S. African Diary, Pt. 1
  • Togolese Chess on fire at Rapid/Blitz!
  • Triple Exclam touches down in Africa
  • Tshepiso Lopang wins ACC Presidency!
  • Tunde Onakoya’s mission takes chess to Nigerian slums
  • Tyrone Davis gives Gift of Chess to Nigeria
  • Uganda announces new Cabinet!
  • Uganda elects 2011-2012 Officers
  • Uganda hosts Zabasajja Memorial
  • Uganda launches new website!
  • Uganda seeking support for Olympiad
  • Uganda set rewrite Olympiad history
  • Uganda to hold 11 events in ’13
  • Uganda wins ‘Battle for Migingo’
  • Ugandan Chess in Crisis
  • Ugandans in Olympiad Crisis!
  • Ugandans set for 4.2 Zonal in Sudan
  • Uganda’s Kawuma scores 9/10!
  • Uganda’s Ssegwanyi impressive at World Cup
  • Veselin Topalov chats with The Chess Drum
  • Video: IM Robert Gwaze on YouTube
  • West African feds support Kasparov2014
  • What Anand’s Visit Means to Africa
  • What is Somalian “Ciyaarta Shataranjiga”?
  • What’s next in Black Chess?
  • Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster?
  • Wilbert Paige Memorial: Round #3
  • Wilbert Paige Memorial: Round #4
  • Wilbert Paige Memorial: Round #5
  • Wilbert Paige Memorial: Round #6
  • Wilbert Paige Memorial: Round #7
  • Wilbert Paige Memorial: Round #8
  • Wilbert Paige Memorial: Round #9
  • Will Gwaze be next African GM?
  • Yakini Tchouka is 2020 Togolese Champion
  • Zambia prepares for African Youth
  • Zambia shines at 39th Olympiad!
  • Zambian Closed Championship
  • Zambian President honors Simutowe
  • Zambia’s Bwalya wins Airtel Chess Challenge
  • Zambia’s Lewis Ncube touts African Chess Platform
  • Zambia’s touts 2014 Olympiad Squad
  • Zimbabwe chess takes hit after Kuwaza’s death
  • Zimbabwe Open on New Year’s
  • Zimbabwe’s 2014 Olympiad Team
  • Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8!
  • Zone 4.3 Individual Championships (Botswana)
  • Category: African Championship
    • 2023 African Individual Championships
    • 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (Accra, Ghana)
    • Fawzy wins African Championship!
  • Category: Algeria
  • Category: Angola
  • Category: Botswana
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #2
    • Drum Interviews @ Istanbul Olympiad
    • Millionaire Chess Open: Day Two
  • Category: Burkina Faso
  • Category: Burundi
  • Category: Cameroon
  • Category: Cape Verde
    • Ortega is Cape Verde’s 2022 Chess Champion
  • Category: Central Republic of Africa
  • Category: Congo
  • Category: Cote d'Ivoire
  • Category: Djibouti
  • Category: Egypt
    • 2025 African Individual Chess Championship (Cairo, Egypt)
  • Category: Eritrea
  • Category: Eswatini
    • Eswatini chess prepares children for future
  • Category: Ethiopia
  • Category: Gabon
  • Category: Gambia
  • Category: Ghana
    • Ghana holding Nationals!
  • Category: Kenya
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #9
    • 7,242 players at Kenya Schools Chess!
    • Barack Obama wins U.S. Presidency!
    • Expert Adia Onyango… New York’s chess charm
    • Joseph Methu wins Kenyan Chess Championship… and car!
    • Kenya nets 5000 sets from Kasparov (KCF)
    • Kenya’s Bernice Wambui gives “Gift of Chess”
    • Mehul Gohil (Kenyan Champ) wins another car!
    • The Obama Challenge
  • Category: Lesotho
  • Category: Liberia
    • 2022 Liberian Chess Championship
  • Category: Libya
  • Category: Madagascar
  • Category: Malawi
    • Mwale, Shriyan win Malawi titles!
    • “The Gift of Chess” nabs Namangale as Global Head
  • Category: Mali
  • Category: Mauritania
    • Wafa, Djeroud win African Juniors 2023!
  • Category: Mauritius
  • Category: Morocco
  • Category: Mozambique
  • Category: Namibia
    • Robert Gwaze resurfaces, wins Namibia Open
  • Category: Niger
  • Category: Nigeria
    • 11-year-old Deborah Quickpen, Nigerian Chess sensation
    • Adu gets joint 1st in N. Virginia
    • Adu sensational in DC G/60
    • After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi
    • Drum Gamecast: Iwu vs. Adu
    • Gamecast: Adu vs. R. Kaufman!
    • Nigeria Olympiad Qualifer on tap!
    • Nigerian Chess Action, “Battle of the Ages”
    • The Rise of Deborah Quickpen
  • Category: Rwanda
  • Category: Senegal
  • Category: Seychelles
  • Category: Sierra Leone
  • Category: Somalia
  • Category: South Africa
    • South Africa’s West Coast Chess Union
  • Category: South Sudan
  • Category: Sudan
  • Category: Swaziland
  • Category: Tanzania
  • Category: Togo
  • Category: Tunisia
  • Category: Uganda
  • Category: Zambia
  • Category: Zanzibar
  • Category: Zimbabwe
    • Chess hustling in Zimbabwe!
• Category: African Championship
  • Bellahcene, Wafa are 2025 African Champions!
• Category: African Championships
  • Amin, February win 2024 African Individuals!
  • 2022 African Individual Championships (Lagos, Nigeria)
• Category: Asia
  • 1st World Mind Sports Games (Beijing, China)
  • 2008 Asian Youth… glimpse of future
  • 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Finals
  • 2011 Women Chess Championship (Tirana, Albania)
  • 2012 World Mind Games (Beijing, China)
  • 2013 World Mind Games (Beijing, China)
  • 2014 World Mind Games (Beijing, China)
  • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #6
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad Preview
  • A Talk with India’s Parimarjan Negi
  • Anand stars in AMD commercial!
  • Anand wins Chess Oscar!
  • Anand’s Chess History
  • At 14, Wesley So is Philippines’ new ace!
  • Carlsen wins GCT India… country a shining host!
  • Chess Adventure in Vietnam
  • China dominates 1st World Minds!
  • China Rising!
  • China: The Dragons are Coming!
  • Ding continues to rise after Sinquefield win!
  • Drum beats in Singapore-Philippines!
  • Drum beats in Vietnam!
  • Florencio Campomanes dies at 83
  • Hou vs. Kosteniuk for Women’s Crown!
  • Hou Yifan aiming high!
  • Hou Yifan breaks through at Gibraltar!
  • Hou Yifan wins Women’s Masters!
  • Hou Yifan: Women’s World Champion!
  • India to host FIDE Chess Olympiad
  • Indians at World Open!
  • India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever
  • Ju Wenjun wins Women’s Championship!
  • Justus Williams at 2018 Bangkok Open
  • Kasimdzhanov reignites discussion on draws
  • Kasparov playing Shogi (??)!
  • Kasparov says Anand’s reign over soon
  • King and Queen Indians win World Junior!
  • Life Lessons from Anand in “Mind Master”
  • Philippines welcomes Orrin Hudson!
  • Sri Lanka opens Karpov CC!
  • The Drum Beats in Shanghai, China!
  • The Rise of ‘Asian Dragons’, Part 3
  • The Rise of the “Asian Dragons,” Part 2
  • The Rise of the “Asian Dragons”
  • The Rise of the “Asian Dragons,” Part 2
  • Three 2800s Square Off!
  • WCC 2008: Anand retains title!!
  • WCC2013-1: “Damp Squib” in first game
  • WCC2013-10: Magnus is King!
  • WCC2013-2: The Caro-Kann Can’t
  • WCC2013-3: Tiger lets prey escape
  • WCC2013-5: Carlsen squeezes win!
  • WCC2013-6: Carlsen wins… two-point bulge
  • WCC2013-8: Anand opts for Berlin… no dice
  • WCC2013-9: Blunder puts champion at brink
  • WCC2013-7: Anand whiffs with white
  • Well-Wishes to Filipino Chess Family
  • Wesley So… the next Asian Tiger?
  • Category: China
    • 2009 World Cup: Round #2
    • 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #5
    • 2013 Women’s World Championship (Taizhou, China)
    • 2016 Women’s Chess Championship (Lviv, Ukraine)
    • 2017 Women’s World Championship: Finals
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship (Ju vs. Goryachkina)
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #10
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #11
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #12
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #2
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #4
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #5
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #6
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #7
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #8
    • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #9
    • 2023 Women’s World Championship (Shanghai/ Chongqing, China)
    • 2023 World Chess Championship (Astana, Kazakhstan)
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 1
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 10
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 11
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 12
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 13
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 14
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 2
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 3
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 4
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 5
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 6
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 7
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 8
    • 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 9
    • Ding strikes back in Game 12… match tied 6-6!
    • 2024 World Chess Championship: Game 2
    • 2024 World Chess Championship: Game 3
    • As Candidates 2020 approaches, Coronavirus rocks chess world
    • Chess Championship weeks away in Kazakhstan
    • Ding-Gukesh draw in thrilling battle!
    • Ding Liren is the new World Chess Champion
    • Gukesh shocks Ding in finale, wins title!
    • HOU YIFAN REGAINS TITLE!
    • Ju-Goryachkina even 3-3 in title match
    • Ju Wenjun beats Goryachkina… retains world crown!
    • Ju Wenjun beats Lagno retains title!
    • Ju Wenjun to face Kateryna Lagno in WWC final!
    • “No Tolerance” rule considered harsh
    • Will Hou Yifan become the greatest?
    • World Chess Beat (December 2008)
  • Category: India
    • 2008 World Championship (Anand vs. Kramnik)
    • 2013 World Chess Championship (Anand vs. Carlsen)
    • 2014 World Chess Championship (Carlsen vs. Anand)
    • Abhimanyu Mishra, youngest chess GM in history!
    • Anand at World Economic Forum
    • WCC 2008: Anand powers ahead of Kramnik!
    • Candid Interview with Anand
    • Charisse Woods off to India for WYCC
    • Interesting Article on Anand
    • Interesting Video of Viswanathan Anand
    • Orrin Hudson in India @FWCM2013
    • WCC 2008: Anand wins again… lead widens
    • WCC2014: Closing Ceremonies
    • World Championship only weeks away!
  • Category: Japan
  • Category: Kazakhstan
    • 2022 World Rapid & Blitz (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
  • Category: Philippines
  • Category: Singapore
  • Category: Sri Lanka
    • FM Sunil Weeramantry: Reflections on Libya
  • Category: Uzbekistan
  • Category: Vietnam
• Category: Audio
  • 16 days for Millionaire Chess push!
  • Chess Legend Charles Lawton on NPR
  • Drum Interviews @ ’14 World Open
  • FIDE’s African Problem
  • HHCF starts Los Angeles push!
  • HHCF visits Innovative Concept Academy!
  • Hikaru chats with The Chess Drum
  • Interview with Charles Lawton
  • Ashley interview on Millionaire Chess, Part 2
  • Maurice Ashley Speaks!
• Category: Caribbean
  • 12-year old Rachel Miller earns FIDE title!
  • 1st International Open in Guadeloupe
  • 1st Jamaican Qualifier (2011)
  • 1st Qualifier in Trinidad
  • 2007 CMMB Caribbean Chess Carnival (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
  • 2007 Jamaican Championship
  • 2007 World Chess Championship (Mexico City)
  • 2008 Cameron Open in Jamaica
  • 2008 CMMB Caribbean Chess Carnival (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
  • 2008 Jamaica Chess Championship
  • 2009 Harold Chan Open (Jamaica)
  • 2010 Caribbean Carnival: Streaks Fall… New Leaders Emerge
  • 2010 Caribbean Chess Carnival (Trinidad)
  • 2010 Chess Carnival: Sagalchik wins!
  • 2010 Chess Carnival: Adu on 3/3… moves in 1st
  • 2010 Chess Carnival: Colas’ upset highlights day
  • 2010 Chess Carnival: Favorites rule on day 1
  • 2010 Chess Carnival: Race Tightens on Day 3
  • 2010 Guadaloupe Open
  • 2010 John Powell Open (Jamaica)
  • 2010 UWI Masters (Jamaica)
  • 2011 2.3 Zonal (Dominican Republic)
  • 2011 Cameron Open (Jamaica)
  • 2011 Caribbean Carnival (Trinidad)
  • 2011 Jamaican National Championship
  • 2011 Jamaican Open
  • 2011 Martinique Championship
  • 2012 Cameron Open (Jamaica)
  • 2012 Caribbean Carnival (Trinidad)
  • 2012 CARIFTA Games
  • 2012 Jamaica National Championships
  • 2012 Jamaica Open
  • 2012 John Powell Memorial (Jamaica)
  • 2012 Martinique Championship
  • 2013 CARIFTA Juniors (Jamaica)
  • 2013 Jamaica Championship
  • 2013 John Powell Open (Jamaica)
  • 2014 Jamaica National Championships
  • 2014 Subzonal 2.3.5 (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
  • 2015 Digicel President’s Invitational (Jamaica)
  • 2015 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Kingston, Jamaica)
  • 2016 Trinidad & Tobago Masters/Open in progress!
  • 2017 CARIFTA Championships (Kingston, Jamaica)
  • 2020 Jamaica Nat’l Age Championships
  • 2022 Trinidad & Tobago International
  • 2008 Robert Wheeler Open (Jamaica)
  • Chess Crackers (November/December 2009)
  • 90th FIDE Congress (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
  • Arbiter’s Training in Jamaica
  • Asher wins Jamaican Junior!
  • Ashley in Jamaica for Caribbean tour
  • Ashley in Martinique!
  • Ashley to host Jamaica Chess Festival!
  • Bert Scott’s book on Jamaican Chess History!
  • Bob Wheeler, Pioneer of Jamaican Chess, dead at 70
  • Brown repeats as Jamaican Champ!
  • Byfield takes Jamaican Open!
  • Cabralis in Trinidad Controversy
  • Caribbean Chess Carnival on tap!
  • Carlsson at Curacao Festival!
  • Cayman Islands’ Chess Jubilee!
  • Chess Carnival kicks off in Trinidad!
  • Cuba: A Chess Wonderland
  • Chess in Curaçao
  • Chess snubbed in Jamaican Awards
  • Chess World: Please Help Haiti!
  • CMMB tourney a smashing success!
  • Colorful vibes at Pan-American Youth Chess Festival
  • Cuba’s Dominguez breaks through in Greece!
  • Damion Davy is 2011 Jamaican Champ!
  • Davy and Gray… 2018 Jamaican Champions!!
  • Davy, Mellace, Gray win Jamaican crowns!
  • Davy, Richard-Porter feted in Jamaica!
  • Deborah Richards-Porter at 2015 Zonals!
  • Deborah Richards-Porter making mark
  • Deborah Richards wins Wheeler Open!
  • Dominica Chess on TDN Network!
  • Duane Rowe annotates from Gibraltar!
  • Dylan Berdayes… Cuba’s 47th Grandmaster!
  • Elliott, Richards… 2010 Jamaican Champs!
  • Elliott takes ’12 Jamaica Open!
  • Elliott wins 2015 Jamaican Nationals!
  • Elliott wins Red Scorpion Blitz Battle!
  • Exclusive Interviews from Trinidad
  • FIDE sends chess sets to Haiti
  • Filmmaker to document chess in Cuba
  • FM Elliott notches 7th Jamaican title!
  • FM Shane Matthews win Jamaican Seniors!
  • Games from 2009 Caribbean Carnival
  • GM Román Hernández… Afro-Cuban trailblazer
  • GM Román Hernández Onna dies at 71
  • Guadeloupe’s 2010 Chess Campaign
  • Haiti in Transition!
  • Harper battles at NY International
  • Help for Haitian Chess Family
  • Historic Moments: Country Spotlight… Martinique
  • Historic Moments: ‘Magnificence in Bled: The 35th Chess Olympiad’
  • Holiday Message from Jamaican Chess Prez
  • Jamaica @ Chess Olympiad (Bled, Slovenia)
  • Jamaica: Chess Review in 2007
  • Jamaica Looking to Future!!
  • Jamaica hosts Harold Chan Open
  • Jamaica launched Int’l Tourney!
  • Jamaica leaves for 2010 Olympiad!
  • Jamaican Chess continues to rise!
  • Jamaican Chess launches 10-year plan
  • Jamaican Clash… Davy vs. Mellace!
  • Jamaican Masters on CVM TV!
  • Jamaican Prez vexed on quick draw
  • Jamaicans at FIDE Invitational
  • Jamaicans @ Baku 2016!
  • Jamaica’s 40th Annual Meeting
  • Jamaica’s Deborah Porter makes history… what’s next?
  • Jamaica’s Ian Wilkinson releases new book!
  • Jamaica’s Jomo Pitterson earns FM title!
  • Jamaica’s ‘Magnificent Chess’ making mark!
  • Jamaica’s mourns chess pioneer Dr. Hope Anderson
  • Jamaica’s Olympiad hits snag
  • Jamaica’s Powell gets FM title posthumously
  • Jamaica’s Wilkinson gets 4th term
  • Jamaica’s Wilkinson joins Kasparov2014
  • Jamaica’s Wilkinson to challenge FIDE brass
  • Jamaica’s Wilkinson, Wheeler at World Seniors
  • John Powell: Jamaican Chess Legend 1950-2007
  • Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney!
  • Josh Colas to compete in Trinidad
  • K.I.D.S. Chess Academy (Trinidad)
  • Kasparov… Jamaican Chess is “vibrant”
  • Kasparov2014 campaigns in Jamaica!
  • Kevin Cupid… Trinidad’s 2015 Champion!
  • KIDS Chess Camp in Trinidad
  • Lateral Thinking in Chess
  • Malaku Lorne reigns at Jamaica’s Millionaire Qualifier!
  • Matthews gets FM title… 12 years late!
  • Mellace wins ’13 Jamaican Open
  • Mondoly Sanon: 2009 Haitian Champion
  • Nathan Hinds wins 2019 President’s Cup!
  • Nelson presents K.I.D.S Chess in Trinidad
  • Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown!
  • Orelvis Perez Mitjans making his mark!
  • Orrin Tonsingh: Jamaican Chess Legend
  • Pitterson wins Cameron Open… upsets Ashley!
  • Pitterson’s Twitch hosts The Chess Drum!
  • Prayers for Haiti
  • Quisqueya Tourney (Haiti)!
  • Ramón Mateo… Dominican trailblazer!
  • Reflections on the 2010 Chess Carnival
  • Rogelio Ortega: Afro-Cuban Maestro
  • Rowe takes Jamaican Independence Open!
  • Rowe takes 2010 Jamaican Open!
  • Russel Porter takes John Powell Open
  • Shane Matthews win 2.3.5 Sub-Zonal… and IM title
  • Shreyas Smith repeats as Jamaica’s top junior
  • Smith, Lorne dominate M.R. Games in Jamaica
  • St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world!
  • Strong Field at Caribbean Carnival
  • Subzonal in 2.3.5 in full swing!
  • Take Me Home: Ashley in Jamaica
  • Tate battling at Curaçao Festival!
  • The Caribbean Tigers of Chess?
  • The Chess Drum beats in Cuba!
  • The Chess Drum beats in Trinidad!
  • The Chess Drum salutes Jamaica’s 50 years in chess!
  • The History of Chess in Jamaica: 1834-1978
  • The Story of Cuba’s Oleiny Linares
  • Trinidad featured on ChessBase!
  • Trinidad launches “Let’s Play Chess”
  • Trinidad & Tobago to host 80th Anniversary Chess Open!
  • Trinidadian chess princess Della-Marie remains comatose
  • Trinis launch ACE chess magazine!
  • T&T’s Harper bags 6th title!
  • Turks & Caicos on chess map!
  • U. West Indies (Jamaica) at Pan-Ams!
  • UMADA Cup 2010 (Trinidad)
  • Warren Elliott’s WECHESS featured!
  • Wilkinson at 84th FIDE Congress
  • Wilkinson at FIDE ‘World Court’
  • Wilkinson defends Roper Memorial title
  • Wilkinson heads to FIDE’s “World Court”
  • Wilkinson in Greece @ FIDE World Court
  • Wilkinson Jamaica’s “top lawyer”
  • Wilkinson, Matthews at 2019 World Seniors
  • Wilkinson sitting on “Toiletgate” ethics case
  • Wilson wins 2010 Harold Chan Open!
  • Wisdom prevails in Jamaica!
  • Yonhel: Martinique’s 2008 Champion
  • Zack Ramsay on Caribbean Chess
  • Category: Antigua & Barbuda
    • Warri Champion, September Christian passes away
  • Category: Bahamas
    • 2011 Bahamas National Open
    • 2012 Bahamas International (Nassau)
    • Bahamas bids to host Sub-Zonals!
    • Bahamas Chess Officials meet Minister
    • Bahamas devastated… word from chess community!
    • Bahamas hosts GM Norwood
    • Bahamas’ Roussos passed FIDE exam… at 13!
    • Bahamas sees growth!
    • Bahamas set to host Subzonal!
    • Karpov campaigns in Bahamas
    • Ken Gibson: 2010 Bahamaian Champion
    • Pitterson bags IM title at Subzonal
    • The Drum beats in the Bahamas!
    • Warren Seymour: Bahamas Chess Pioneer
    • Warren Seymour, legend of Bahamian chess, dies
    • Young Lions clash in Bahamas, Jamaica!
  • Category: Barbados
    • 2008 Barbados National Championships
    • 2013 Heroes Cup (Barbados)
    • 2014 Heroes Cup (Barbados)
    • Barbados hosts Heroes Day Cup
    • 2nd qualifier for the Barbados Championship set for June 20th
    • Barbados crowns SAGICOR champs
    • Barbados holds GM Tourney!
    • Barbados host Prince Memorial
    • Barbados leaves for Dresden Olympiad!
    • Barbados releases 2013 Calendar!
    • Calypso Chess now @ Amazon!
    • Caribbean vs. Chicago is a massive hit!
    • Corbin unleashes “Elephant” @ World Open
    • Gray wins Margaret Prince Memorial!
    • Heroes Cup won by Shabalov
    • Husbands wins 2020 Michael Ford Memorial
    • Jamaica’s Christie wins Heroes Cup 2022!
    • Barbados hosts Maurice Ashley!
    • Philip Corbin’s bio, “Calypso Chess”
    • Ron “Suki” still the real Checker King
    • UMADA Cup 2011 (Barbados)
  • Category: Cayman Islands
  • Category: Cuba
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #7
    • Bio on Cuban chess legend, Román Hernández Onna
    • Black History Month 2022-Day 2: Rogelio Ortega
    • Cuba’s Linares wins her 4th chess title!
    • Cuba’s Oleiny Linares making strides!
    • Dionisio Aldama joins US Chess League!
    • Drum Interviews @ Millionaire Chess Open
    • FM Ignacio Pérez (1967-2022) passes away
    • Historic Moments: Featuring Cuba’s Rogelio Ortega
    • IM Nestor Velez passes away
    • Ignacio “Nacho” Pérez is Washington Champ!
    • Pecorelli ‘three-peats’ in Trinidad!
    • GM denounces Cuban “Chess Mafia”
  • Category: Curacao
  • Category: Dominica
    • 2024 Dominica Chess Championships
  • Category: Dominican Republic
  • Category: Guadeloupe
  • Category: Haiti
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #1
  • Category: Jamaica
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #10
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #3
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #5
    • Chat with Ian Wilkinson on 2022 FIDE Election
    • Drum chats with FM Warren Elliott
    • Jaden Shaw tops 2023 Jamaica Championship!
    • Jamaican Women feted!
    • Jamaica’s Elliott annotates key win
    • Peter Myers get 2nd term as Jamaica’s Prez!
    • Ramsay takes Jamaican Junior Crown!
    • Richards elected as St. Lucia’s Chess President
  • Category: Martinique
  • Category: St. Kitts & Nevis
  • Category: St. Lucia
    • Mathurin wins St. Lucia Chess Invitational!
  • Category: St. Vincent & Grenadines
  • Category: Trinidad
  • Category: Turks & Caicos
• Category: Central America
  • Costa Rica’s Tania Hernandez renewed chess passion
  • Deborah Richards-Porter at 2017 Zonals!
  • Category: Belize
    • Belize Chess carries on!
    • Belize, Dominica, Niger, and St. Vincent join FIDE
    • ‘Chess Olympiad’ in Belize
  • Category: El Salvador
• Category: Chess Olympiad
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad (Chennai, India)
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Closing Ceremonies
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Opening Ceremonies
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Round #1
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Round #10
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Round #2
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Round #3
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Round #4
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Round #5
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Round #6
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Round #7
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Round #8
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Round #9
  • 2022 Chess Olympiad: Uzbekistan, Ukraine win!
  • Aikhoje gets ’98 Olympiad gold medal!
  • Bartelski’s OlimpBase still draws fans
  • Dvorkovich reelected FIDE President!
  • Two healing after Olympiad health crises
  • UAE to host 2028 Chess Olympiad
  • When will the U.S. host a Chess Olympiad?
• Category: Computers
  • Anson Williams… King of Freestyle Chess
  • Checkers solved… Chess next??
  • Computer Love… and Hate
  • The Importance of Chess Literacy
• Category: Drum Majors
  • 13 Triple Exclam autographed copies left!
  • 14-year old Emmanuel Carter makes Master!
  • 15 years for The Chess Drum!
  • 17-year-old Nyuima Tersee is new Nigerian Champion!
  • 1st Arbiter’s Seminar on the Net
  • 2007 World Open: Exterminator is Back!
  • 2012 U.S. Cadet Championship
  • 2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #5)
  • 2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #6)
  • 2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #7)
  • 2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #8)
  • 2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #9)
  • 2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Las Vegas, NV)
  • 2015 Ronald Simpson Chess Challenge
  • 2016 Millionaire Chess Open (Atlantic City, NJ)
  • 2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day Four
  • 2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day One
  • 2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day Three
  • 2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day Two
  • 2nd Emory Tate Memorial (Chicago, Illinois)
  • 2nd Emory Tate Memorial in Chicago June 10th!
  • 2nd IM norm for Brewington Hardaway!
  • A Fischer equalizer… Panama’s John Evans
  • A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE: A Brief History of Black Chess Masters in America (1998)
  • African Diaspora @ ’18 World Open
  • After #worldchess2016, hanging out in St. Louis!
  • Alpha Phi Alpha promotes Scholastic Chess
  • Alphas host GM Ashley in Cleveland
  • Ashley DVD: “The Secret to Chess”
  • Ashley DVD: The Secret to Chess #3
  • Ashley DVD: “What Grandmasters Don’t See”
  • Ashley hot in the media
  • Ashley in action at Marshall!
  • Ashley in Richmond… vows to launch surprises
  • Ashley launches MillionaireChess… $1,000,000 Tourney!
  • Ashley on Black Bear School of Chess
  • Ashley on Trevor Noah on Chess
  • Ashley Statement on the Millionaire Open
  • Ashley to commentate at 2010 U.S. Championship
  • Ashley to speak at World Forum
  • Ashley: Why should Chess exist at all?
  • Ashley’s “Pawn Mower” Puzzle Debuts!
  • Ashley’s “Retrograde Analysis”
  • Ashley’s Secret: “Aikido Chess”
  • Meet NM Barry Davis
  • Battle of the Masters: NYC Blitz Chess Match!!
  • Bernard Parham, chess innovator, passes away
  • TCD in “Best of U.S. Chess” 2016
  • Black at U.S. Chess School
  • “Black Bear” Simpson roars at NC Invite!
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 11: Historic Games!
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 14: Raphaelle Bujisho
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 15: Ashley & Muhammad
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 17: Walter Harris
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 21: Alfred Blake Carlin
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 22: William Earnest Griffin
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 23: Ashley’s Unity Tournament Series (1992)
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 24: Frank Street
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 27: Kenneth Clayton
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 28: IM Emory Tate
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 3: Leroy Muhammad
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 6: Theophilus Thompson
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 7: Philly’s Roberts Vaux Jr. High
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 8: FM Morris Giles
  • Black History Month 2024 Tribute: Week 1
  • Black History Month 2024 Tribute: Week 2
  • Black History Month 2024 Tribute: Week 3
  • Black History Quiz (2009)
  • Black History Chess Reflections for 2019
  • “Black Squares” leaps into action
  • Black Stars shine at 2010 World Open
  • Black Stars shine at World Open
  • Black Stars @ ’14 World Open
  • Black wins CIS Rapid in Central Park!
  • Blitz Battles at Chicago’s Lion’s Paw!
  • Blitz Battles in the Brooklyn! New York vs. Chicago
  • Blitz Rivalry on Tap! Chicago vs. Cleveland
  • NYC Blitz heats up NYC… Josh Colas wins!
  • Brewington Hardaway 4th at NAYCC, wins blitz
  • Brewington Hardaway, a Chess Master at 10!
  • Brewington Hardaway continues to climb!
  • Brewington Hardaway earns final GM norm!
  • Brewington Hardaway gets 1st IM norm!
  • Brewington Hardaway gets 3rd/Final IM norm!
  • Brewington Hardaway is now a Chess Grandmaster!
  • Brewington Hardaway wins K8!
  • “Brooklyn Castle” at NAACP Image Awards
  • The Making of Chess Brotherhoods
  • “GMCanty,” “Coach Frank” sign up with Esports
  • Carlsson 3rd in 2014 Swedish Closed
  • Carlsson at European Championships
  • Carlsson battling in World Rapid/Blitz!
  • Carlsson blazes trail in New Orleans!
  • Carlsson Chess Training!
  • Carlsson featured in “Building Minds with Chess”
  • Carlsson in European Team Championship
  • Carlsson named to Swedish Olympiad squad!
  • Carlsson reflects on Sweden’s Racial Climate
  • Carlsson returns to Perpetual Podcast
  • Carlsson starring at European Team CC!
  • Carlsson to tout “ChessBiz” during U.S. tour in January
  • Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso
  • Charles Lawton in U.S. Championship
  • Historic Moments: Charles Lawton, St. Louis Legend
  • Chess Crackers (November/December 2010)
  • Chess Reflections in Black History (2020)
  • Chess Wife Becky Covington redefines ‘Help Mate’
  • Chevannes’ U.S. tour a smash… eclipses 2200
  • Chicago Blaze nabs Emory Tate!
  • Chicago crushes Cleveland 293-157 in ‘Midwest Showdown’
  • Chicago tops Detroit in the “City Showdown”
  • Chicago to hold Emory Tate Memorial on June 25th
  • Chicago vs. NYC blitz will be epic!
  • Chicago’s “Uncle Marv” Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor
  • Chitumbo Mwali wins 5th Zambian Chess Crown!
  • Drum Classics #1
  • Cleveland Alphas host Colas, Black
  • Cleveland master/coach David Allen passes away
  • Colas bags GM norm in Vegas!
  • Colas earns IM norm at World Open!
  • Colas in the Sunshine state!
  • Colas launches joshuacolas.com
  • Colas, Williams @ St. Louis IM Winter Invite!
  • Colas wins Polgar’s World Open!
  • Colding releases “Chess for Children”!
  • GM Maurice Ashley commentates!
  • Daniel X Jones bags Master’s title!
  • Dariusz Swiercz wins 2016 Millionaire Chess Open!
  • Dereque Kelley @ chessopenings.com
  • Detroit CCC hosts Barclay, Shabazz!
  • Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty
  • Detroit-Chicago blitz battle excites chess scene
  • “Drum Beat” Vol.1, No. 3
  • Drum Classics #2
  • Drum Classics #3
  • Drum Classics #4
  • Drum Classics #5
  • Drum Interviews @ ’16 Millionaire Chess
  • Ashley interview on Millionaire Chess, Part 1
  • Drum Majors at Philly Open
  • Drum Majors at Spain’s Málaga Open!
  • Drum Majors battle at World Open
  • Drum speaks with Maurice Ashley
  • Early Reactions to $1,000,000 Chess
  • Emory Tate: chess savant, warrior (1958-2015)
  • Emory Tate Extravaganza in Indiana!
  • Emory Tate honored!
  • Emory Tate rekindles magic in simul!
  • Emory Tate sighting in Europe!
  • Emory Tate wows in NORCAL simul
  • Emory Tate’s bio, “Triple Exclam” is here!
  • Emory Tate book of selected games??
  • Everest Tucker, Jr. 1949-2017
  • Marvin Dandridge brings Chicago Fire!
  • First IM norm for Tani Adewumi!
  • Flashback on Maurice Ashley
  • FM Colas earns 3rd and final IM norm!
  • FM Jimmy Canty on Chessable!
  • FM Josh Colas painting a bright future
  • FM Ronald Simpson: 1960-2013
  • Fundraiser for “Extermo” in Philly
  • Generation Chess at the 102nd New York Masters
  • Glenn Bady becomes FIDE Trainer!
  • Glenn Umstead, “The Chess Artist” passes away
  • GM Ashley to release 2nd book!
  • GM Carlsson invites you to Charity Chess Event
  • Greg Kearse on Black Chess in America
  • Gregory Acholonu awarded overdue FM title
  • Gregory Acholonu featured “Chess on the Brain”
  • Gwayne Lambert wins Chicago’s Tate Memorial!
  • Hardaway gets 1st GM norm, clinches IM title
  • Helping our Drum Majors!
  • Historic Moments: 1989 U.S. Open Photo Gallery
  • Historic Moments: A Conversation with Walter Harris
  • Historic Moments: A Sketch of the Legendary Frank Street
  • Historic Moments: African-American Unity Chess Tournaments (1992)
  • Historic Moments: African Nations at the 1996 Chess Olympiad in Yerevan, Armenia
  • Historic Moments: Ashley & Muhammad at 2003 U.S. Championship
  • Historic Moments: Baraka Shabazz & K.K. Karanja
  • Historic Moments: Black History Month: A Special Tribute!!
  • Historic Moments: Black Unity tournaments
  • Historic Moments: CHESS from around the World!
  • Historic Moments: Emory Tate, Jr.: 5-time Armed Forces Champ!
  • Historic Moments: James McCune Smith: Essay on CHESS
  • Historic Moments: Legends Meet!
  • Historic Moments: Morris Giles, Charles Lawton & R.O. Mitchell
  • Historic Moments: Olympiad Photo Galleries
  • Historic Moments: Roberts Vaux ‘Bad Bishops’
  • Historic Moments: Stephen Muhammad at the U.S. Championships
  • Historic Moments: Ten of the Best Chess Games played by Black Masters (2003)
  • Historic Moments: The 2001 World Open (Philadelphia)
  • Historic Moments: The Wilbert Paige Memorial Chess Tournament
  • Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day”
  • How Bright will Black Stars Shine?
  • Hurricane Katrina: A Black Chess Player’s Story
  • I.S. 318 are H.S. Champs!
  • NM Ignacio Pérez 2nd in Washington!
  • IM Emory Tate has passed away at 56
  • IM Emory Tate laid to rest… legacy lives on!
  • IM Watu Kobese: The African Lion
  • iPhone App for GM Ashley
  • IS-318 graces Chess Life cover!
  • Is James Black the 2nd Stephen Muhammad?
  • Jacorey Bynum makes National Master!
  • James Black honored in New York!
  • James Black on the march!
  • James Black stars at World Open!
  • James Canty chats with The Chess Drum
  • Jehron Bryant: National Master
  • Jerald Times… 2021 “Chess Educator of the Year”
  • Jerald Times seeks action against Success Academy
  • Jessica Hyatt earns National Master title!
  • Josh Colas @ 2014 Denker
  • Josh Colas launches GM campaign!
  • Josh Colas on Blindfold!
  • Josh Colas on ‘The Scoop’
  • Record falls… Colas makes Master!
  • Justus on NBC’s Grio 100 list
  • Justus prevails at U.S. Cadet!
  • Justus Williams clinches IM title!
  • Justus Williams earns 3rd IM norm!
  • Justus Williams notches first GM norm!
  • Justus Williams on TMZ!
  • Justus Williams pens article in Chess Life
  • Justus Williams plays gem in USCL
  • Justus Williams reaches chess heights on Black Squares
  • Justus Williams wins U.S. Junior Open!
  • Kamsky, Ashley… 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees!
  • Kassa Korley at Philly Congress
  • Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal
  • Kayende shines at Atlantic Open!
  • Kayin Barclay joins Drum Majors!
  • Kayin Barclay at FIDE Invitational
  • Kenneth Clayton, chess pioneer (1938-2017)
  • Kobe Bryant’s Chess Mind
  • Watu Kobese premiers in new podcast!
  • Kofi Tatum’s “Snapping Pieces” in Los Angeles
  • Korley at U.S. Chess School!
  • Korley gets 1st IM Norm!
  • Korley wins “King of the Park”
  • Lawyer Times, 2017 Massachussetts Champion
  • Lawyer Times sponsored by Celts’ Jaylen Brown
  • Lionel Davis touts “Ultramodern Chess Theory”
  • Louisiana’s Phillips wins again!
  • Make Chess look like a Million Bucks!
  • Marshall CC to honor Williams!
  • Maurice Ashley talks chess in Budapest
  • Maurice Ashley formally inducted into U.S. Hall of Fame!
  • Maurice Ashley honored by Brownsville!
  • Maurice Ashley on 2016 Millionaire Chess
  • Maurice Ashley on “Big Think”
  • Maurice Ashley on C-Squared Podcast
  • Maurice Ashley on the move!
  • Maurice Ashley speaks on new books!
  • Maurice Ashley’s new chess initiative announced!
  • Mazda ad features Watu Kobese
  • Meeting Walter Harris, Chess Pioneer
  • 50+ GMs, 50+ Countries = Millionaire Chess 2015!
  • Millionaire Chess… it’s a go!
  • Millionaire Chess July 31st deadline coming!
  • Millionaire Chess… “Spread the Word”
  • Morris Giles, Chicago Legend: 1953-2012
  • Morris Giles: The Heart of a Lion
  • Morrison, Colas annotate in Chess Life
  • Muhammad at Chicago Invitational
  • Netherlands’ Sebastian Halfhide marking a mark
  • 5-time Louisiana champ Alfred Carlin passes away
  • NextGen Cup: An African Diaspora Chess Battle!
  • NM Emmanuel Carter in the news!
  • NM Rene Phillips devastated by Hurricane Ida
  • “On the Scene” with Jerald Times
  • Phillips is Louisiana G/30 Champ
  • Philly hosts “Triple Exclam” book party
  • Pontus Carlsson granted GM title!
  • “Pushing Wood” at Millionaire Chess
  • Rare Chess Images in Black History
  • Ray “Dragon” Robinson passes away
  • Reflections… Black History of Chess
  • Reflections of the 2015 Millionaire Chess Open
  • Reflections of the 2016 Millionaire Chess Open
  • Remembering Emory Tate
  • 1st Annual Ron Simpson Memorial
  • Ronald Simpson Scholastic Tournament!
  • Saad Elmi clinches IM title at World U18!
  • Saad Elmi gets 2nd IM norm!
  • Saad Elmi, Next Star in Norway?
  • Sabrina Chevannes releases new book!
  • Shreyas Smith takes Jamaican title with 9/9
  • Simutowe in Norway!
  • St. Louis Legend, Leroy Muhammad (1948-2013)
  • St. Nicholas Chess & Backgammon Club
  • Stephen Muhammad, pioneering International Master (1962-2024)
  • Street Legends Battle in New York!
  • Tani Adewumi becomes Chess Master at 10!
  • Tani Adewumi earns another IM norm!
  • Tani Adewumi gets required IM norm!
  • Tani Adewumi gets second IM norm!
  • Tani Adewumi wins U.S. Cadet!
  • Tanitoluwa Adewumi qualifies for IM title!
  • Tate, Carlsson in Spain?
  • Tate on norm hunt in Spain!
  • Tate scores sparkling win against Rensch!
  • Tate sighting in Indiana!
  • Tate @ the 2013 North American Open
  • Tate’s bio “Triple Exclam” making moves
  • Thank you Drum Community!
  • The Caged Bird: The Story of T.A. Thompson
  • The Challenges of Black Chess Masters
  • The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley
  • The Chess Works of Jerome Bibuld
  • The Curse of the Chess Expert
  • The Decision: Millionaire Chess Open
  • The Emory Tate Variation
  • The End of the Draw Offer?
  • The “Exterminator” annotates!
  • “The Final Attack,” Chess Teachings of Emory Tate
  • The HB Global Chess Challenge
  • The Infectious Wisdom of Maurice Ashley
  • The Lebron James of Chess?
  • The Legacy of Emory Tate continues
  • The Making of The Chess Drum
  • The ‘Matrix Man’ still at it!
  • The Mind of a Grandmaster
  • The Mystery of Theophilus Thompson Solved!!
  • The State of Black Chess in America
  • The story of Shama Yisrael, the first female African-American Chess Master
  • Theo Thompson’s legendary problem!
  • Theophilus Thompson Revisited (1986)
  • Theophilus Thompson’s book recreated!
  • Theophilus Thompson’s Problem Book!
  • Theophilus Thompson’s Thumbnails
  • ‘Tireless Tate’ on the beaten path!
  • Touching Article on R.O. Mitchell
  • “Triple Exclam” in black and white!!
  • “Triple Exclam” now in paperback!
  • Triple Exclam!!! The Life and Games of Emory Tate, Chess Warrior
  • Ultramodernist theory says play 1.e5!
  • Update on Millionaire Chess
  • USCF Life Master James E. Gwyn, Sr. (1930-2018)
  • Visit pontus-carlsson.com!
  • Walter Harris, America’s 1st Black Chess Master, dead at 83
  • Was Lawton Ruling Unfair?
  • Watch Kassa Korley’s Banter Blitz!
  • Webster’s New York chess crew makes history
  • What does the future hold for Black Chess?
  • Rene’ Phillips: Victim or Victor?
  • What is the Emory Tate Gambit?
  • Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III
  • Where are they now? Kayin Barclay
  • Where is Maurice Ashley?
  • Who will be the next Black Grandmaster?
  • “Why We Play”… Documentary on Detroit Chess
  • Wilbert Paige Memorial: Round #1
  • Wilbert Paige Memorial: Round #2
  • Will Smith touts Millionaire Chess
  • William Griffin… chess pioneer in 1900s
  • William Morrison bags 3rd IM norm!
  • Williams gets 2nd IM norm
  • With two GM norms, Hardaway charts course
  • Young Lions give joint simul
  • “Young Lions” in New York Times!
  • “Young Lions” roar at Liberty Open
  • Zimbabwe’s Mandizha gets 2nd GM norm!
• Category: Endgame Lab
  • Endgame Laboratory #9
  • Ending Laboratory (Bishop)
  • Ending Laboratory (Fischer vs. Taimanov)
  • Endgame Laboratory (King + Pawn)
  • Endgame Laboratory (Knight)
  • Endgame Laboratory (Knight)
  • Endgame Survival Training #1
  • Endgame Survival Training #2
  • Endgame Survival Training #3
  • Endgame Survival Training #4
  • Interesting Ending at Corus
  • Ending Laboratory (Rook)
  • Ending Laboratory (Bishop)
  • Ending Laboratory (Rook)
  • Tactical Ending at the World Open
• Category: Europe
  • 2008 Corus ends… Aronian, Carlsen on top!
  • 2008 Amber Blindfold/Rapid
  • 2008 MTel Masters (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  • 2009 Corus in full gear!
  • 2009 Linares SuperGM (Linares, Spain)
  • 2009 World Cup: Quarterfinals
  • 2010 Bilbao Masters (Bilbao, Spain)
  • 2010 Tal Memorial (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2011 Melody Amber (Monaco)
  • 2011 Tal Memorial (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2012 Tal Memorial (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2012 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)
  • 2012 Women’s Chess Championship (Khanty-Mansiysk)
  • 2012 Women’s Chess Championship (Round #1)
  • 2012 Women’s World Championship (Round #2)
  • 2012 Women’s World Championship (Round #4)
  • 2012 Women’s World Championship (Semi-Finals)
  • 2012 Women’s World Championship (Round #3)
  • 2013 FIDE Grand Prix (Switzerland)
  • 2013 Tal Memorial (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2013 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)
  • 2013 World Chess Cup (Tromsø, Norway)
  • 2013 World Cup: Finals
  • 2013 World Cup: Round #1
  • 2013 World Cup: Round #2
  • 2013 World Cup: Round #3
  • 2013 World Cup: Round #4
  • 2013 World Cup: Round #5
  • 2013 World Cup: Semifinals
  • 2014 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)
  • 2014 World Chess Championship begins tomorrow!
  • 2015 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #10
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #11
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #12
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #13
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #2
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #3
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #4
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #5
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #6
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #7
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #8
  • 2015 Tata Steel Masters: Round #9
  • 2017 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)
  • 2017 World Chess Cup (Tblisi, Georgia)
  • 2018 Chess Olympiad (Batumi, Georgia)
  • 2018 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)
  • 2018 Women’s World Chess Championship (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia)
  • 2018 World Candidates Tournament (Berlin, Germany)
  • 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands)
  • 2020 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands)
  • 2022 Candidates Tournament (Madrid, Spain)
  • 3-way tie at Tata ’13 after four
  • 5-way tie at Tal 2011 with 2 to go
  • Agony of Defeat!
  • Aronian-Kramnik friendly match
  • Aronian wins 2014 Tata Steel!
  • Ashley at 2012 Reykjavik Open
  • Bobby’s Blitz Chess
  • Carlsen and Caruana chase Fischer’s Ghost in London
  • Carlsen marches on after Zurich win!
  • Carlsen still holds lead at Tata ’13
  • Carlsson presents, “GM Secrets” webinars
  • Chess Duel: Sevian vs. Grandelius!
  • Short-Cheparinov Controversy @ Corus!!
  • Does the Soviet School of Chess still rule?
  • Exciting tourney in Azerbaijan!
  • GM Carlsson joins ground-breaking event!
  • Is 2010 Olympiad headed for Disaster?
  • Kasparov bolts Russia!
  • Kramnik vs. Andreikin in Cup Final
  • Lazslo Nagy’s 1st Saturday in Hungary!
  • Linares, Aeroflot, Capelle LaGrande!!
  • Mission Accomplished for Simutowe
  • Nakamura is “Fischer-esque”… wins 960
  • Nakamura rock solid… wins 2015 Gibraltar!
  • Nakamura storms to victory in Gibraltar!
  • Nakamura wins 2011 Tata Steel!
  • New in Chess gets makeover
  • GM Pontus Carlsson offering lessons!
  • Pontus Carlsson to play in Corus C
  • Reflections on Batumi Olympiad
  • Reflections on the Mallorca Olympiad
  • Russian chess attempts to reclaim glory
  • Svidler takes Gibraltar Masters!
  • 2011 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk ann Zee)
  • Time waits for No One
  • Topalov uncorks brilliancy at Corus!
  • Topalov wins Norway 2015!
  • Turkish Chess Federation vs. Dr. Daaim Shabazz (2012)
  • Wesley So wins 2017 Tata Steel!
  • What’s next for Carlsen?
  • Will there be a FIDE election in 2018??
  • World Candidates 2014-10: Kramnik KOed!
  • World Candidates 2014-11: Drawing Closer
  • World Candidates 2014-12: Topalov flees cellar
  • World Candidates 2014-13: It’s a rematch!
  • World Candidates 2014-14: Anand wins… naysayers silenced
  • World Candidates 2014-2: Blood Boils in Round 2
  • World Candidates 2014-3: Anand crushes
  • World Candidates 2014-4: Aronian bounces back!
  • World Candidates 2014-5: Peter the Great
  • World Candidates 2014-6: The Plot Thickens!
  • World Candidates 2014-7: Fire on Board… Dead Heat!
  • World Candidates 2014-8: 1.5 pts. separates field
  • World Candidates 2014-9: Anand bolts ahead!
  • Category: Albania
    • Carlsen sprints to victory at Tal Memorial
    • WWC2011-1: 1st game ends in lengthy draw
    • WWC2011-2: Hou under pressure, but holds
    • WWC2011-6: Hou wins to widen gap
    • WWC2011-3: Humpy falls behind in game 3
    • WWC2011-4: Hou still at +1
    • WWC2011-5: Another draw in Game Five
    • WWC2011-7: Humpy falls again… down 3
    • WWC2011-8: Hou defends crown!
  • Category: Armenia
    • 2013 Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA)
    • 2009 World Team Championship (Bursa, Turkey)
    • 2011 World Team Championship (Ningbo, China)
    • 2013 Sinquefield Cup: Round #1
    • 2013 Sinquefield Cup: Round #2
    • 2013 Sinquefield Cup: Round #3
    • 2013 Sinquefield Cup: Round #4
    • 2013 Sinquefield Cup: Round #5
    • 2013 Sinquefield Cup: Round #6
    • 2013 World Team Championship (Antalya, Turkey)
    • 2014 Candidates one month away!
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #1
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #10
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #2
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #3
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #4
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #5
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #6
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #7
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #8
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Round #9
    • 2014 Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA)
    • 2015 World Team Championships in progress!
    • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #4
    • 2017 World Chess Cup: Semifinals
    • After 2017 World Cup win, Aronian gets his chance
    • Arianne Caoili, a sweet soul who gave a chess king his lucky stars
    • Armenia seeking to hold off field
    • Armenia wins World Team title!
    • Aronian takes 2012 Tata tourney!
    • China, Georgia win World Teams!
    • Drum Interviews at ’13 Sinquefield Cup
    • Drum Interviews @ St. Louis 2017 Rapid & Blitz
    • Kasparov’s return ignites, but Aronian shines
    • Levon Aronian to play for U.S. after emigrating
    • Reflections of 2013 Sinquefield Cup
    • Things heating up at World Team ’13!!
  • Category: Azerbaijan
    • 2015 World Chess Cup (Baku, Azerbaijan)
    • 2015 World Chess Cup: FINALS
    • 2015 World Chess Cup: Round #1
    • 2015 World Chess Cup: Round #2
    • 2015 World Chess Cup: Round #3
    • 2015 World Chess Cup: Round #4
    • 2015 World Chess Cup: Round #5
    • 2015 World Chess Cup: Semifinals
    • 2016 Chess Olympiad (Baku, Azerbaijan)
    • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #10
    • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #11
    • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #2
    • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #3
    • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #5
    • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #7
    • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #8
    • 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #9
    • Carlsen wins 2023 FIDE World Cup!
    • 2023 FIDE World Cup: Quarterfinals
    • 2023 FIDE World Cup: Round 1
    • 2023 FIDE World Cup: Round 2
    • 2023 FIDE World Cup: Round 3
    • 2023 FIDE World Cup: Round 4
    • 2023 FIDE World Cup: Round 5
    • 2023 FIDE World Cup: Semifinals/Finals
    • The Anatomy of USA Gold at ’16 Chess Olympiad
  • Category: Bulgaria
    • 2012 Women’s World Championship (Finals)
    • Kamsky vs. Topalov (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  • Category: Croatia
    • Carlsson battling in Euro Championships!
    • Players protest “zero tolerance” rule
  • Category: Czech Republic
    • Carlsson blitzes field in two tourneys!
    • Carlsson continues fight for social justice
    • Carlsson wins Pankrac Cup!
    • Josh Colas on ’19 European Tour
    • Laznicka wins 2010 World Open!
  • Category: Denmark
    • Kassa Korley earns first GM norm!
    • Kassa Korley featured in Amazon’s “Mind Games”
    • Kassa Korley gets 3rd IM norm…title!
    • Kassa Korley makes Master!
    • Kassa Korley seeking 3rd GM Norm
    • Korley bags 2nd GM norm @ Xtracon Open
    • Korley uncorks gem in Denmark’s Xtracon tourney!
  • Category: England
    • ’13 World Candidates down to wire!!
    • 2009 London Chess Classic
    • 2010 London Chess Classic
    • 2011 London Chess Classic
    • 2012 London Chess Classic
    • 2013 World Chess Candidates (London, ENG)
    • 2014 London Chess Classic (London, England)
    • 2015 London Chess Classic (London, England)
    • 2015 London Chess Classic (Round #1)
    • 2015 London Chess Classic (Round #2)
    • 2015 London Chess Classic (Round #3)
    • 2015 London Chess Classic (Round #4)
    • 2015 London Chess Classic (Round #5)
    • 2015 London Chess Classic (Round #6)
    • 2015 London Chess Classic (Round #7)
    • 2015 London Chess Classic (Round #8)
    • 2015 London Chess Classic (Round #9)
    • 2016 London Chess Classic (London, England)
    • 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #1)
    • 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #2)
    • 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #3)
    • 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #4)
    • 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #5)
    • 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #6)
    • 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #7)
    • 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #8)
    • 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #9)
    • 2017 London Chess Classic (London, England)
    • 2018 London Chess Classic (London, England)
    • Anand analyzes!
    • Anand wins 2014 London Chess Classic!
    • Book Review: Chess Behind Bars
    • Carlsen reaches new heights!
    • Carlsen wins London Classic…GrandTour!
    • Chevannes’ new ChessBase DVD!
    • Chevannes visits Chess America!
    • England’s Chevannes still shines
    • GZA & Sabrina Chevannes on Hip-Hop/Chess
    • Lennox Lewis back at Chess!
    • London: Chess’ New Linares?
    • Nakamura wins London Chess Classic!
    • Notes on 2013 World Candidates
    • Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020?
    • World Candidates 2013-1: Peaceful Beginnings
    • World Candidates 2013-11: Kramnik 1/2-point out!
    • World Candidates 2013-12: Carlsen shocked!
    • World Candidates 2013-13: Tied again!
    • World Candidates 2013-14: It’s Carlsen!
    • World Candidates 2013-2: Blood is Drawn!
    • World Candidates 2013-3: More fire!!
    • World Candidates 2013-4: Carlsen surges!
    • World Candidates 2013-5: Four Exciting Draws
    • World Candidates 2013-6: Carlsen, Aronian win
    • World Candidates 2013-7: Near Misses
    • World Candidates 2013-8: Kramnik is coming!
    • World Candidates 2013-9: Carlsen in 1st
    • World Candidates 2013-10: Three-horse race!
  • Category: France
    • Aurélie Dacalor stars on Chess Site
    • Nakamura in Cap D’Agde Finals!
  • Category: Georgia
    • 2013 North American Open (Las Vegas)
  • Category: Germany
    • Reflections from Dresden Olympiad
    • The Drum beats in Germany!
    • VISA Applications for 2008 Olympiad
  • Category: Greece
    • Historic Moments: Medina Parrilla at 2003 World Championships in Greece
    • Justus and Josh battle at World Youth!
  • Category: Hungary
  • Category: Iceland
    • Bobby Fischer, dead at 64
    • Fischer biopic, “PAWN SACRIFICE”
    • Fischer wanted to play Kasparov, Anand
  • Category: Italy
    • Is Caruana the next contender?
    • Fabiano Caruana to rejoin USCF
  • Category: Netherlands
    • 2008 Corus in high gear!
    • 2021 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands)
    • Carlsen, Aronian lead Tata after 4
    • Nakamura gets invite to Corus A!
  • Category: Norway
    • 2015 Norway Chess (Stavanger, Norway)
    • Blitz Battle: Nakamura vs. Carlsen!
    • Nakamura tops Carlsen in blitz final!
  • Category: Portugal
  • Category: Russia
    • 2007 World Cup Chess has begun!
    • 2018 World Rapid & Blitz (St. Petersburg, RUS)
    • 2019 World Chess Cup (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia)
    • 2019 World Rapid & Blitz (Moscow, Russia)
    • 2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #1
    • 2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #2
    • World Chess Beat (August 2008)
    • World Chess Beat (September 2008)
  • Category: Slovenia
  • Category: Spain
    • Nepomniachtchi wins Candidates… Carlsen undecided on rematch
    • Nepomniachtchi leading Candidates 2022 after six
  • Category: Sweden
  • Category: Switzerland
    • Dominguez-Carlsen… Dragon War!
  • Category: Ukraine
• Category: FIDE
  • 2007 World Cup Chess Championship
  • 2009 FIDE World Cup
  • 2009 World Cup begins today!
  • 2009 World Cup: Finals
  • 2009 World Cup: Round #1
  • 2009 World Cup: Round #3
  • 2009 World Cup: Round #4
  • 2009 World Cup: Semi-Finals
  • 2010 Olympiad Update
  • 2010 World Chess Championship (Anand vs. Topalov)
  • 2011 World Cup: Finals
  • 2011 World Cup (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia)
  • 2011 World Cup: Round #1
  • 2011 World Cup: Round #2
  • 2011 World Cup: Round #3
  • 2011 World Cup: Round #4
  • 2011 World Cup: Round #5
  • 2011 World Cup: Semi-Finals
  • 2012 Chess Olympiad: Round #7
  • 2012 World Chess Championship (Anand vs. Gelfand)
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Closing Ceremonies
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #1
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #10
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #11
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #2
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #3
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #4
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #6
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #7
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #8
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #9
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad (Tromso, Norway)
  • 2014 Olympiad prep progressing
  • 2014 World Chess Candidates (Khanty-Mansiysk)
  • 2015 Women’s Chess Championship (Sochi, Russia)
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #10
  • 2016 World Chess Candidates (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2016 World Chess Championship (Carlsen vs. Karjakin)
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Carlsen wins!!
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #11
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #12
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #5
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #6
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #7
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #8
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #9
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #1
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #2
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #3
  • 2016 World Chess Championship: Game #4
  • 2017 Women’s World Championship: Round #3
  • 2017 Women’s World Championship: Round #4
  • 2017 Women’s World Championship: Semifinals
  • 2017 Women’s World Chess Championship (Tehran, Iran)
  • 2017 World Chess Cup: Finals
  • 2018 World Chess Championship (Carlsen vs. Caruana)
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #1
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #10
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #12
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #2
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #3
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #5
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #6
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #7
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #8
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #9
  • 2019 World Cup: Finals
  • 2019 World Cup: Round #1
  • 2019 World Cup: Round #2
  • 2019 World Cup: Round #3
  • 2019 World Cup: Round #5
  • 2019 World Cup: Semifinals
  • 2020 World Candidates Tournament (Yekaterinburg, Russia)
  • 2021 FIDE World Cup: FINALS
  • 2021 FIDE World Cup: Semis (Open), Finals (Women)
  • 2021 International Chess Championship for Prisons
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad (Budapest, Hungary)
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 1
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 10
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 11
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 2
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 3
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 4
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 5
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 6
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 7
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 8
  • 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 9
  • 2024 World Chess Championship: Game 1
  • 2024 World Chess Championship (Singapore City)
  • After COVID year, FIDE Candidates resumes!
  • Anand retains Chess Crown!
  • Another World Championship impasse??
  • April 2008 FIDE rating list released!
  • April 2009 Rating list released!
  • Arkady Dvorkovich wins FIDE Presidency!
  • “Bipolar” politics brewing in 2018 FIDE Election
  • Candidates 2020 postponed halfway through
  • Carlsen bolts Championship Cycle
  • Carlsen-Caruana match only 11 days away!
  • Carlsen is Huge Favorite, but “Trump Effect” Looms
  • Carlsen wins 3-0 in tiebreaks over Caruana… retains title!
  • Caruana holding steady at 2018 Candidates
  • Chess Olympiad begins… Visagate rages
  • Day of Reckoning… 2010 FIDE Vote
  • Dispute solved… all teams on for ’14 Olympiad
  • Chess Drama at 2013 World Youth
  • Dvorkovich-Anand 2022 campaign for FIDE
  • Ethics at 2011 World Cup
  • FIDE 2022 election campaigns heat up!
  • FIDE election heats up… accusations fly
  • FIDE issues statement on arrears and voting rights
  • FIDE postpones the 2022 Chess Olympiad
  • FIDE: Which Way Forward?
  • Firoujza miffed about Iran mandate, ponders switch
  • GENS UNA SUMUS… one family?
  • Geopolitics and the Diverse Voices in Chess
  • Goryachkina to challenge Ju Wenjun for title
  • Homestretch at 2016 Candidates!
  • How do I become a Chess Grandmaster?
  • Ilyumzhinov announces re-election bid
  • Ilyumzhinov wins 2014 FIDE election 110-61
  • “International Chess Day” July 20th
  • Jamaica’s Wilkinson re-elected to FIDE post
  • January 2008 FIDE Rating list released!
  • January 2009 FIDE Rating list
  • January 2010 FIDE Rating list released!
  • January 2011 FIDE Rating list released!
  • January 2012 FIDE Ratings
  • January 2013 FIDE Ratings
  • July 2008 FIDE Rating list released!
  • July 2011 FIDE Ratings
  • July 2012 FIDE Ratings
  • June 2013 FIDE Ratings
  • Karpov lambastes FIDE (again)
  • Karpov to vie for FIDE Presidency
  • Kasparov beaten up… again!
  • Kasparov seeks FIDE Presidency!
  • Makropolous announces candidacy for FIDE President
  • March 2010 FIDE Rating list released!
  • March 2011 FIDE Rating List
  • March 2012 FIDE Ratings
  • Mariya Muzychuk wins Women’s Championship!
  • Match of the Century! Anand vs. Carlsen
  • May 2011 FIDE Ratings out!
  • May 2012 FIDE Ratings
  • New ‘Toiletgate’ Cheating Accusation Refuted
  • Nigel Short to stand for FIDE President
  • November 2010 FIDE Rating list released!
  • November 2011 FIDE Ratings
  • November 2013 FIDE Ratings
  • October 2008 FIDE Rating list
  • October 2012 FIDE Ratings
  • October 2014 FIDE Ratings
  • Olympiad Announcement
  • Olympiad book copied from Olimpbase.org?
  • Olympiad dates have been changed!!
  • Politics behind World Cup snubs? (update)
  • Predictions for 2010 Chess Olympiad
  • Predictions for the 2012 Chess Olympiad
  • Preview & Predictions for the 2016 Chess Olympiad
  • Reflections on Istanbul Olympiad
  • Reflections of 2021 World Championship/EXPO 2020
  • Reflections on Tromso Olympiad
  • Russia women to miss 2014 Olympiad?
  • September 2009 FIDE rating list released!
  • September 2010 FIDE Rating list released!
  • United Nations acknowledges “Chess Day”
  • Was there a coup d’etat within FIDE?
  • WCC2014-3: Tiger breaks Thor’s hammer!
  • WCC match resumes… Titanic struggle ahead!
  • WCC2012-1: Match starts with Draw
  • WCC2012-10: 25-move draw! Tiebreaks?
  • WCC2012-11: Anand holds… last chance
  • WCC2012-12: Backlash on short draw
  • WCC2012-2: Tense struggle… still drawn
  • WCC2012-3: Near Miss for Anand
  • WCC2012-4: Players joust to 4th draw
  • WCC2012-5: Drawish Sveshnikov?
  • WCC2012-6: Six Games… Six Draws
  • WCC2012-7: Gelfand breaks through!
  • WCC2012-8: Anand evens score!
  • WCC2012-9: intense fight… still level
  • WCC2013-4: Gladiator Battle Drawn!
  • WCC2014-10: Curry hot + Nordic cool = draw
  • WCC2014-11: Carlsen defends title 6.5-4.5!
  • WCC2014-2: Anand slips, Carlsen ahead
  • WCC2014-4: No fireworks in Sicilian
  • WCC2014-5: Tense draw… match still tied
  • WCC2014-6: Knightmare loss for Anand!
  • WCC2014-7: Tortuous battle drawn in 122 moves
  • WCC2014-8: Draw! Zzzzzzzzzz!
  • WCC2014-9: Carlsen still +1 after quick draw
  • WCC2014: Opening Day
  • Will Chess Championship get lost in Election Aftermath?
  • Will Karjakin dethrone Carlsen?
  • World Candidates 2014-1: The Tiger Pounces!
  • World candidates matches heat up!
  • World Championship 2021 kicks off in a few days!
  • World Youth Championships set records!
  • Yazici speaks on journalist ban
• Category: Florida State Championship
  • 2018 Florida State Championship (Jacksonville, FL)
  • 2019 Florida St. Championship (West Palm Beach, FL)
• Category: Global Coverage
  • 2012 Chess Olympiad (Istanbul, Turkey)
  • 2021 World Chess Championship (Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi)
  • Drum Interviews @ ’14 Olympiad
  • Drum Interviews @ Dresden Olympiad!
  • Reflections of 2013 U.S. Championship
  • The Drum goes to Qatar!
• Category: HBCU Chess
  • 2024 HBCU Chess Classic (Atlanta, GA)
  • 2025 HBCU Chess Classic approaches!
  • Albany State hosts Hip-Hop Chess Icon, Adisa Banjoko
  • FAMU’s Caleb Parker is 2024 HBCU Chess Champion!
  • Chess at America’s HBCUs
  • FAMU Chess Club holds Interest Meeting, First Tournament!
  • FAMU Chess Club shines at Club Fair!
  • FAMU Chess sets team; readies for HBCU Classic
  • HBCU Chess Spotlight: Alan Cowan
  • HBCU Chess Spotlight: Anndrea Ojijo (NCAT)
  • HBCU Chess Spotlight: Caleb Parker (FAMU)
  • HBCU Chess Spotlight: Charles Lindsey, Jr. (Hampton)
  • HBCU Chess Spotlight: Hampton University
  • HBCU Chess Spotlight: Howard University
  • HBCU Chess Spotlight: North Carolina A&T
  • HBCU Chess Spotlight: Samir Acharya (Howard)
  • HBCU Chess Spotlight: Spelman College
  • HBCU Chess Classic on April 22nd!
  • HBCU Spotlight: Harper Jackson (Morehouse)
  • Howard defeats Tuskegee 3-1 in Collegiate Showdown!
  • Howard University Chess @ 2023 Pan-Ams
  • Howard University Chess Club approaches 100 years!
  • Howard University Chess preparing for 2025 Pan-Ams
  • Howard University dominates 3rd HBCU Chess Classic!
  • Meet the Kings & Queens of HBCU Chess!
  • Reflections on the 1st HBCU Chess Classic
  • Reflections on the 2024 HBCU Chess Classic
  • Tuskegee University makes mark in Collegiate Chess!
  • US Chess on HBCU Chess
• Category: Hip-Hop
  • 10th Annual “Bum Rush the Boards”
  • 5th Annual “Bum Rush the Boards”
  • “64 Squares” rap touts HHCF themes
  • 8th Annual “Bum Rush the Boards”
  • 9th Annual “Bum Rush The Boards”
  • Another HHCF Video
  • Banjoko featured on “Protect Your Queen” podcast
  • HHCF’s Bishop Chronicles… off the hook!
  • Bullyproof Chess?
  • Bum Rush the Boards… Hip-Hop Chess!
  • Chess and Hip-Hop Culture
  • Drum chats with Hip Hop Chess Fed
  • GZA’s CD box set includes a chess set!
  • HHCF and WCHOF present “Living Like Kings”
  • HHCF Book: “Chess is Jiu-Jitsu for the Mind”
  • HHCF gearing up for Kings II!
  • HHCF Grand Opening!
  • HHCF @ Harvard University!
  • HHCF to host Kings and Queens tourney!
  • HHCF hosts “Pawn Storm” tourney
  • HHCF kicks off Kings tournament on October 13th!
  • HHCF “Live the Game” Series in St. Louis!
  • HHCF now in seven schools!
  • HHCF theme rapper T-KASH drops song… and weight!
  • HHCF’s “Life Stategies” rouses O’Connell H.S.!
  • HHCF’s “Mind Over Matter” panel rocks!
  • HHCF’s new book… “Bobby, Bruce & Bam”
  • HHCF’s re-releases new book… Bambaataa nixed!
  • Hip-Hop Chess coming on October 10th!
  • “Hip Hop Chess Day” in the Bronx
  • Hip-Hop Chess documentary!
  • Hip-Hop Chess Fed holds Graffiti Contest
  • Hip-Hop Chess Federation releases theme track!
  • Hip Hop Chess founder Banjoko discusses recent brush with death
  • Hip-Hop Chess honors Black History!
  • Hip-Hop Chess hosts Kings Invitational II!
  • Hip Hop Chess: How is Chess like life?
  • Hip-Hop Chess icon Banjoko launches “64 Blocks”
  • Hip-Hop Chess kicks off 2012!
  • Hip-Hop Chess on point!
  • Hip-Hop Chess panel on March 11th!
  • Hip-Hop Chess Queens Invitational
  • Hip-Hop Chess Summer Camp
  • Hip-Hop Chess Federation’s V-Day!
  • Hip-Hop Educational Pedagogy?
  • Is Chess a “Life Game”?
  • Latest Vibe with Adisa Banjoko (HHCF)
  • Legends mingle at Hip-Hop Event!
  • “Live the Game” HHCF Summer Camp
  • “Living Like Kings”… a royal treat!
  • “Living Like Kings” panel… HOT!!!
  • Michigan’s answer to violence: Hip Hop Chess?
  • Rap icon RZA to defend chess title in 2014
  • RZA and Jay-Z in Chess Clash??
  • RZA launches wuchess.com!!
  • RZA repeats as HHCF King!
  • RZA seeks 30-second chess rap!
  • RZA talks on ‘Afro Samurai’ and Chess
  • RZA wins HHCF’s Kings Invitational!
  • T-K.A.S.H. feat Adisa Banjoko… “RUN”
  • The Chess Drum on Bishop Chronicles: “Hip-Hop, Chess & Race”
  • The RZA featured in Chess Life
  • Visions from the Hip-Hop Chess Federation
  • WBL launches new theme album!
• Category: Historic Moments
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 1: Paragon Chess Club
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 19: James McCune Smith
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 4: Baraka Shabazz
  • Chess.com gets the beat of The Chess Drum!
  • Historic Moments: 1981 US Amateur Team Covington leads DC Capitol Punishers!
  • Historic Moments: DC/Maryland Legends
  • Historic Moments: Michael Davis: 2004 U.S. Blind Champion
  • Historic Moments: The Honorable George Neves Leighton
• Category: In the News
  • 24 years for The Chess Drum!
  • Black History Month 2023 – A Chess Tribute
  • ChessBase India profiles The Chess Drum
  • Chicago Public Schools learns about Black Chess!
  • New in Chess profiles Daaim Shabazz
  • Playing to the Beat of a Different Drummer
  • Shabazz named “Chess Educator of the Year”
  • Shabazz to get Special Services Chess Award!
  • The Chess Drum in New in Chess!
  • The Chess Drum is 21 years old!
  • The Chess Drum is 22!
  • The Chess Drum is 23!
  • The Chess Drum on “Talking Talent”
  • “Triple Exclam” @ U.S. Championships!
• Category: Interviews
  • 2014 World Open (Arlington, USA)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #10)
  • Carlsson, Nakamura on Perpetual Podcast
  • Chess at Washington Square Park, Part #2
  • ChessBase with Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Chicago’s Earle STEM Academy saving chess!
  • Darrian Robinson in the news!
  • Diamond in the Rough… Discovered!
  • Drum Interviews @ ’15 Millionaire Chess
  • Drum Interviews @ ’15 World Open
  • Drum Interviews at ’13 U.S. Champs
  • Fischer vs. Carlsen… will history repeat?
  • Images of Prison Chess… by Oliver Fluck
  • Interesting interview with Jesse Kraai
  • Interview with FM Kazim Gulamali
  • Interview with Hikaru Nakamura
  • Interview with WGM Jennifer Shahade
  • Jamaican Chess dons post-Olympiad energy
  • Jim Eade’s “Chess Without Borders” hosts Daaim Shabazz!
  • John Fedorowicz chats with The Chess Drum
  • Kevin Pryor chats with The Chess Drum
  • Millionaire Chess Information Center
  • NBA Champion Craig Hodges on Chess Stream
  • New Nakamura Interview!
  • Rochelle Ballantyne on #GirlsCan
  • Sean Miller interviews Shabazz (The Chess Drum)
  • The Chess Drum with Claudia Munoz
  • Triple Exclam on “Talking with Authors” podcast
  • Wesley So wins 1st Millionaire Open!!
• Category: Matches
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #11
  • 2018 World Chess Championship: Game #4
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game #1
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game #10
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game #11
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game #2
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game #3
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game #4
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game #5
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game #6
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game #7
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game #8
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Game 9
  • Cage Match! Daniel X Jones vs. Jeff DeJesus
  • Carlsen vs. Nakamura Showdown on 10-27!
  • Chicago blitzes Memphis in chess battle, 130-70
  • Chicago-St. Louis rivalry on chessboard!
  • Chicago vs. Detroit… Windy City vs. Motor City clash!
  • DeJesus tops Jones in thrilling Blitz Match 11-10
  • Kasparov-Short revisit match!
  • Kasparov wallops Short in Legends, 8.5-1.5
  • Magnus Carlsen retains title, winning 7.5-3.5!
  • Magnus Carlsen vs. the World Exhibition
  • Martinez rallies, beats Jones 8-6 in NYC-CHI blitz
  • Nakamura beats Aronian in Showdown!
  • Nakamura-Caruana battle @ CCSCSL!
  • Orrin Hudson in Dubai for World Championship
  • Seirawan-Karpov Legends Match
  • Sicilian Love: Polgar-Kaidanov Match
  • WCC2014-1: Wild Ride… Soft Landing
• Category: Media Stories
  • 10th Annual “Be Someone” coming!
  • 2019 World Open (Philadelphia, USA)
  • 2007 U.S. Chess Championship (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
  • 2007 U.S. Open: Gulko tops 7-way tie
  • 2007 World Open ends in massive tie!
  • 2012 Chess Olympiad: A Turkish Welcome
  • 2012 Chess Olympiad: Closing Ceremonies
  • 2013 Florida State Championship
  • 2013 U.S. Championships (Round #6)
  • 2013 U.S. Championships (Round #8)
  • 2013 U.S. Championships (Round #9)
  • 2013 U.S. Championships (Round #7)
  • 2013 World Chess Cup less than a week away!
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Opening Ceremonies
  • 2014 Chess Olympiad: Round #5
  • 2014 Millionaire Chess Open (Las Vegas, NV)
  • 2014 Olympiad starts tomorrow!
  • 2014 U.S. Championships: Akobian on top!
  • 2014 U.S. Championships: Lenderman leads
  • 2014 U.S. Championships: Blunderful Round
  • 2014 U.S. Championships: Fire on Board!
  • 2014 U.S. Championships: Fit to be Tied
  • 2014 U.S. Championships: Going to Playoffs!
  • 2014 U.S. Championships: Krush continues rampage
  • 2014 U.S. Championships: More Thrills
  • 2014 U.S. Championships (Round #1)
  • 2014 U.S. Championships (Round #2)
  • 2014 U.S. Championships (Round #3)
  • 2014 U.S. Championships: Kamsky, Krush repeat!
  • 2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Day #1)
  • 2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Day #2)
  • 2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Day #3)
  • 2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Day #4)
  • 2015 Millionaire Chess Open (Millionaire Monday)
  • 2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #2
  • 2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #1
  • 2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #3
  • 2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #4
  • 2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #5
  • 2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #6
  • 2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #7
  • 2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #8
  • 2015 Sinquefield Cup: Round #9
  • 2015 Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #11)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #4)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #5)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #6)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #7)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #8)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #9)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (St. Louis, USA)
  • 2017 Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA)
  • 2017 World Open (Philadelphia, USA)
  • 2018 WCC logo design creates firestorm
  • 2018 World Open (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • 2019 U.S. Chess Open (Orlando, Florida)
  • 2019 World Cup: Round #4
  • 2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #3
  • 2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #4
  • 2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #5
  • 2021 FIDE World Cup: Round #6
  • 2021 FIDE World Cup (Sochi, Russia)
  • 3-D Chess by Raja Concepts
  • 64 Squares Chess Club
  • A Diamond in Chess Mecca
  • A look at Carlsen’s WCC proposal
  • Adia Onyango: Kingsman’s MVP
  • After Tata victory, Caruana eyes Candidates 2020
  • After the Carlsen-Niemann firestorm, what now?
  • Aftermath of Niemann/Chess.com/Carlsen agreement
  • All Roads to Atlanta for HBCU Chess Classic!
  • Alpha Phi Alpha’s Dunlap touts Chess Initiative
  • American Idol meets U.S. Chess
  • Angelo Young’s Touch Move Center a hit!
  • Armand Kelley Memorial in April!
  • Ashley interview on Millionaire Chess, Part 3
  • Aspiring chess master Janell Warner ready to shine
  • Barbados’ Askari Elson battling in Greece!
  • Be Someone 2014 Spring Break Camp!
  • Be Someone in Lithonia on 11/15 at 10!
  • Besomeone Inc., “Life is Chess, Not Checkers”
  • BeSomeone student Robert Curry rises!
  • BeSomeone’s Spring Fundraiser!!
  • Big Chair CC celebrates 30 years
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 12: The Chess Drum
  • Black is Good! Black Panther in Perspective
  • Book Review: Three Moves Ahead
  • Boyd Reed write-in candidate for USCF Board
  • Magnus Carlsen will NOT defend title!
  • Brooklyn Castle: A Tribute to Chess Parents
  • “Brooklyn Castle” coming soon!
  • “Brooklyn Castle” on IS 318 coming!
  • Cannon Farragut… Tampa’s ray of sunshine
  • Capital City Open V (Tallahassee, Florida)
  • Carlsen quits against Niemann… the saga continues
  • Caruana, Paikidze new U.S. Champions!
  • Charles Smith’s training book reveals Matrix method
  • Chess and March Madness
  • Chess at Expo 2020 Dubai
  • Chess-Coach.net Summer Camp (June 8th-12th)
  • Chess Coach Wilson facing trial July 14th
  • Chess & Community Conference on April 1st!
  • Chess Life gets a new look!
  • Chess molds NBA Champion, Jaylen Brown
  • Chess Mom for NY Civil Court Judge
  • Chess Olympiad coming!
  • Chess Players harassed by police… again!
  • Chess: Refuge in Tough Times
  • Chess under attack in Bay Area
  • chess24.com launches Olympiad website!
  • Chess24.com shuts down!
  • Chessable Research Awards-Fall 2023
  • Chess.com buys Chesspark
  • Chicago CC to host GM Ramirez
  • Chicago, Chess, Girl Power and McDonald’s
  • Chicago southside chess… back in business!
  • Chicago’s Cops & Kids Chess initiative
  • Chicago’s Ron Washington, 1951-2012
  • Coming of Kings… Empowerment through Chess
  • Conrad “Lightning” Holt wins U.S. Open!
  • Corbblah on JEOPARDY!
  • Daniel X Jones… Chicago’s Chess Warrior
  • Darrian Robinson @ U. of Chicago
  • David Allen giving simul in Detroit
  • DC Chess Event for Girls & Women
  • DC Girls Chess…Queens Rule!
  • DC Girls City Championship
  • Derrick Rose hosting “Chesstival” in Las Vegas
  • Derrick Rose retires… chess next?
  • Detroit chess champs prepare for 2017 Supernationals
  • Detroit Chess podcast features Daaim Shabazz
  • Detroit City Chess Club on Public TV!
  • Detroit rules at All-Girls under-14 Nationals!
  • Did R.O. Mitchell meet Bobby Fischer?
  • Documentary on Black Chess coming August 28th
  • Doggers on Chess.com/ChessVibes buyout
  • “Drum Beat” Vol.1, No. 2
  • “Drum Beat” Vol. 1 No. 4
  • “Drum Beat” Vol. 1, No. 5
  • Drum Roll… MC3 Announcement Coming!
  • Drum T-Shirts at World Open!
  • The Drum visits “Queen” Chess Exhibit
  • Dyhemia Young at Polgar Invitational
  • Emory Tate @ Cali Chess Camp
  • Chess activist Ernest Levert still healing after aneurysm
  • Fascinating Bobby Fischer video!
  • Fighting Crime with Chess
  • Fischer Random Chess: A Dream Deferred
  • FoidosTV unveils chess innovation!
  • Follow The Beat!
  • Follow the Drum!
  • Frank Johnson & Hyperluxe.gg eSports Initiative
  • Gabor Papp wins 44th World Open
  • Gambit and Katwe… Two Queens, Two Lessons
  • Gender in Chess… the long and Short of it
  • GM Ashley: A $1,000,000 Response
  • Google as a Chess Database?
  • Guess the GM… The Amp Man in NY!
  • Harlem’s Flower and Chess Man
  • Homeless Chess Player wins Award!
  • Hudson graces Sport Illustrated Teen
  • Hudson revives book on Amazon.com
  • Hudson seeking $10K grant… needs votes
  • Hudson’s Besomeone.org with Disney and TJMS!
  • In Chicago jails chess teaches better moves in life
  • In Search of Luzhin’s Defence
  • Issac Braswell dies tragically
  • Jamaal Abdul-Alim keeping the journalistic beat
  • “Jayvon Davis Express” wins in Delaware!
  • Jerald Times scores victory in legal chess battle
  • Jessica Hyatt making moves… nets $40K scholarship
  • John Urschel, NFL, math, chess star?
  • Join “1000 Likes” Fundraiser!
  • Judge George Leighton, chess veteran, passes at 105
  • Justus competes @ Nat’l Juniors!
  • Kamsky, Krush… 2013 U.S. Champions!
  • Kamsky, Krush lead at the break
  • Kasparov in Newsweek
  • Kasparov-Nakamura establish alliance
  • Kasparov on Chess Mistakes
  • Keeping Queen in Check
  • Kentucky Governor ripped on chess comment
  • Kids gain “Train of Thought”!
  • Krush to face 50 in Detroit
  • Lebron James, the Chess Player?
  • ‘Life of a King’… new chess film
  • “Lifechangers” changing lives in West Philly
  • Danielle Little… Young Royalty Chess Academy
  • Lubbock welcomes Dyhemia Young
  • Magnus Carlsen: Champion of commercial success!
  • Maya McGreen earns Senior TD title!
  • MC Open registration deadline 6-30-15!
  • MC3 – 2016 less than a month away!
  • MC3 is coming!
  • MC3 May 31st deadline approaching
  • MC#3 Registration now open!!
  • MC’s Amy Lee Reflects on #MC2
  • MCsquared = $1,000,000 + $1,000,000
  • Michael Abron releases book on Chess Journey
  • Michael Abron’s 50-state U.S. voyage complete!
  • Michael Jordan: Lessons for Chess
  • Millionaire Chess #1 book shines!
  • Millionaire Chess #2 opens January 1st!!
  • Millionaire Chess deadline 3-31-15!
  • Millionaire Chess Discount… THIS weekend!!
  • Millionaire Chess Open: Day Three
  • Millionaire Open #2 gets Caruana!
  • Miro Reverby’s “Men Who Would Be Kings”
  • Movie “PAWN SACRIFICE”… fair to Fischer?
  • Jones Murphy’s Law: Thoughts on Millionaire Chess
  • Nakamura gets key to Memphis!
  • Nakamura joins Florida Panther chess mission!
  • Nakamura, Krush lead U.S. fields
  • Nakamura, Krush leading U.S. Chess
  • Nakamura @ Millionaire Chess #2
  • Nakamura returns to Motor City!
  • Nakamura soaring in early 2015
  • Nakamura, U.S. Champion… World next?
  • Nakamura visits Detroit City CC
  • New Book, “Chess Rumble”
  • New ELO Rating Formula Coming??
  • New In Chess (2011/3)
  • New in Chess (2011/4)
  • New In Chess (2011/6)
  • New in Chess (2011/7)
  • New in Chess (2011/8)
  • New in Chess (2012/1)
  • New in Chess (2012/2)
  • New in Chess (2012/3)
  • New in Chess (2012/4)
  • New in Chess (2012/5)
  • New in Chess (2012/6)
  • New in Chess (2012/7)
  • New in Chess (2012/8)
  • New in Chess (2013/1)
  • New in Chess (2013/2)
  • New in Chess (2013/3)
  • New in Chess (2013/4)
  • New in Chess (2013/6)
  • New in Chess (2013/7)
  • New in Chess (2013/8)
  • New in Chess (2014/1)
  • New in Chess (2014/2)
  • New in Chess (2014/3)
  • New in Chess (2014/4)
  • New in Chess (2014/5)
  • New in Chess (2014/6)
  • New in Chess (2014/7)
  • New in Chess (2014/8)
  • New in Chess (2015/1)
  • New in Chess (2015/2)
  • New in Chess (2015/3)
  • New in Chess (2015/4)
  • New in Chess (2015/7)
  • New in Chess (2020/8)
  • New Website… Chess For All!
  • New York chess loses Beejay Hicks to COVID-19
  • NFL football players battle on chess.com
  • Niemann’s $100m Lawsuit Dismissed… but stay tuned
  • Nigeria’s “The Battle of the Ages” fought to exciting draw!
  • No #millionairechess for 2017… hopeful for 2018
  • Noah Fields is Washington’s Denker Rep!
  • Norfolk State University considers SPICE
  • Odafe Efemuai… from Delta State to New York State
  • “On the Beat” with MC’s Amy Lee
  • OnlineChessLessons.net … HOT!
  • Orrin Hudson chats with Les Brown!
  • Orrin Hudson graces Chess Life cover
  • Orrin Hudson in People magazine
  • Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019
  • Orrin Hudson still making moves!
  • Orrin Hudson takes K.A.S.H. to Jersey!
  • Orrin Hudson to appear on Chess.FM
  • Orrin Hudson to hold “Get in the Game” Exhibition
  • Orrin Hudson to host Youth Summer Initiative
  • Orrin Hudson’s 50th birthday chess event
  • Orrin Hudson’s virtual summer camp
  • OTB chess resumes!
  • Philadelphia loses Jerome Works (1955-2021)
  • Photo Op on Harlem Chess
  • Polgar moves SPICE to St. Louis!
  • Postscript of the Leon Wilson case (chess coach)
  • Preview & Predictions for the 2018 Chess Olympiad
  • Prison Chess: The Game Called Life
  • Quesada wins strong Southern Open
  • Ramson to host Chess Girls DC fundraiser August 30th
  • Rare Bobby Fischer images!
  • Red Bull signs Nakamura
  • Reflections of 2014 Sinquefield Cup
  • Reflections of 2015 Sinquefield Cup
  • Reflections of 2017 St. Louis Rapid/Blitz
  • Reflections of the 2014 Millionaire Chess Open
  • René Phillips “Chess Gym” video series!
  • Review: Active Pieces by IM Jay Bonin
  • Review: Life of a King
  • Revisiting Baraka Shabazz
  • “Rich as a King” teaches chess to invest!
  • Rochelle Ballantyne on chess career, new path
  • Rodney Thomas awarded UT-Dallas Fellow!
  • Ron Jones, fixture in DC chess, dead at 59
  • Salome Thomas-EL on Dr. Oz!
  • Sammy of NYC blitz fame dead at 55
  • San Francisco street chess banned!
  • Schutt, chess coach of “Mighty Pawns,” under fire for sexual indiscretions
  • Seattle builds Detective Cookie Chess Park!
  • Seattle Chess Youth love Officer Cookie!
  • Seattle Officer helps chess cause
  • USCF Nominating Committee looking for Board Members!
  • Shabazz visits Chess Hall of Fame
  • Sheripov withdraws from 2022 FIDE campaign
  • Should Women’s Titles Be Abolished?
  • Smirin conquers ’14 World Open
  • Smith moves Birmingham’s Chess Agenda
  • Smith working magic in Birmingham
  • Social Chess Clock for Android
  • So’s forfeit rocks U.S. Championship!
  • Spike Lee celebrates NIKE’s 50th with chess
  • Stephanie Ballom in New in Chess!
  • Stewart’s “Matrix Lawsuit” uncovered
  • Susan Polgar in “My Brilliant Brain”
  • Tadaah rolls out Chess Olympiad TV!
  • Tallahassee’s Walter Hand, chess pioneer
  • Tani Adewumi wins North American Youth under-12
  • Ted Talk with Eugene Brown… Life of a King
  • Chess players… Tekken is coming!
  • Raising a Champion… The Carlsen Way
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2008!
  • The Chess Drum releases new blog!
  • The Chess Drum reveals “Classics”
  • The Chess Drum turns 7!
  • The Chess Drum was in the building!
  • The Chess Drum’s first “Beat” video in 2023
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2007!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2010!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2011!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2012!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2014!
  • The Drum beats in New York!
  • The Emory Tate Pride… Andrew and Tristan break Internet
  • The End of Millionaire Chess?
  • The Journal of Chess Research
  • The Rise of Fabiano Caruana
  • The State of Chess in America (panel)
  • The Steven Rollins Chess Rule
  • The Wilson trial begins today!
  • The Wire – Chess and Drug Dealing
  • Tom Fineberg, long-time Chicago chess coach (1923-2012)
  • Tony Ballard’s Powerful Chess Testimony
  • Tremil Anderson, YouTube chess sensation!
  • Trial in progress for Coach Leon Wilson
  • “Triple Exclam” wins joint honor for “Best Author”
  • Trump invites Norwegians to the U.S. Is Carlsen coming?
  • TV deal for Millionaire Chess?
  • Tyler Perry gives $14,000 to Besomeone!
  • U.S. Chess hires Danielle Little!
  • U.S. Football Players making the best moves on and off the field
  • UTD on top in 5-way tie at Pan-Ams
  • Vanita & Dyhemia conquer adversity
  • Vantage Point: Chess and Assassination Plots
  • Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title!
  • Wesley So wins 2016 Sinquefield Cup
  • White Supremacists discuss Black Chess
  • Why Nakamura’s Victory is Good for Chess
  • William Scott honored in March 2025 Chess Life!
  • Williams, Colas, Black get HEAF backing
  • Wilson retrial set for June 6th
  • World Cup 2010: Chess on the Pitch
  • Xiong’s graceful exit of ’19 World Cup
  • Xtreme Chess Championship – Final!
  • Xtreme Chess! Get Ready!
  • Xtreme Chess… Part 2!
  • Xtreme Chess… Part 3!
  • Zahir Muhammad coming “Full Circle” in Chess
• Category: Middle East
  • Category: Bahrain
    • Interesting story from Bahrain
  • Category: Dubai
    • 2010 Dubai Open (Dubai, UAE)
  • Category: Iran
    • 2017 Women’s World Championship: Round #1
    • 2017 Women’s World Championship: Round #2
    • Despite ‘hijabgate,’ Iran ready to host women’s championship
  • Category: Israel
  • Category: Qatar
  • Category: Turkey
    • 2010 Women Chess Cup (Antakya, Turkey)
    • 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #1
    • 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #2
    • 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #3
    • 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #4
  • Category: UAE
• Category: North America
  • 2012 North American Open
  • 2014 U.S. Chess Championships (St. Louis, USA)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #3)
  • Category: Canada
    • 1st IM Norm for Justus!
    • 2017 Jamaica International Chess Festival
    • Black History Month 2022-Day 26: IM Michael Schleifer
    • Black History Month 2022-Day 5: Wilbert Paige Memorial
    • IM Michael Schleifer: 1967-2009
    • NY Stars take on Canada!
    • “Today in Chess” launches!
  • Category: Mexico
  • Category: USA
    • 2007 World Open: Emory Tate vs. Salvijus Bercys
    • All Roads to Philly!
    • Capital City Open IV (Tallahassee, Florida)
    • Chess at Washington Square Park, Part #1
    • Chess Life Interview with Nakamura
    • Fischer and Black Chess Players
    • Hangin’ out in Harvard Square
    • Is U.S. Chess Bankrupt??
    • Kasparov coming to Harlem!
    • Kevin Pryor shines at Emory Castle Camp
    • Kevin Pryor is the new President of U.S. Chess!
    • Meet Candidates for U.S. Chess Executive Board!
    • Najer, Nakamura win World Open!
    • Polgar, Truong booted from US Chess Fed
    • Richard Kennedy wins Capital City Open III
    • St. Louis Chess Club upgrading!
• Category: Obituary
  • A King in Harlem: Peter Roberts (1952-2018)
  • Bazemore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1974-2019)
  • Bernadette Hickman passes away
  • Chess Educator, Ernest Levert passes (1990-2025)
  • Chess loses Beau Hardeman
  • Chicago chess legend FM Albert Chow dies
  • Chicago’s Tyrone Lee killed in car crash
  • Detroit’s Joseph Gadson passes away
  • Homegoing for Herminio Baez Jr. (1954-2018)
  • Howard chess activist, Sultan-Diego Sulayman (1995-2022)
  • In Memory of Ahvia Maria
  • James “Black Knight” Taylor: 1946-2014
  • NYC honors the life of Charu Robinson, 43
  • South Carolina’s Keith Eubanks (1965-2022)
• Category: Opinion/Editorials
  • 65th Square: Why Chess?
  • African Chess in Newsweek
  • After 2023 World Open, a new chess era unfolding
  • Are chess magazines still relevant??
  • Baraka Shabazz: Black Queen of Chess
  • Ever thought about becoming a Grandmaster?
  • Black Women in American Chess
  • Can You Keep the Beat Going?
  • Can you make a living playing chess?
  • Carlsen-Niemann… good for chess?
  • Changing of the Guard
  • Chess and the Art of Business Strategy
  • Chess and the Dynamics of Business
  • Chess Journalism in Perspective
  • Chess Thought and Self-Actualization
  • Classical Chess is still King… Here’s Why
  • Confessions of a Former Chess Jerk
  • Deficiencies of Attention
  • Do Chess GMs need Higher Education?
  • George Floyd and the Right to Thrive
  • Has cheating (accusations) in chess gone too far?
  • How Will Chess Address Cyberbullying?
  • Is Chess a Sport?
  • Is Chess Being “Outsourced?”
  • Is Chess Dead?
  • Is Chess Dead?
  • Is Classical Chess Dead?
  • Is Hans Niemann right??
  • Is Nakamura the ‘Real Deal’?
  • Is Racism in Chess Overlooked?
  • Is there still magic at the World Open?
  • Kujichagulia and Chess
  • Men’s Superiority in Chess Explained?
  • Metaphysics of the Chess Mind
  • Diverse ideas needed in chess policy decisions
  • #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess?
  • New in Chess keeps getting better!
  • Open Forum
  • Playing Chess to Death
  • Preview of WCC 2024… Ding-Gukesh
  • Prison Chess: Solving Life’s Problems
  • Promoting to a Black Chess Queen
  • QR Codes coming to Chess!
  • Reflections on 2012 World Open
  • Somalia’s Chess Olympiad Visa Nightmare
  • The $50,000 Game
  • The Anatomy of Carlsen-Niemann cheating controversy
  • The Challenge of Online Chess Journalism
  • The Dynamics of Critical Thinking
  • The Growing Pains of a New Chess Era
  • The Importance of Analytics for Chess Federations
  • The Marketing of Chess
  • The Myth of Chess “Geekism”
  • The Socio-Politics of the First Move in Chess
  • The Spirit of Chess and “Trash-Talking”
  • Tom Murphy: King of Dupont Circle
  • What Matters… Champion or #1?
  • Why are numbers declining in Black Chess?
  • Will coronavirus change OTB chess?
• Category: Pacific
  • Category: Australia
    • Is The Chess Drum a Racist Website?
    • Schoolboys expelled for chess competition
• Category: Photos
  • 2012 Southern Open (Orlando, USA)
  • 2012 World Open (Philadelphia, USA)
  • Spirit of St. Louis Chess!
  • The Chess Drum is 8!
• Category: Politics
  • Discussion: The Future for Chess and FIDE
  • New Orleans braces for Gustav
  • The Obama (Chess) Challenge
  • Vote for Executive Board Members!
• Category: Review
  • Great Moves by Sunil Weeramantry
• Category: Scholastic
  • 10th Annual M.L. King Holiday Tournament
  • 2009 SuperNationals (Nashville, USA)
  • 2012 Pan-Am Intercollegiate (USA)
  • 2013 U.S. Cadet Championship
  • 2014 U.S. Junior Closed (St. Louis, USA)
  • 2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #1)
  • 2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #2)
  • Life Strategies for DC Youth
  • Alpha Phi Alpha hosts 2014 Cleveland Scholastic Chess
  • Andrew Young visits BeSomeone!
  • Angelo Armistead making good moves!
  • Ashley inspires Youth
  • Ballantyne seeks ’13 WYCC bid in UAE
  • Ballantyne wins All-Girls Title!
  • Brianna Conley at 2008 Polgar!
  • Be Someone 2013 Spring Break Camp!
  • Bennett hosts 2015 DC Summer Series
  • BeSomeone to hold Summer Chess Camp!
  • Black ascends toward Masterdom
  • Bringing out the Best in Maryland
  • “Brooklyn Castle” showing October 19th!!
  • Business Meets Chess & Kids… Spring 2022!
  • Canty officially joins Master ranks!
  • Canty takes on 30 Detroit Chess Youth
  • Carlsen visits Brooklyn’s IS-318!
  • Chess at Chicago’s Dumas Tech
  • Chess at I.S. 318: A Movie in the Making?
  • Chess in 2022 heating up the Sunshine State!
  • Chess Salvation for James Black
  • Colas eyes World Youth in Greece
  • Colas shares Nat’l Youth crown!
  • Court to hear Wamala Appeal
  • Creating a Cornerstone of Chess
  • Darrian Robinson… the latest “Expert”
  • DC Chess Challenge
  • Detroit CCC runs Motor City!
  • Detroit Chess revs up Motor City
  • Detroit honors 2019 All-City team!
  • Diamond continues streak!
  • Diamond goes 7-0 at Polgar Open!
  • Diamond hopes to sparkle at 2014 Nationals
  • Diamond in the Rough… trying to shine
  • Diamond off to Polgar Girl’s
  • Diamond shines at Polgar tourney
  • Diamond shines bright!
  • Diamond ‘threepeats’ as K5 Champion!
  • Douglass’ Chess rises in Memphis!
  • E. St. Louis recounts Chess History
  • E. St. Louis Sr. Chess – 1978
  • Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess
  • Historic Moments: Justus Williams… K6 Champion
  • Hudson embarks on 50-state Tour!
  • Hudson hosts “Back-to-School” event
  • I.S. 318 are (also) National Jr. Champions!
  • IS 318…Jr. High Champs!
  • James Black is the U.S. K6 Champ!
  • James Black makes Master!
  • Jehron Bryant breaks 2000!
  • Jimmy Canty continues to rise!
  • Johnson launches chess-coach.net!
  • Josh Colas: 7th Grade National Champ!
  • Josh Colas continues to rise!
  • Justus-Josh battle at IS-318!
  • Justus training hard!
  • Justus Williams makes Master at 12!
  • Kayin Barclay… Future Chess Master
  • Medina Parrilla earns ‘Expert’ Rating
  • Medina Parrilla wins All-Girls title!
  • Moten, HEAF… chess instruction revisited
  • MUI hosts the Chicago Southside Classic
  • New York dominates K-12 Nationals!
  • New York gets Justus!
  • New York Girls continue to shine!
  • New York Girls making History!
  • Nigel Bryant makes “Expert”!
  • Orrin Hudson making good moves!
  • Orrin Hudson seeking support
  • Philadelphia’s Akeem Gregory-Thompson
  • Quinton Smith dies at K-12 Nationals
  • Robinson in Turkey for U-16
  • Shakira Luster: Marist’s Chess Queen
  • Shaun Alexander gives to Chess
  • Spring Break Chess Camp (Atlanta)
  • St. Ethelreda shines at Illinois state tourney!
  • Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League
  • Sydney Morris… Middle School Champ!
  • Tallahassee attempts to reignite chess
  • The Benefits of Scholastic Chess
  • Thomas-EL featured in “The Principal”
  • Titanic Battle: Justus vs. Josh II
  • “Train for Thought” holds 1st Tourney
  • UTD prepares for 2009 Pan-Ams!
  • Vanita Young triumphs with Chess
  • Vaux Glory Days Revisited
  • Where are they now? Darrian Robinson
  • Where are they now? Jacob Wamala
  • Where are they now? Jessica Wamala
  • Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne
  • Williams, Black shine… K6 Champions!
  • Williams takes on U.S. Masters
  • Williams wins 9th grade title!
  • Williams wins Empire State Open!
  • Wintertime brings on Cabin Fever!
  • Young Tigers at Amateur East
  • Young Titans in Blitz Battle!
• Category: South America
  • Category: Argentina
    • 2009 World Junior Championship
  • Category: Brazil
    • 2011 World Youth Championship (Brazil)
    • 2012 São Paulo/Bilbao Grand Slam
    • Black History Month 2022-Day 20: Afro-Latino Chess
    • Brazil’s rising star Ryan Wesley Caetano
    • History of Afro-Brazilian Chess
    • Ivanchuk robbed in São Paulo!
    • Justus Williams headed to Pan-Ams in Brazil
    • Magnus Carlsen wins Bilbao!
    • Regina Riberio to lead Brazil to Pan-Am Youth
    • The Beauty of Capoeira and Chess
  • Category: Colombia
    • Historic Moments: Jorge Renteriá & Afro-Colombian Chess
    • Pontus Carlsson wins 2021 Prague Blitz!
  • Category: Costa Rica
  • Category: Ecuador
    • 2006 Pan-Am Games (Cuenca, Ecuador)
  • Category: Guyana
    • Guyana Chess elects new Cabinet!
    • Trinidad & Tobago takes 1st CARICOM Chess Classic!
  • Category: Suriname
  • Category: Venezuela
• Category: Tactics Lab
  • Chess Crackers (July/August 2008)
  • Chess Crackers (Jan/Feb 2008)
  • Chess Crackers (January/February 2009)
  • Chess Crackers (January/February 2010)
  • Chess Crackers (Mar/Apr 2008)
  • Chess Crackers (March/April 2009)
  • Chess Crackers (March-April 2010)
  • Chess Crackers (May/June 2008)
  • Chess Crackers (May/June 2009)
  • Chess Crackers (November/December 2008)
  • Chess Crackers (September/October 2008)
  • Chess Crackers (September/October 2010)
  • Tactics Laboratory: Nakamura’s Gem
  • Tactics Laboratory #1
  • Tactics Laboratory #10
  • Tactics Laboratory #11
  • Tactics Laboratory #12
  • Tactics Laboratory #2
  • Tactics Laboratory #3
  • Tactics Laboratory #4
  • Tactics Laboratory #5
  • Tactics Laboratory #6
  • Tactics Laboratory #7
  • Tactics Laboratory #8
  • Tactics Laboratory #9
• Category: The Chess Drum
  • 19 years for The Chess Drum!
  • 1st Frederick Douglass Memorial (Key West, FL)
  • 2017 U.S. Chess Championship (St. Louis)
  • 2017 World Open receives Triple Exclam!
  • 2018 Chess Olympiad: Round #10
  • 2018 Chess Olympiad: Round #8
  • 2019 Haitian (Jr.) Chess Championships
  • 2019 World Cup: Round #3
  • 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #3
  • 20th year for The Chess Drum!
  • 4th Multi-City Site Tourney in three cities!
  • Bennett invites all to concert/chess tournament!
  • Black History Month 2022-Day 16: Pan-African Chess
  • Black History Chess Reflections for 2018!
  • Capital City to host Spring chess tourney
  • Championship shows changing face of U.S. Chess
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2009!
  • “Clutch Chess” features America’s top brass in online battle!
  • Contact The Drum!
  • Dr. Kimani Stancil @ FSU Colloquium
  • “Drum Beat” Vol. #1 launches!
  • Fire on Board! (Ernst vs. Tate)
  • Fire on Board! (Stancil vs. Newcomb)
  • Follow the Drum!
  • Follow the Drum!
  • Follow the Drum Beat!
  • Follow the Drum Beat!!
  • Follow the Drum Beat!!
  • Follow The Drum!
  • Happy 11th year to The Chess Drum!
  • Happy Birthday! 12 years for The Chess Drum!
  • Happy Birthday! The Chess Drum is 13!
  • Happy Birthday! The Chess Drum is 9!
  • HBCU chess tourney set for April 2020!
  • Hedgehog has sharp quills!
  • Hope Arthurine Anderson: Jamaican Legend
  • IM Oladapo Adu rampages through Maryland with trifecta win!
  • International Chess Educators Tournament!
  • Johnson (chess-coach.net) treks to Italy!
  • KasparovChess.com is back!
  • Looking forward to chess beat in 2015!
  • Murphy’s Law: Holding Court in Chess
  • New Video Tour for The Chess Drum
  • Nyzhnyk triumphs at 2018 World Open
  • Nyzhnyk wins 2019 U.S. Open!
  • On forward to 2016!
  • Oquendo is 2017 Florida Champ
  • Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open
  • The Chess Drum beating for 17th year!
  • The Chess Drum is 16 Years old!
  • The Chess Drum is 18 years old!
  • The Chess Drum is 6-years old!
  • The Chess Drum turns 10!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2013!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2015!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2016!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2017!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2018!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2019!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2020!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2021!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2022!
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2023
  • The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2024
  • “The Drum Beat” is coming!
  • Tom Murphy wins Chicago’s 3rd Tate Memorial!
  • Video Commemoration at The Drum
• Category: Tournaments
  • 2007 U.S. Open (Cherry Hill, New Jersey)
  • 2007 World Open: First half sizzles!
  • 2007 World Open: First Impressions
  • 2007 World Open Information Center
  • 2007 World Open: Maurice Ashley speaks!
  • 2007 World Open: YouTube videos!
  • 2007 World Open: Reflections
  • 2007 World Open: The Final Stretch
  • 2007 World Open: The Heat is On!
  • 2007 World Open (Valley Forge, USA)
  • 2008 Chicago Open
  • 2008 National Open (Las Vegas, USA)
  • 2008 World Open Information Center
  • 2008 World Open (Philadelphia, USA)
  • 2009 Foxwoods Open
  • 2009 SPICE Cup (Polgar)
  • 2010 Corus Chess (Wijk ann Zee, Netherlands)
  • 2010 New York International
  • 2010 World Open (Valley Forge)
  • 2011 Bilbao Chess Grand Slam
  • 2011 World Open (Philadelphia, USA)
  • 2012 U.S. Championships (St. Louis)
  • 2013 U.S. Championships (St. Louis, USA)
  • 2014 Froemke Memorial (Tallahassee)
  • 2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #3)
  • 2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #4)
  • 2014 U.S. Open (Orlando, USA)
  • 2015 Southern Open (Orlando, USA)
  • 2015 U.S. Championship will be epic!
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #2)
  • 2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #1)
  • 2015 World Open (Arlington, Virginia)
  • 2016 Chicago Open (Wheeling, IL)
  • 2022 Capital City Chess Open (Tallahassee, FL)
  • 64 Squares host Lish Memorial
  • 9th All-Africa Games: Give us your Reflections!
  • Adams, van Wely lead World Open
  • Aronian wins World Blitz!
  • Baltimore edges Philly 14-12
  • Baltimore-Philly IV… Battle of the Beasts!
  • Baltimore repeats over Philadelphia, 15½-5½
  • Barclay joint first at Park Forest!
  • Becerra defends Florida title
  • Chess Fete at St. Nicholas Park!
  • Chicago State University “Quick Chess”
  • DC Chess Challenge #3
  • Eagle Chess Academy crowns Queens
  • Fireworks at U.S. Women’s, U.S. Juniors
  • Florida’s Kingsmen CC
  • Four Tie at National Congress
  • Grand Prix in Buffalo!
  • Harlem Chess Championship
  • Indiana Chess moving forward!
  • Kacheischvili wins Continental!
  • Kamsky wins the 2011 World Open!
  • Le Quang Liem edges Xiong at 2019 World Open!
  • Lenderman wins 2011 U.S. Open
  • Lenderman wins 2015 World Open!
  • Lenhert wins Capital City Chess Open II
  • Lerrenzo “JR” Davis wins again!
  • Manhattan Open attracts surprise entries!
  • Najer heads four-way tie at World Open!
  • Nakamura gets a Double-Repeat!
  • Nakamura, Robson storm to victory!
  • Nakamura to vie for 2012 U.S. Crown
  • Nakamura wins National Open!
  • Niemann wins 2021 World Open
  • One of my weekend games…
  • Philly beats Baltimore in match!
  • Qualifiers from 2007 World Cup
  • Sokolov wins 2012 World Open!
  • SPICE Cup begins on 19th!
  • SPICE Cup finishes on exciting note!
  • SPICE Cup sizzling in 1st half!
  • Spring Break Tourney in Orlando!
  • Tata simmering after eight rounds
  • The African beat of the 2016 World Open!
  • Three-way tie at 2008 U.S. Open
  • Tournament @ Baltimore’s Hollins Market on 6-18-16!
  • Update on Jamaica Chess!
  • U.S. Chess: Changing of the Guard
  • U.S. Nationals in progress!
  • WCC 2008: Anand escapes, holds +3
  • WCC 2008: Kramnik crushes Anand, closes gap
  • WCC 2008: Kramnik has failed to break through
  • World Championship Cycle… improvement?
  • World Chess Beat (November 2008)
  • World Chess Beat (October 2008)
  • World Open at Valley Forge
  • World Open shines in new home
  • 2007 World Open: Things taking off
  • Yes, I Play Chess!
  • Category: All-Africa Games
  • Category: Amber
    • Aronian wins Amber 2009!
  • Category: Chicago Open
    • 2009 Chicago Open underway!
    • 2010 Chicago Open
    • 2011 Chicago Open
    • 2012 Chicago Open (Wheeling, USA)
    • 2015 Chicago Open (Wheeling, IL)
    • 2019 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois)
    • Atlanta’s Troutman at 2019 Chicago Open
    • Chicago Open excites… OTB in full swing!
    • Chicago Open starts today!
    • Ehlvest wins Chicago Open!
    • IM Jeffery Xiong shocks Chicago Open field!
    • Interview with Chess Connector, Adia Onyango
    • Jeffery Xiong nets another Chicago title!
    • 10-year old Josh Colas over 2000!
    • Oleiny Linares at 2023 Chicago Open
    • Renewed Energy @ Chicago Open!
    • Robson edges Friedel, Mitkov @ ’13 Chicago Open
    • Sargissian takes 2014 Chicago Open
    • Sevian takes 2017 Chicago Open!
    • Shimanov wins 2018 Chicago Open
    • St. Ethelreda making moves @ Chicago Chess Open!
    • U.S. Summer Chess Circuit
    • Update on the Young Lions
    • Van Wely wins 2010 Chicago Open!
    • Vasif Dararbayli wins 2019 Chicago Open!
    • Zhou Jianchou wins 2023 Chicago Open
  • Category: Gibraltar
    • Nakamura eyes 2016 Candidates
    • Nakamura three-peats at 2017 Gibraltar!
  • Category: Grand Chess Tour
    • 2019 Grand Chess Tour (Zagreb, Croatia)
    • Carlsen bolts Sinquefield after loss; rumors swirl
    • Grand Chess Tour cancels 2020 season
  • Category: London Classic
  • Category: Millionaire Chess
    • MC3 Update: Websites and Satellites
    • Millionaire Chess blazing hot promotions!!
    • Millionaire Chess Open: Day One
    • The Chess Drum turns 14!
  • Category: Olympiad
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Closing Ceremonies
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #1
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #10
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #11
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #2
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #3
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #4
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #5
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #6
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #7
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #8
    • 2008 Chess Olympiad: Round #9
    • 2008 Olympics begins… where’s chess?
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Closing
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #11
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #4
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #6
    • 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #8
    • 2012 Chess Olympiad: Round #1
    • 2012 Chess Olympiad: Round #10
    • 2012 Chess Olympiad: Round #11
    • 2012 Chess Olympiad: Round #2
    • 2012 Chess Olympiad: Round #3
    • 2012 Chess Olympiad: Round #4
    • 2012 Chess Olympiad: Round #5
    • 2012 Chess Olympiad: Round #6
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