News Briefs Index (2020)

• The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2020!(31 December 2020)
• Susan Namangale: Malawi’s Chess Prez(31 December 2020)
• The History of Chess in Jamaica: 1834-1978(31 December 2020)
• The Chess Drum in New in Chess!(29 December 2020)
• 2021 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands)(29 December 2020)
• Husbands wins 2020 Michael Ford Memorial(27 December 2020)
• Kentucky hosts Chess-Kwanzaa celebration (27 December 2020)
• Bouah recounts S. African history in new book!(26 December 2020)
• Mazda ad features Watu Kobese(25 December 2020)
• Carlsson continues fight for social justice(25 December 2020)
• Caribbean vs. Chicago is a massive hit! (21 December 2020)
• Yakini Tchouka is 2020 Togolese Champion (19 December 2020)
• Orrin Hudson chats with Les Brown! (19 December 2020)

• NYC honors the life of Charu Robinson, 43(31 October 2020)
• Jessica Hyatt making moves… nets $40K scholarship(28 October 2020)
• Pedro Aderito, Angolan IM, passes at 44 (18 October 2020)
• USCF Nominating Committee looking for Board Members! (17 October 2020)
• In Memory of Ahvia Maria (17 October 2020)

September

• Thank you Drum Community! (7 September 2020)

August

• The Chess Drum on Bishop Chronicles: “Hip-Hop, Chess & Race”(7 August 2020)
• Jim Eade’s “Chess Without Borders” hosts Daaim Shabazz! (6 August 2020)

July

• Pitterson’s Twitch hosts The Chess Drum!(31 July 2020)
• Bob Wheeler, Pioneer of Jamaican Chess, dead at 70 (25 July 2020)
• “International Chess Day” July 20th (13 July 2020)
• Is Chess Inherently Racist? (5 July 2020)

June

• Adu’s living nightmare after zonal 4.2… now stranded! (28 June 2020)
• Bert Scott’s book on Jamaican Chess History! (24 June 2020)
• Col. Michel Nguele Viang Cameroon’s 1st Chess President dies (22 June 2020)
• Orrin Hudson’s virtual summer camp (22 June 2020)
• Trinidadian chess princess Della-Marie remains comatose (21 June 2020)
• Response to FIDE’s Statement on Racism (2020) (16 June 2020)
• Life Lessons from Anand in “Mind Master” (10 June 2020)
• NBA Champion Craig Hodges on Chess Stream (8 June 2020)
• George Floyd and the Right to Thrive (2 June 2020)

May

• ‘Clutch Chess’ features America’s top brass in online battle! (26 May 2020)
• Pan-African Chess thrives in 2020! (24 May 2020)
• Ghana Chess on GBC News during COVID-19 (7 May 2020)
• Senegalese chess forging ahead during crisis (6 May 2020)

April

• The Mystery of Theophilus Thompson Solved!! (19 April 2020)
• Arianne Caoili, a sweet soul who gave a chess king his lucky stars (8 April 2020)
• New York chess loses Beejay Hicks to COVID-19 (8 April 2020)
• Grand Chess Tour cancels 2020 season (4 April 2020)

March

• 2020 Jamaica Nat’l Age Championships (31 March 2020)
• Candidates 2020 postponed halfway through (29 March 2020)
• 2020 African 4.2 Subzonal (Freetown, Sierra Leone) (16 March 2020)
• 2020 World Candidates Tournament (Yekaterinburg, Russia) (16 March 2020)
• Will coronavirus change OTB chess? (13 March 2020)
• Tani Adewumi vaults over 2000! (8 March 2020)
• As Candidates 2020 approaches, Coronavirus rocks chess world (8 March 2020)
• 90th FIDE Congress (Abu Dhabi, UAE) (2 March 2020)
• Armand Kelley Memorial in April! (2 March 2020)

February

• Tani Adewumi book coming in April! (17 February 2020)
• Queen of Katwe actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies at 15 (16 February 2020)
• Ethiopia’s Daniel Shawul Abdi breaking codes in computer chess (16 February 2020)
• 19 years for The Chess Drum! (12 February 2020)
• Chess Reflections in Black History (2020) (8 February 2020)
• Daniel X Jones bags Master’s title! (5 February 2020)
• After Tata victory, Caruana eyes Candidates 2020 (2 February 2020)

January

• Kobe Bryant’s Chess Mind (30 January 2020)
• Ju Wenjun beats Goryachkina… retains world crown! (26 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #12 (26 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #11 (23 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #10 (20 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #9 (19 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #8 (19 January 2020)
• Levon Aronian in South Africa! (18 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #7 (16 January 2020)
• Ju-Goryachkina even 3-3 in title match (13 January 2020)
• Thomas Saah, Liberia’s National Champion (13 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #6 (12 January 2020)
• 2020 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (12 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #5 (11 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #4 (9 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #3 (8 January 2020)
• Michael Abron’s 50-state U.S. voyage complete! (8 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #2 (6 January 2020)
• 2020 Women’s Chess Championship (Ju vs. Goryachkina) (5 January 2019)