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During the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam of New in Chess requested that The Chess Drum’s…

Hello everyone! The Chess Drum has covered a lot of chess events over the past 23 years. This coverage has…

Participants of the 2023 HBCU Chess Classic at Morris Brown CollegePhoto by Daaim Shabazz Dear Chess Community,The HBCU Chess Classic…

The Chess Drum’s Daaim Shabazz was a guest on Dylan Quercia’s Twitch stream called, “Talking Talent.” The 71-minute segment featured…

Greetings everyone!This year’s Black History Month will feature a video commemoration recounting the importance of the month-long celebration, some key…

Dear Drum Community!The Chess Drum is 22 today! On this day, I hit the “enter” key to make the site…

Dear Chess Community, On June 17th, I was informed that I would be the recipient of a U.S. Chess Special…

Recently chess.com featured “Chess Through an African Lens” written by this author. The reception was very positive, but it is…

Hello everyone! The Chess Drum’s 21st year represents the official coming of age. Last year there was a 20-year reflection…

Tomorrow The Chess Drum’s Daaim Shabazz will be on a show called “Reflections” hosted by Lyndon Bouah, a long-time chess…

Ian Wilkinson, attending his 11th straight Olympiad, was re-elected as a member of the FIDE Constitutional Commission (CC). He described…

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley was spotted at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, but he told The Chess Drum that he…

James Canty III entered the fraternity of chess streamers during the pandemic and has not looked back since. He also…

Adia Onyango is known as the “Chess Traveler” for her voyages to chess venues around the world. She frequents overseas…

Many webcasting shows have emerged during the coronavirus outbreak. It has provided a suitable resource for of Chess has been…

Dynamic Chess hosted a conversation with two-time NBA champion and social activist Craig Hodges during a live stream on Twitch.…

Interview with chess personalities Philip Ameku and Joe Ditse on GBC News in Ghana

John Fedorowicz is a product of the famous “Fischer Boom,” and relishes the opportunity to talk about the good ole…

When I was at the Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, GM Amon Simutowe was part of many conversations about the future…

Adisa Banjoko is known to The Chess Drum audience as the founder of the Hip-Hop Chess Federation, an educational initiative…

GM Pontus Carlsson in New Orleans with participantsin “Business Meets Chess & Kids” program GM Pontus Carlsson returned to Perpetual…

In case you didn’t see it, Grandmaster Maurice Ashley made an appearance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, the…

As the election campaign for FIDE positions heats up, candidates are taking to social media to get their platforms to…

Levon Aronian married the ravishing Arianne Caoili on Saturday, September 30th in a very quaint location at the Saghmosavank Monastery…

Publisher: The Chess Drum, LLCRetail Price: $40.00 (full color, hard back) On September 17th, Curtis Anderson spent an hour discussing…

Jerald Times has been shuffling around the chess world for decades. He is known more as a coach than a…

GM Pontus Carlsson (Sweden)Photo by Daaim Shabazz Ben Johnson contacted The Chess Drum a month ago to ask questions in…

Detroit and Chicago have a close relationship with both being home to hard-working migrants from the south in search of…

Triple Exclam was announced to the public March 11th and the reception has been very enthusiastic. The biography of International…

Photo from Getty Images Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson was in a recent ChessBase feature recounting an interview he granted during…

FM Harold Wanyama (Uganda)Photo by Kim Bhari In a story out of Uganda, FM Harold Wanyama has retired from competitive…

GM Maurice Ashley on the red carpet.Photo by David Llada The last few weeks have been a bit melancholy for…

GM Maurice Ashley GM Maurice Ashley was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame back in April and thus…

Drum Interviews @ Millionaire Chess Open #3 One of the most gratifying assignments in covering chess events are the interviews…

FM Todd Andrews recently released a manual, The Final Attack a tribute to the lessons of International Master Emory Tate.…

In the past couple of months, there has been a buzz about a Netflix series called, “The Queen’s Gambit.” After…

Bert Scott may be known to some from running the Jamaica Chess Ambassadors website for several years in the 2000s.…

Paperback: $35.00TO ORDER NOW… CLICK HERE! FM Sunil Weeramantry’s reputation precedes him. The famed scholastic coach has gained his notoriety…

Chess is often thought of as a game of the high-browed intelligentsia. It has adherents worldwide and is touted as…

On the plane to Africa reading“Active Pieces: Practical Advice from America’s Most Relentless Tournament Player”by IM Jay Bonin While on…

At the 42nd Olympiad last month 1,583 players from around the world assembled in Baku, Azerbaijan to compete in the…

Fischer was so defiant of presuming to do what the movie aspires to do. Tobey and I sat there and…

As a business professor, I am able to see young adults mature as they begin to understand the elements financial…

Eugene Brown WARNING: Review may contain spoilers! 🙂 When watching “Life of a King” one anticipates another “rags-to-riches” story that…

I have seen a number of chess movies such as “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” “Fresh” and “The Luhzin Defense“. I…

Dr. Philip Corbin has had a very venerable career in Barbadian or “Bajan” chess. He is perhaps known most for…

There are other books on this marriage including one written by Garry Kasparov titled, “How Life Imitates Chess: Making the…

“Magnificence In Bled: The 35th Chess Olympiad” Author: Ian WilkinsonPublisher: LMH Publishing LimitedReviewed by: Balford Henry For the past two…

Many chess players have no doubt seen The Luzhin Defence, a movie based off the novel (of the same name)…