GM Kenny Solomon launches book!
South African Grandmaster Kenny Solomon has collaborated with Dr. Lyndon Bouah to present his autobiography titled, My Game Plan: My Quest to Become a Chess Grandmaster. There will be a ZOOM book launch at 20:35 CET (14:35 EST). Here is his Facebook message:
Hi everyone, I am pleased to announce the publication of my first chess book My Game Plan (with Dr. Lyndon Bouah). The book is about my journey to become a Chess Grandmaster. In my book, I annotate 157 games en route to achieving the Grandmaster title. Please join us for the Book Launch on ZOOM tonight (Thursday) between 20.35pm and 21.35pm CET.
Platform: ZOOM
Meeting ID: 81712494824
Duration: 60 min
Passcode: 858270
I didn’t know there was a 4th black Grand master. I don’t see him on the wall of fame with the other 3.
That Wall of Fame was done in 2007, before he became a GM. He is in a group photo from the Wilbert Paige tournament at the bottom of the wall.
Actually that are a lot more GMs than people know. It’s into the double digits. He have long ignored Latin America. Did you know Orlevis Mitjans?
https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2011/07/29/orelvis-perez-mitjans-making-his-mark/
The first Black GM is also from Cuba… Roman Hernandez.
https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2021/06/12/gm-roman-hernandez-onna-dies-at-71/