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USA
Alpha Phi Alpha’s Dunlap touts Chess Initiative
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was founded in December 4, 1906 at Cornell University, just celebrating its 118th anniversary. The 290,000-member has always promoted academic excellence and scholarship, and the organization has national programs, including “Project Alpha” and “Go-to-Highschool-Go-to-College.” It is the first Black intercollegiate fraternity with more than 700…
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Singapore
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 3
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 3Wednesday, 26 November 2024 Gukesh breaks through… evens the score! Dommaraju Gukesh won Game 3 of the World Championship match with an impressive win over Ding Liren. This game rode on a razor’s edge when Ding was close to stealing the initiative. The game went…
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Singapore
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 2
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 2Tuesday, 26 November 2024 Tense draw… excitement ratcheting up Game 2 of the World Chess Championship ended peacefully after a rousing start of the match. After Ding Liren won the first game of the match, many wondered if they had been “snookered.” Ding kept sounding…
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FIDE
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 1
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 1Monday, 25 November 2024 Ding Liren wins the first game, quiets naysayers The World Chess Championship match has begun! Prior to the match, most everyone, including top Grandmasters, picked Dommaraju Gukesh as the favorite over Ding Liren despite his lack of match experience. They predicated…
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FIDE
2024 World Chess Championship (Singapore City)
2024 World Chess Championship Singapore (November 25th – December 13th) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 pts. Ding Liren 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 6½ Gukesh 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½…
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Media Stories
Chess activist Ernest Levert still healing after aneurysm
Back in April, social chess activist Ernest “Ern” Levert, Jr. of Columbus, Ohio suffered a brain aneurysm and was put in a medically-induced coma. Once he regained consciousness, his life and those of his family members changed forever. The Columbus community was devastated at the news. Local news covered the…
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Drum Majors
Brewington Hardaway is now a Chess Grandmaster!
Brewington Hardaway has qualified for the title of “International Grandmaster” after reaching the required 2500 FIDE rating during the New York Fall GM Invitational. At the tournament, Hardaway finished with an undefeated 6/9, ending with five draws. Hardaway completed all of his norms for the IM (#1, #2, #3) and…
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Drum Majors
Maurice Ashley’s new chess initiative announced!
For decades, Grandmaster Maurice Ashley has been on the cutting edge of chess news, whether through championship coaching, giving exciting commentary, delivering training courses, or organizing million-dollar tournaments. While he can still be seen giving guest lectures and doing commentary, he is now embarking on a bold, new initiative. Ashley…
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Drum Majors
Saad Elmi clinches IM title at World U18!
Saad Abobaker Elmi of Norway earned his final IM norm at the World Youth under-18 in Brazil after finishing 7.5/11. This result comes months after he earned his 2nd IM norm (barely missing a GM norm) at the Zadar GM Norm Tournament in Croatia. Elmi scored his first IM norm at the…
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World Championships
Preview of WCC 2024… Ding-Gukesh
The 2024 World Chess Championship (WCC 2024) will take place in Singapore starting November 25th and lasting three weeks until December 15th. The match will feature China’s World Champion Ding Liren (Lizhen) against India’s Dommaraju Gukesh. The two most populous countries will join the millions following the match with great…
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