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Historic Moments: Roberts Vaux ‘Bad Bishops’
Plotting moves, the “Bad Bishops” are closely watched by their coach, Jeffrey Chesin (at end of table). Kevin Giles and Michael Allen play a game of blitz (center). At this point, Vaux had won five consecutive national titles. Photo courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company. Roberts Vaux Middle School has a…
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Media Stories
Prison Chess: The Game Called Life
Behind the coils of razor wire, the walls of thick concrete and the columns of steel beams are men of all ages… minds searching for answers to “the game called life.” Locked in the minds of most imprisoned men around the world are ambitions. Ambitions to be free and to…
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Drum Majors
Historic Moments: Emory Tate, Jr.: 5-time Armed Forces Champ!
U.S. Chess Life magazine, January 1985 Air Force Sergeant Emory A. Tate, Jr., stationed at Ft. Meade, Maryland accepts the first annual Haskell Small Award for taking individual honors at the 25th Annual Armed Forces Chess Championship Tournament Tate won the tournament, which was held in Washington, D.C. from September…
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Opinion/Editorials
Can You Keep the Beat Going?
Over the past two years, The Chess Drum has been able to present a variety of information highlighting the accomplishments of players in the African Diaspora. It has been a privilege for me to see the vehicle grow and to have become a fixture in the chess community. As the…
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The End of the Draw Offer?
The End of the Draw Offer? by GM Maurice Ashley To all chess fans:Recently I have been thinking about a practice in chess that I believe needs to be discussed by all of us who love the game, and that is, the draw offer. This topic started to occupy my…
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HBCU Chess
Tuskegee University makes mark in Collegiate Chess!
Tuskegee, Alabama (USA) is well-known among the Black community as the home of the famous “Tuskegee Airmen” and also the famous university founded in 1881 by the legendary Booker T. Washington (1856-1915). It was also a place where George Washington Carver (1864-1943)put his ingenuity in the agricultural sciences on display as a…
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Drum Majors
Historic Moments: Ashley & Muhammad at 2003 U.S. Championship
GM Maurice Ashley and IM-elect Stephen Muhammad conversing after completion of the 2003 U.S. Championship. Photo by Daaim Shabazz GM Maurice Ashley and FM Stephen MuhammadPhotos by Jerry Bibuld GM Maurice Ashley vs. IM John Watson (Round 7)Photo by Daaim Shabazz IM Varuzhan Akobian vs. FM Stephen Muhammad (Round 7)Photo…
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Opinion/Editorials
Metaphysics of the Chess Mind
Since its inception, chess has taken on a mystical persona and those who have excelled are often held in a higher intellectual regard. Thus, chess is often used as a symbol of intellectualism. Ironically, a recent study has shown that chess does not require extensive use of intellectual faculties, so…
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The Chess Drum
Jamaica @ Chess Olympiad (Bled, Slovenia)
The 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia through a Jamaican Microscope: A Fantastic Sojourn by Ian Wilkinson (Kingston, Jamaica, WEST INDIES) “A tower of nine stories begins with a heap of earth. The journey of a thousand li starts from where one stands.” – Tao-te Ching (Chapter 64 by Lao…
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Drum Majors
Historic Moments: Olympiad Photo Galleries
2002 Olympiad Photo Galleries Gallery #1 (Jerry Bibuld – USA) Gallery #2 (Jerry Bibuld – USA)Gallery #3 (Jerry Bibuld – USA) Gallery #4 (Jerry Bibuld – USA) Gallery #5 (Jerry Bibuld – USA) Gallery #6 (Jerry Bibuld – USA) Gallery #7 (Jerry Bibuld – USA) Gallery #8 (Jerry Bibuld –…
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