Media Stories
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Nakamura gets key to Memphis!
Hikaru Nakamura at 2011 Tata Steel. Photo courtesy of memphischess.blogspot.com. Hikaru Nakamura is still in a celebratory mood weeks after winning the strong Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee. The question that has been posed by many fans across the world was “How will Nakamura’s victory effect American chess?”…
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Mutesi’s trek to Siberia
There was a very interesting story written by Tim Crowther on Phiona Mutesi, a chess player from Uganda. ESPN The Magazine feature the 14-year old player from a small Ugandan town of Katwe. It is an intriguing story showing how she came to learn the game of chess and her…
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Tyler Perry gives $14,000 to Besomeone!
The Chess Drum reported on Orrin Hudson’s plea for support after the Dekalb County slapped him with five citations which requires him to raise $28,000 to come into code compliance. He got the first $14,000 from a local anonymous donor. With a December deadline approaching, Tyler Perry donated the other…
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The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2010!
The year of 2010 has come to an end and we usher 2011. Before we leave 2010, let’s reflect a bit on this past year. In the year of an Olympiad, World Championship (both men and women) and several elite tournaments, it turned out to be an exciting year. The…
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iPhone App for GM Ashley
After the release of his ChessBase DVD, Grandmaster Maurice Ashley has recently released his latest project called MATCH for Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess. This application will run on the iPhone and can be downloaded for $4.99. The app is named after the famous CD “Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess” but has…
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Corbblah on JEOPARDY!
Jonathan Corbblah will be on JEOPARDY! tonight. Photo from uschess.org. According to a report on uschess.org, U.S.C.F. Expert Jonathan Corbblah will play on the popular gameshow “JEOPARDY!” on tonight. The gameshow is a fierce trivia competition on a variety of topics and is one of the longest-running gameshows in the…
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Photo Op on Harlem Chess
Makkada Selah is a graduate student at Columbia’s School of Broadcast Journalism and she recently visited 125th Street and found a chess scene across from the renown Apollo Theater. Those of us in the chess community know about these chess spots in the various city parks and streets. Unfortunately, these…
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Chess Players harassed by police… again!
A controversy is brewing in New York after seven chess players were cited with trespassing tickets at a playground for children. The men were playing in Inwood Hill Park when they were approached by police officers who issued tickets (one for each player) for playing at the chess tables built…
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Maurice Ashley on “Big Think”
What is Maurice Ashley doing these days? A lot of things. He’s not behind the board yet, but he was recently seen on the pages of New in Chess (2010/7). He penned an article about the World Chess Challenge, a match between Magnus Carlsen and the World. The world was…
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Magnus Carlsen vs. the World Exhibition
Chess has been looking for an identity since the retirement of its charismatic leader in Garry Kasparov. They may have found one in the world’s top-ranked player in 19-year old Magnus Carlsen. At noon-time, G-Star will host the RAW Chess Challenge with Carlsen taking on the world with the advice…
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