Videos

  • Justus on NBC’s Grio 100 list

    National Justus Williams is in the media spotlight once again recently interviewing with NBC’s Grio.com. He was one of 100 persons honored during Black History Month as part of the “Grio’s 100”. Looking through the other videos brought forth about some fascinating personalities. This was his second time on Grio.com…

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  • Xtreme Chess… Part 2!

    The second episode of the “Xtreme Chess Championship” has aired featuring eight aspirants. In the first episode, Justus Williams toppled Kevin Wang while FM Kassa Korley beat Shawn Martinez. Both players will advance to play the winners of the Kats-Barnett and Melekhina-Liu matches. Co-organizer Jennifer Shahade was excited about the…

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  • James Black on the march!

    James Black has been the subject of many articles, but his rapid progress is taken on new heights. Black has now vaulted over 2300 in the USCF rating list and recently showed off his famed blitz prowess in beating both IM Greg Shahade and GM Grigory Kaidanov in blitz battles.…

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  • Ashley DVD: “What Grandmasters Don’t See”

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  • Orrin Hudson makes strong moves!

    Chess Family: At Be Someone www.besomeone.org, our dream is to change the lives of inner city children, teaching them to make all the right moves in life by making the right moves in chess. After you watch this video: Chess moves for life – Chess champion Orrin Hudson wants to…

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  • Josh Colas on ‘The Scoop’

    Josh Colas had an interview with Jennifer Shahade and “Chess Scoop” where he talked about his progress as a player. Back in December, Josh broke the age record for a Black player reaching National Master. That record has been held broken several of times since Walter Harris (pictured right) was…

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  • Lazslo Nagy’s 1st Saturday in Hungary!

    László Nagy has been running the “First Saturday” tournament since February 1992. Since then, his tournaments have become the regular training grounds for the world’s brightest stars. Nagy speaks with glee about his enterprise and is always looking for rising talent for his tournaments. How did it all start? ‘Probably…

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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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  • 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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  • Orrin Hudson seeking support

    Orrin C. Hudson has been championing the cause of chess since 2000 when he founded Besome, Incorporated. He story is well know and he has graced the covered of major magazines and been on a number of news programs to explain his mission. One of the mission is to train…

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