Interviews (Audio/Visual)

The Talking Drum (2001-2003)

  1. Ahmoad Ware (USA)
  2. IM Watu Kobese (South Africa)
  3. FM William Morrison (USA)
  4. IM Amon Simutowe (Zambia)
  5. IM Kevin Denny (Barbados)
  6. GM Maurice Ashley (USA)
  7. IM Oladapo Adu (Nigeria)
  8. NM Charles Covington (USA)
  9. FM Stephen Muhammad (USA)
  10. FM Warren Elliott (Jamaica)
  11. Daniel Nsibambi (Uganda)
  12. IM Pedro Aderito (Angola)
  13. IM Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe)
  14. Linda Nangwale (Zambia)
  15. Kaleem Washington (USA)
  16. Bernard Parham (USA)
  17. Ian Wilkinson (Jamaica)
  18. IM Kenny Solomon (South Africa)

Daaim Shabazz with GM Maurice Ashley, “The Mind of a Grandmaster”

HB Global Chess Championship (Minnesota, USA)

2005 World Open (Philadelphia, USA)

2006 Chess Olympiad (Turin, Italy)

2006 World Open (Philadelphia, USA)

2007 Chicago Open (Chicago, USA)

2007 World Open (Valley Forge, USA)

2007 CMMB Caribbean Chess Championships (Maraval, Trinidad & Tobago)

Hip-Hop Chess Federation’s 1st Kings Invitational (San Francisco, USA)

11th North American FIDE Invitational (Chicago, USA)

2008 Chicago Open (Wheeling, IL, USA)

2008 World Open (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

2008 Detroit City Chess Club (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

2008 Chess Olympiad (Dresden, Germany)

2009 U.S. Chess Championship (St. Louis, USA)

2009 World Open (Philadelphia, USA)

2010 Caribbean Chess Carnival (Port of Spain, Trinidad)

2011 World Open (Philadelphia, USA)

2011 U.S. Open (Orlando, USA)

GM Maurice Ashley on Reykjavik Open

Adisa Banjoko, Hip-Hop Chess Federation

2012 Chess Olympiad (Istanbul, Turkey)

2013 U.S. Championships (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)

2013 Florida State Championship (Daytona, Beach, Florida, USA)

2013 Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)

GM Maurice Ashley on Millionaire Chess #1

GM Maurice Ashley on Millionaire Chess #2

2014 World Open (Arlington, Virginia, USA)

2014 U.S. Open (Orlando, Florida, USA)

2014 Chess Olympiad (Tromso, Norway)

GM Maurice Ashley on Millionaire Chess #3

2014 Millionaire Chess Open (Las Vegas, Nevada)

2015 World Open (Arlington, Virginia)

2016 World Open (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

2016 Millionaire Chess Open (Atlantic City, New Jersey)

2016 World Chess Championship (New York, NY)

2017 Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz (St. Louis, Missouri)

Cage Match – Daniel Muhammad vs. Jeff DeJesus (Chicago, Illinois)

2018 Chess Olympiad (Batumi, Georgia)

2019 U.S. Open (Orlando, Florida)


Video Daaim Shabazz/The Chess Drum

2019 Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) 

Interview with Philip Ameku (Ghana)

Interview with Dr. Essoh Essis (Ivory Coast)

Interview with GM Maurice Ashley (USA)

Interview with IM Oladapo Adu (Nigeria)


Videos by Daaim Shabazz/The Chess Drum

2023 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois)

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