New Briefs Index
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Obituary
Chess Educator, Ernest Levert passes (1990-2025)
The greatest service one can give to their community is love and time. Dear Chess Community, It is with deep regret that I inform the chess community of the passing…
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Opinion/Editorials
The Growing Pains of a New Chess Era
After crowning a new champion, chess is experiencing difficult “growing pains” as it prepares for a new era. World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju won the title a month ago against defending…
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The Chess Drum
The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2024
What a year! The highlights of 2024 have been memorable! We have crowned a new world champion and ushered in a new era of rising stars. Eighteen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju of…
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World Rapid & Blitz
Hardaway, Adewumi debut at World Rapid & Blitz
Growing up fast! Brewington Hardaway, Tani Adewumi and Andy Woodward at the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz.Photo by Michal Walusza Brewington Hardaway and Tani Adewumi are currently making their debuts…
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HBCU Chess
Howard University Chess preparing for 2025 Pan-Ams
Howard University Chess Club is preparing for the 2025 Pan-Am Intercollegiate tournament to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, January 2-5, 2025. The club’s President, Lawrence Custis, has announced the club’s participation…
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Drum Majors
Walter Harris, America’s 1st Black Chess Master, dead at 83
Dear Chess Community, Yesterday, I learned that Walter Harris, America’s first Black National Master, had passed away on October 12th, 2024. Harris was 83 at the time of his demise…
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Nigeria
17-year-old Nyuima Tersee is new Nigerian Champion!
Nyuima Ferdinand Tersee won the 2024 Nigerian National Championship over several titled and veteran players. The 17-year-old from Benue State bested a field of veterans and titled players as the…
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World Championships
Gukesh shocks Ding in finale, wins title!
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…
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World Championships
Ding-Gukesh draw in thrilling battle!
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 13Tuesday, 11 December 2024 A heavyweight battle ends in a draw…tension high on even of final game The Ding-Gukesh draw today held the chess world…
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World Championships
Ding strikes back in Game 12… match tied 6-6!
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 12Monday, 9 December 2024 Ding scores clutch win, score tied 6-6! China’s Ding Liren won a thrilling game over India’s Gukesh Dommaraju to tie the…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Jamaica
Shreyas Smith takes Jamaican title with 9/9
FM Shreyas Smith won his fifth Jamaican national title with a scintillating performance. At 27, he was the “senior” member of the national team in Budapest Olympiad. Smith is also…
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Drum Majors
Glenn Umstead, “The Chess Artist” passes away
National Master Glenn Umstead was one of the most dedicated chess enthusiasts on the East Coast. “Supercoach” passed away on October 24, 2024, at his home in Atlantic City, New…
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In the News
New in Chess profiles Daaim Shabazz
During the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam of New in Chess requested that The Chess Drum’s Daaim Shabazz appear in the “Just Checking” segment, which has…
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Drum Majors
Lawyer Times sponsored by Celts’ Jaylen Brown
National Master Lawyer Times has been running the Future Masters Chess Academy in the Boston area for nearly a decade. The 2017 Massachusetts state champion was a local standout at…
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Drum Majors
Remembering Emory Tate
It has been nine years since International Master Emory Tate passed away on October 17, 2015, while competing in the Sam Shankland Open tournament. He was a lifelong loyalist to…
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Olympiad
African Diaspora @ Budapest Olympiad!
The African Diaspora was again in full force to compete at the Chess Olympiad for honors. Twenty years ago, little attention was paid to smaller nations, and almost no photographs…
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Somalia
Somalia’s Chess Olympiad Visa Nightmare
Somalians look splendid at the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.Photo by David Llada Somalia Chess Federation Somalia’s plans to attend the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, started with…
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Jamaica
Jamaican Chess dons post-Olympiad energy
The Jamaican chess delegation trekked to Budapest, Hungary, for the 45th Chess Olympiad. The island nation sent two teams, with former president Ian Wilkinson as head of the delegation. The event marked…
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Jamaica
Jamaica’s Wilkinson re-elected to FIDE post
Ian Wilkinson, attending his 11th straight Olympiad, was re-elected as a member of the FIDE Constitutional Commission (CC). He described the vote as being ‘hotly contested.‘ Wilkinson comes with some…
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Drum Majors
Maurice Ashley talks chess in Budapest
Grandmaster Maurice Ashley was spotted at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, but he told The Chess Drum that he was not there as a delegate or captain, but merely…
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USA
Derrick Rose retires… chess next?
Derrick Rose elevating during his peak years for the Chicago Bulls.Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Derrick Rose announced his retirement yesterday from his 16-year basketball career. The highlight of his…
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Hungary
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 11
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 11Sunday, 23 September 2024 India wins double gold! Viswanathan Anand presenting the Gaprindashvili Award to India for combined performance. Both teams had already received their gold…
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Hungary
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 10
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 10Saturday, 21 September 2024 India close to making history! Open Wesley So (USA) set to face Rameshbabu Praggnanadhaa (IND)Photo by Daaim Shabazz/The Chess Drum Wow! In…
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