News Briefs Index (2016)

December

• The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2016! (31 December 2016)
• Carlsson reflects on Sweden’s Racial Climate (31 December 2016)
• Petition for U.S. Chess Olympiad team (23 December 2016)
• Ray “Dragon” Robinson passes away (22 December 2016)
• FM Harold Wanyama of Uganda retires (21 December 2016)
• 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #9) (18 December 2016)
• 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #8) (18 December 2016)
• 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #7) (17 December 2016)
• 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #6) (16 December 2016)
• 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #5) (13 December 2016)
• 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #4) (12 December 2016)
• 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #3) (12 December 2016)
• 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #2) (10 December 2016)
• 2016 London Chess Classic (Round #1) (10 December 2016)
• 2016 London Chess Classic (London, England) (9 December 2016)
• After #worldchess2016, hanging out in St. Louis! (6 December 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Carlsen wins!! (1 December 2016)

November

• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #12 (29 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #11 (28 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #10 (25 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #9 (24 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #8 (23 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #7 (21 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #6 (18 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #5 (18 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #4 (17 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #3 (15 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #2 (13 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship: Round #1 (12 November 2016)
• Carlsen is Huge Favorite, but “Trump Effect” Looms (11 November 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Championship (Carlsen vs. Karjakin) (10 November 2016)
• Carlsson wins Pankrac Cup! (8 November 2016)
• Will Chess Championship get lost in Election Aftermath? (6 November 2016)
• Morrison, Colas annotate in Chess Life (6 November 2016)

October

• Reflections of 2016 Millionaire Chess Open (29 October 2016)
• Carlsen vs. Nakamura Showdown on 10-27! (27 October 2016)
• Hudson’s Besomeone.org with Disney and TJMS! (27 October 2016)
• Maurice Ashley on 2016 Millionaire Chess (21 October 2016)
• Drum Interviews @ ’16 Millionaire Chess (18 October 2016)
• Dariusz Swiercz wins 2016 Millionaire Chess Open! (16 October 2016)
• 2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day Four (10 October 2016)
• 2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day Three (9 October 2016)
• 2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day Two (8 October 2016)
• 2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day One (7 October 2016)
• 2016 Millionaire Chess Open (Atlantic City, NJ) (6 October 2016)
• Queen of Katwe: A Chess Review (4 October 2016)

September

• Post-Olympiad: Balance of Power shifts (24 September 2016)
• The End of Millionaire Chess? (23 September 2016)
• The Anatomy of USA Gold at ’16 Chess Olympiad (15 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #11 (13 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #10 (13 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #9 (12 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #8 (11 September 2016)
• MC3 – 2016 less than a month away! (10 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #7 (9 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #6 (9 September 2016)
• Jamaicans @ Baku 2016! (8 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #5 (7 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #4 (6 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #3 (6 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #2 (4 September 2016)
• 2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #1 (2 September 2016)
• Baku 2016: The Africans are Coming! (1 September 2016)

August

• 2016 Chess Olympiad (Baku, Azerbaijan) (31 August 2016)
• Preview & Predictions for the 2016 Chess Olympiad (30 August 2016)
• Jamaica’s Wilkinson to challenge FIDE brass (25 August 2016)
• Wesley So wins 2016 Sinquefield Cup (19 August 2016)
• 2016 Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA) (7 August 2016)
• Wilkinson defends Roper Memorial title (6 August 2016)
• 2016 Trinidad & Tobago Masters/Open in progress! (1 August 2016)

July

• Hesham wins 2016 African Championship! (29 July 2016)
• 2016 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Nigeria) (23 July 2016)
• 2016 Millionaire Chess Satellite (S. Africa) (21 July 2016)
• Maurice Ashley helps propel Kenyan chess forward! (14 July 2016)
• The African beat of the 2016 World Open! (12 July 2016)
• 2016 African Individual Championships (Kampala, Uganda) (11 July 2016)
• Expert Adia Onyango… New York’s chess charm (10 July 2016)
• Gabor Papp wins 44th World Open 9 July 2016)
• William Morrison bags 3rd IM norm! 9 July 2016)
• Trinidad & Tobago to host 80th Anniversary Chess Open! 8 July 2016)
• Colas earns IM norm at World Open! (8 July 2016)
• Gwayne Lambert wins Chicago’s Tate Memorial! (7 July 2016)

June

• Orrin Hudson to host Youth Summer Initiative (28 June 2016)
• HHCF’s re-releases new book… Bambaataa nixed! (28 June 2016)
• Triple Exclam!!! The Life and Games of Emory Tate, Chess Warrior (25 June 2016)
• Postscript of the Leon Wilson case (chess coach) (13 June 2016)
• The Wilson trial begins today! (6 June 2016)
• Chicago to hold Emory Tate Memorial on June 25th (6 June 2016)
• Tournament @ Baltimore’s Hollins Market on 6-18-16! (3 June 2016)

May

• 2016 Chicago Open is on! (26 May 2016)
• Jamaica’s Deborah Porter makes history… what’s next? (15 May 2016)
• Kenya surges forward in 2016! (11 May 2016)
• MC3 May 31st deadline approaching (4 May 2016)
• In Chicago jails chess teaches better moves in life (4 May 2016)
• Detroit rules at All-Girls under-14 Nationals! (3 May 2016)
• Caruana, Pakidze new U.S. Champions! (1 May 2016)

April

• Dapo Adu dominates Africa’s Zone 4.4 Championships (24 April 2016)
• Purity Maina awarded International Arbiter title! (22 April 2016)
• Jamaica’s mourns chess pioneer Dr. Hope Anderson (22 April 2016)
• Maurice Ashley formally inducted into U.S. Hall of Fame! (17 April 2016)
• “Queen of Katwe” is coming! (13 April 2016)
• New ‘Toiletgate’ Cheating Accusation Refuted (7 April 2016)
• Will Karjakin dethrone Carlsen? (3 April 2016)
• MC#3 Registration now open!! (1 April 2016)

March

• Homestretch at 2016 Candidates! (26 March 2016)
• Chess and March Madness (21 March 2016)
• “Today in Chess” launches! (20 March 2016)
• MC3 Update: Websites and Satellites (20 March 2016)
• 2016 Women’s Chess Championship (Lviv, Ukraine) (16 March 2016)
• 2016 World Chess Candidates (Moscow, Russia) (12 March 2016)
• Wilson retrial set for June 6th (10 March 2016)
• HHCF’s new book… “Bobby, Bruce & Bam” (10 March 2016)

February

• Theophilus Thompson Revisited (1986) (29 February 2016)
• Trial in progress for Coach Leon Wilson (26 February 2016)
• GM Kenny Solomon’s Masterclass (26 February 2016)
• Olympiad dates have been changed!! (24 February 2016)
• Chicago’s Earle STEM Academy saving chess! (22 February 2016)
• Justus Williams on TMZ! (22 February 2016)
• Drum Roll… MC3 Announcement Coming! (17 February 2016)
• Nakamura gets a Double-Repeat! (16 February 2016)
• When the Chess Hustler Gets Hustled! (15 February 2016)
• HHCF now in seven schools! (15 February 2016)
• 15 years for The Chess Drum! (12 February 2016)
• Kamsky, Ashley… 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees! (11 February 2016)
• FM Josh Colas painting a bright future (7 February 2016)
• Nakamura eyes 2016 Candidates (7 February 2016)
• Naledi Marape: Botswana’s rising talent (4 February 2016)
• MC3 is coming! (1 February 2016)

January

• Silva keeping tradition as African Jr. Champ! (27 January 2016)
• Senegal relaunches chess in 2016! (27 January 2016)
• Drum beats in Singapore-Philippines! (23 January 2016)
• 2016 Africa Chess Calendar is out! (19 January 2016)
• 16-year old Okpegbuo talks chess on Nigerian TV! (19 January 2016)
• Magnus Carlsen: Champion of commercial success! (8 January 2016)
• On forward to 2016! (2 January 2015)