News Briefs Index (2019)

December

• The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2019! (31 December 2019)
• 2019 World Rapid & Blitz (Moscow, Russia) (31 December 2019)
• HBCU chess tourney set for April 2020! (27 December 2019)
• Firoujza miffed about Iran mandate, ponders switch (26 December 2019)
• Gohil is Kenya’s 2019 chess king, wins car!! (21 December 2019)
• Nakamura returns to Motor City! (20 December 2019)
• United Nations acknowledges ‘Chess Day’ (19 December 2019)
• St. Ethelreda shines at Illinois state tourney! (5 December 2019)
• Carlsen wins GCT India… country a shining host! (2 December 2019)

November

• Brewington Hardaway, a Chess Master at 10! (30 November 2019)
• Bahamas’ Roussos passed FIDE exam… at 13! (30 November 2019)
• Cleveland master/coach David Allen passes away (25 November 2019)
• Wilkinson, Matthews at 2019 World Seniors (15 November 2019)
• U.S. Football Players making the best moves on and off the field (9 November 2019)
• Fawzy, Pires win titles at 2019 African Juniors! (3 November 2019)
• African Juniors 2019 going down to the wire! (1 November 2019)

October

• Ivorians ready for 2019 African Juniors (25 October 2019)
• 2019 African Junior Championships (Accra, Ghana) (23 October 2019)
• Ashley propelling chess forward in West Africa (12 October 2019)
• Jamaal Abdul-Alim keeping the journalistic beat (11 October 2019)
• 2019 World Cup: Finals (4 October 2019)

September

• 2019 World Cup: Semifinals (26 September 2019)
• 2019 World Cup: Round #5 (25 September 2019)
• Xiong’s graceful exit of ’19 World Cup (25 September 2019)
• Charisse Woods off to India for WYCC (23 September 2019)
• 2019 World Cup: Round #4 (23 September 2019)
• 2019 World Cup: Round #3 (16 September 2019)
• 2019 World Cup: Round #2 (14 September 2019)
• 2019 World Cup: Round #1 (14 September 2019)
• 2019 World Chess Cup starts today… Africa rejuvenated (9 September 2019)
• 2019 World Chess Cup (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) (8 September 2019)
• Zahir Muhammad coming “Full Circle” in Chess (7 September 2019)
• 2019 Florida St. Championship (West Palm Beach, FL) (6 September 2019)
• Bahamas devastated… word from chess community! (5 September 2019)

August

• Ding continues to rise after Sinquefield win! (31 August 2019)
• Carlsson featured in ‘Building Minds with Chess’ (30 August 2019)
• 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Blitz-Day 5 (28 August 2019)
• 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 4 (28 August 2019)
• 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 3 (27 August 2019)
• 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 2 (26 August 2019)
• 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 1 (25 August 2019)
• 12th All-Africa Games (Rabat, Morocco) (24 August 2019)
• Ramson to host Chess Girls DC fundraiser August 30th (24 August 2019)
• John Fedorowicz chats with The Chess Drum (16 August 2019)
• Bazemore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1975-2019) (14 August 2019)
• Playing Chess to Death (4 August 2019)
• 2019 U.S. Chess Open (Orlando, Florida) (2 August 2019)

July

• Nelson presents K.I.D.S Chess in Trinidad (29 July 2019)
• Korley bags 2nd GM norm @ Copenhagen Festival (28 July 2019)
• ‘MiniChess’ turns into big chess in Cote d’Ivoire! (23 July 2019)
• Korley uncorks gem in Denmark’s Xtracon tourney! (22 July 2019)
• Ron Jones, fixture in DC chess, dead at 59 (21 July 2019)
• Josh Colas on ’19 European Tour (19 July 2019)
• Egypt’s Adly, Wafa are 2019 African Champions! (18 July 2019)
• 2019 African Championships: Round #9 (17 July 2019)
• 2019 African Championships: Round #8 (17 July 2019)
• 2019 African Championships: Round #7 (16 July 2019)
• 2019 African Championships: Round #6 (15 July 2019)
• 2019 African Championships: Round #5 (14 July 2019)
• 2019 African Championships: Round #4 (13 July 2019)
• Is there still magic at the World Open? (12 July 2019)
• 2019 African Championships: Round #3 (12 July 2019)
• 2019 African Championships: Round #2 (11 July 2019)
• 2019 African Championships: Round #1 (10 July 2019)
• 2019 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia) (10 July 2019)
• Le Quang Liem edges Xiong at 2019 World Open! (10 July 2019)
• 2019 Grand Chess Tour (Zagreb, Croatia) (4 July 2019)

June

• 2019 World Open (Philadelphia, USA) (30 June 2019)
• Maya McGreen earns Senior TD title! (20 June 2019)
• Detroit honors 2019 All-City team!(16 June 2019)
• Goryachkina to challenge Ju Wenjun for title (16 June 2019)
• Nathan Hinds wins 2019 President’s Cup! (9 June 2019)
• St. Ethelreda making moves @ Chicago Chess Open! (8 June 2019)
• 2019 Haitian (Jr.) Chess Championships (8 June 2019)
• Atlanta’s Troutman at 2019 Chicago Open (4 June 2019)
• Renewed Energy @ Chicago Open! (2 June 2019)

May

• Vasif Dararbayli wins 2019 Chicago Open! (29 May 2019)
• 2019 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois) (25 May 2019)
• Reflections on 2019 Abidjan Rapid & Blitz (22 May 2019)
• The Chess Drum chats with Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu (18 May 2019)
• 20 years after GM title, Ashley discusses African path (17 May 2019)
• Essoh Essis on GCT Rapid & Blitz event (16 May 2019)
• Carlsen wins Abidjan Rapid & Blitz! (14 May 2019)
• Veselin Topalov chats with The Chess Drum (13 May 2019)
• Grand Chess Tour meets Didier Drogba! (10 May 2019)
• 2019 Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire) (9 May 2019)
• Detroit Chess podcast features Daaim Shabazz (6 May 2019)
• The Chess Drum salutes Jamaica’s 50 years in chess! (5 May 2019)
• Cote d’Ivoire days away from epic chess event! (4 May 2019)

April

• Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8! (29 April 2019)
• St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world! (26 April 2019)
• The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley (21 April 2019)
• Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability (15 April 2019)
• #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess? (10 April 2019)
• Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open (6 April 2019)
• Nakamura, Yu… 2019 U.S. Chess Champs! (3 April 2019)
• Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso (1 April 2019)

March

• After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019)
• Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019)
• Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019)
• Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019)
• Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019)
• Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019)
• Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019)
• Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019)
• Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019)
• Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019)
• Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019)
• Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019)
• Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019)
• Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019)

February

• “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019)
• Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019)
• Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019)
• Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019)
• Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019)
• The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019)
• Chicago’s ‘Uncle Marv’ Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019)
• Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019)
• Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019)

January

• Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019)
• Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019)
• Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019)
• Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019)
• India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019)
• Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019)
• Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019)
• Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019)
• 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019)
• Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019)
• Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)