News Briefs Index (2024)
December
- Walter Harris, America’s 1st Black Chess Master, dead at 83 (24 December 2024)
- 17-year-old Nyuima Tersee is new Nigerian Champion! (20 December 2024)
- Gukesh shocks Ding in finale, wins title! (12 December 2024)
- Ding-Gukesh draw in thrilling battle! (11 December 2024)
- Ding strikes back in Game 12… match tied 6-6! (10 December 2024)
- Alpha Phi Alpha’s Dunlap touts Chess Initiative (8 December 2024)
November
- 2024 World Chess Championship: Game 3 (29 November 2024)
- 2024 World Chess Championship: Game 2 (28 November 2024)
- 2024 World Chess Championship: Game 1 (27 November 2024)
- 2024 World Chess Championship (Singapore City) (26 November 2024)
- Chess activist Ernest Levert still healing after aneurysm (16 November 2024)
- Brewington Hardaway is now a Chess Grandmaster! (12 November 2024)
- Maurice Ashley’s new chess initiative announced! (11 November 2024)
- Saad Elmi clinches IM title at World U18! (9 November 2024)
- Preview of WCC 2024… Ding-Gukesh (9 November 2024)
- Shreyas Smith takes Jamaican title with 9/9 (7 November 2024)
- Glenn Umstead, “The Chess Artist” passes away (3 November 2024)
October
- New in Chess profiles Daaim Shabazz (29 October 2024)
- Lawyer Times sponsored by Celts’ Jaylen Brown (29 October 2024)
- Remembering Emory Tate (20 October 2024)
- African Diaspora @ Budapest Olympiad! (13 October 2024)
- Somalia’s Chess Olympiad Visa Nightmare (12 October 2024)
- Jamaican Chess dons post-Olympiad energy (1 October 2024)
September
- Jamaica’s Wilkinson re-elected to FIDE post (29 September 2024)
- Maurice Ashley discusses new chess initiative (28 September 2024)
- Derrick Rose retires… chess next? (27 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 11 (26 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 10 (21 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 9 (21 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 8 (21 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 7 (21 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 6 (17 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 5 (16 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 4 (16 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 3 (15 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 2 (15 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 1 (13 September 2024)
- 2024 Chess Olympiad (Budapest, Hungary) (12 September 2024)
- Chess Olympiad begins… Visagate rages (12 September 2024)
- Carlsen-Niemann… good for chess? (6 September 2024)
- Brewington Hardaway earns final GM norm! (1 September 2024)
August
- Mathurin wins St. Lucia Chess Invitational! (16 August 2024)
- Kevin Pryor is the new President of U.S. Chess! (14 August 2024)
- Jessica Hyatt earns National Master title! (6 August 2024)
- Why are numbers declining in Black Chess? (3 August 2024)
July
- The story of Shama Yisrael, the first female African-American Chess Master (20 July 2024)
- Saad Elmi gets 2nd IM norm! (16 July 2024)
- Tani Adewumi wins U.S. Cadet! (14 July 2024)
- St. Louis Chess Club upgrading! (7 July 2024)
- Howard University Chess Club approaches 100 years! (6 July 2024)
June
- Bernard Parham, chess innovator, passes away (25 June 2024)
- The Rise of Deborah Quickpen (20 June 2024)
- Chess molds NBA Champion, Jaylen Brown (19 June 2024)
- Nigeria’s “The Battle of the Ages” fought to exciting draw! (14 June 2024)
- 2024 Dominica Chess Championships (13 June 2024)
- Nigerian Chess Action, “Battle of the Ages” (7 June 2024)
- Warren Seymour, legend of Bahamian chess, dies (7 June 2024)
May
- HBCU Chess Spotlight: Alan Cowan (28 May 2024)
- Robert Gwaze resurfaces, wins Namibia Open (23 May 2024)
- Watu Kobese premiers in new podcast! (22 May 2024)
- Reflections on the 2024 HBCU Chess Classic (15 May 2024)
- HBCU Chess Spotlight: Spelman College (12 May 2024)
- HBCU Chess Spotlight: Hampton University (11 May 2024)
- HBCU Chess Spotlight: North Carolina A&T (9 May 2024)
- HBCU Chess Spotlight: Howard University (9 May 2024)
- Meet the Kings & Queens of HBCU Chess! (9 May 2024)
- Gregory Acholonu featured “Chess on the Brain” (8 May 2024)
April
- Caleb Parker is 2024 HBCU Chess Champion! (28 April 2024)
- Glenn Bady becomes FIDE Trainer! (11 April 2024)
- Maurice Ashley speaks on new books! (5 April 2024)
March
- 2024 HBCU Chess Classic (Atlanta, GA) (30 March 2024)
- Capital City Open V (Tallahassee, Florida) (30 March 2024)
- Amin, February win 2024 African Individuals! (24 March 2024)
- Jacorey Bynum makes National Master! (22 March 2024)
- Trinidad & Tobago takes 1st CARICOM Chess Classic! (20 March 2024)
- 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (Accra, Ghana) (15 March 2024)
- With two GM norms, Hardaway charts course (15 March 2024)
- 13th All-African Games (Accra, Ghana) (15 March 2024)
- “Jayvon Davis Express” wins in Delaware! (14 March 2024)
February
- Tani Adewumi gets required IM norm! (27 February 2024)
- Rochelle Ballantyne on chess career, new path (25 February 2024)
- Shakira Luster: Marist’s Chess Queen (24 February 2024)
- Black History Month 2024 Tribute: Week 3 (19 February 2024)
- How Will Chess Address Cyberbullying? (14 February 2024)
- The Chess Drum is 23! (12 February 2024)
- Black History Month 2024 Tribute: Week 2 (12 February 2024)
- Black History Month 2024 Tribute: Week 1 (6 February 2024)
- Chess24.com shuts down! (1 February 2024)
January
- Is Chess a “Life Game”? (14 January 2024)
- Joseph Methu wins Kenyan Chess Championship… and car! (6 January 2024)