News Briefs Index (2025)

October

• Canty wins ChessBoxing world title! (2 October 2025)

September

• Emory Tate Masterclass… 10-year tribute! (27 September 2025)

July

• Derrick Rose Chesstival Freestyle rousing success! (22 July 2025)
• Brewington Hardaway receives Samford Fellow! (13 July 2025)
• Cadet Champ Tani Adewumi strong at World Open (12 July 2025)
• 2025 Ashley Chess Fellows announced! (3 July 2025)

June

• Josh Colas biography out! (23 June 2025)
• Norman Rogers shines at 2025 Chicago Open (8 June 2025)

May

• Bellahcene, Wafa are 2025 African Champions! (26 May 2025)
• African Chess celebrates “Africa Day” (26 May 2025)
• Kevin Pryor chats with The Chess Drum (13 May 2025)
• 2025 African Individual Chess Championship (Cairo, Egypt) (11 May 2025)
• 7,242 players at Kenya Schools Chess! (7 May 2025)
• Meet Candidates for U.S. Chess Executive Board! (6 May 2025)

April

• HBCU Spotlight: Harper Jackson (Morehouse) (27 April 2025)
• HBCU Chess Spotlight: Charles Lindsey, Jr. (Hampton) (26 April 2025)
• HBCU Chess Spotlight: Anndrea Ojijo (NCAT) (26 April 2025)
• HBCU Chess Spotlight: Samir Acharya (Howard) (21 April 2025)
• HBCU Chess Spotlight: Caleb Parker (FAMU) (19 April 2025)
• Howard University dominates 3rd HBCU Chess Classic! (19 April 2025)
• Tanitoluwa Adewumi qualifies for IM title! (3 April 2025)

March

• 2025 HBCU Chess Classic approaches! (31 March 2025)
• FAMU Chess sets team; readies for HBCU Classic (30 March 2025)
• Is Hans Niemann right?? (26 March 2025)
• Bio on Cuban chess legend, Román Hernández Onna (18 March 2025)
• William Scott honored in March 2025 Chess Life! (16 March 2025)
• Chitumbo Mwali wins 5th Zambian Chess Crown! (14 March 2025)
• Eswatini chess prepares children for future (10 March 2025)
• FAMU Chess Club holds Interest Meeting, First Tournament! (4 March 2025)
• Shabazz named “Chess Educator of the Year” (1 March 2025)

February

• Albany State hosts Hip-Hop Chess Icon, Adisa Banjoko (21 February 2025)
• GM Carlsson invites you to Charity Chess Event (14 February 2025)
• 24 years for The Chess Drum! (12 February 2025)
• Stephen Muhammad, pioneering International Master (1962-2024) (9 February 2025)
• FAMU Chess Club shines at Club Fair! (4 February 2025)

January

• NextGen Cup: An African Diaspora Chess Battle! (28 January 2025)
• Chess Educator, Ernest Levert passes (1990-2025) (11 January 2025)
• The Growing Pains of a New Chess Era (10 January 2025)