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Drum Majors
Gregory Acholonu awarded overdue FM title
Gregory Acholonu was finally awarded the FM title after being qualified for over 20 years. The long-time chess coach has worked with the DC Chess Center for 12 years before starting his own GCA Chess Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Acholonu has spent the better part of his life serving as…
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News Briefs Index (2023)
December The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2023 (31 December 2023) Wafa, Djeroud win African Juniors 2023! (26 December 2023) Has cheating (accusations) gone too far? (24 December 2023) 11-year-old Deborah Quickpen, Nigerian Chess sensation (22 December 2023) UAE to host 2028 Chess Olympiad (21 December 2023) FM Jimmy Canty on…
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The Chess Drum
The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2022!
The year 2022 was an exciting one and seemed to zip by quickly. We had a big announcement from current World Champion Magnus Carlsen, arguably the best Chess Olympiad in history and perhaps the biggest controversy in decades. There were also heartwarming stories such as National Master Tyrone Davis traveling…
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Fact Sheet (Masters)
Walter Harris on the March 1964 cover of Chess Life and Frank Steet on the June 1965 edition North America Firsts Who was the first African-American National Master? Walter Harris (August 19, 1960 at 18 years, 11 months) Who currently holds the age record for the youngest African-American National Master?…
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Interviews (Audio/Visual)
The Talking Drum (2001-2003) Ahmoad Ware (USA) IM Watu Kobese (South Africa) FM William Morrison (USA) IM Amon Simutowe (Zambia) IM Kevin Denny (Barbados) GM Maurice Ashley (USA) IM Oladapo Adu (Nigeria) NM Charles Covington (USA) FM Stephen Muhammad (USA) FM Warren Elliott (Jamaica) Daniel Nsibambi (Uganda) IM Pedro Aderito…
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Historic Moments (Index of Moments)
The Emory Tate Variation (November-December 2010) Justus Williams…Master at 12! (September-October 2010) Farai Mandizha: International Master (July-August 2010) Justus Williams: National Elementary Champ (May-June 2010) Baraka Shabazz: Black Queen of Chess (March-April 2010) 2010: The Year of the Haitian Tragedy (January-February 2010) IM Michael Schleifer (1967-2009) (November-December 2009) Anand in…
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Fire on Board (Index of Games)
2010 Oladapo Adu – Enkhbat Tegshsuren (Nov–Dec) Ronald Simpson – Dmitry Schneider (Sep-Oct) Shane Matthews – Pradeep Seegolam (Jul-Aug) James Black, Jr. – Kevin Moy (May-Jun) Justus Williams – Aleksandr Ostrovskiy (May-Jun) Timur Gareev- Warren Elliott (Mar-Apr) Lawrence Day – Michael Schleifer (Jan-Feb) 2009 Kassa Korley – Oleg Zaikov (Nov…
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Chess Crackers (2001)
The following represent a variety of positions by players of the African Diaspora. In each diagram, you’re challenged to find the winning line. Each position ends with decisive material gain or mate. Solve each of the four problems (as deep as possible) and check your answers at the link afterward.…
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The Chess Drum At-A-Glance
Site Name: The Chess Drum, https://www.thechessdrum.net Birthday: 12 February 2001 Home Base: Tallahassee, Florida, USA Purpose: (1) to highlight the chess activities within the African Diaspora (2) to serve as a vehicle for fostering a greater sense of community within the chess world (3) to facilitate the sharing of ideas…
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Welcome!
My name is Daaim Shabazz, Associate Professor of Business at Florida A&M University (USA). My name is pronounced Da-eem Sha-boz. I’m quite pleased to present The Chess Drum (launched on 12 February 2001), an online magazine whose time in history has come. Welcome! At the 2015 Sinquefield Cup in St.…
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