December

• Exciting Highlights of 2001!
  
• Zimbabwe Open kicks off 2002 with its Premiere Event! (20 December 2001)
  
• Kasparov gives interesting assessment of FIDE KO Championships (17 December 2001)
  
• The World Chess Hall of Fame hosts Grand Opening!! (17 December 2001)
  
• 2001 FIDE World Chess Championship Information Center (14 December 2001)
  
• Ahmed Adly clinches African Junior crown!! (11 December 2001)
  
• ChessConnection.com  seeks to C-O-N-N-E-C-T the World! (6 December 2001)
  
• IM and GM norm tournaments  on slate for February 2002!! (4 December 2001)
  

• African Juniors head to Zambia for December 1st showdown! (29 November 2001)
  
• South Africa's IM Kobese gives Hungary's Leko a scare! (29 November 2001)
  
• Two books capture the richness of chess history!! (posted 27 November 2001)
  
• Lennox Lewis - The Master of Chess Boxing (posted 27 November 2001)
  
• Young Queen on the Horizon!! (posted 17 November 2001)
  
• Jamaica aggressively pursues Scholastic Chess agenda! (posted 13 November 2001)
  
• Archie Waters, mentor to chess prodigy Bobby Fisher, dead at 83 (posted 7 November 2001)
  
• FIDE World Chess Championship Pairings Posted!! (posted 7 November 2001)
  
• The MasterMinds of Philadelphia host 2nd ACTION tournament! (posted 7 November 2001)
  
• Ethiopia's Chess Olympians Honored!! (posted 3 November 2001)
  
• Latest Chess News out of Nigeria! (posted 3 November 2001)
  

• FM Tate and IM Adu Battle in Reno, Nevada! (posted 28 October 2001)
  
• Moody wins Malcolm X Memorial… Jannelle Richardson second!! (21 October 2001)
  
• Uganda's Kawuma  retains Uhuru Chess Crown! (posted 16 October 2001)
  
• Barbados' Kevin Denny earns IM title at Subzonal 2.3.5!   (posted 10 October 2001)
  
• NM Dexter Thompson to compete in Japan's Tae Kwon Do Championships! (posted 2 October 2001)
  

• 3rd Annual Harlem Chess Center Festival on September 29th! (posted 26 September 2001)
  
• Pitterson still Jamaica's FASTEST MAN! (posted 26 September 2001)
  
• African Championships concludes in the Valley of the Kings! (posted 25 September 2001)
  
• The Chess Drum launches "Operation Drum Beat" (posted 21 September 2001)
  
• Jamaicans head for Subzonal Clash in Venezuela!! (posted 16 September 2001)
  
• A Rising Star on the U.S. Horizon: Akeem Gregory-Thompson (posted 13 September 2001)
  
• Malcolm X Memorial chess tournament in Brooklyn, New York! (posted 8 September 2001)
  
• IM Oladapo Adu rampages through Maryland with a "trifecta" win! (posted 8 September 2001)
  
• FM Muhammad brings thunder to Florida State Championship!! (posted 6 September 2001)
  

• GMs triumph at Canada Closed . . . IM Schleifer places 5th (posted 30 August 2001)
  
• Zambians stand respectably at World Junior! (posted 29 August 2001)
  
• Barbadian Championship is certain to see fireworks in 2001!  (posted 22 August 2001)
  
• NM Elliott dominates Jamaican Championship with a 9-0 blitz! (posted 21 August 2001)
  
• GM Polgar's visit to Botswana a smash hit! (posted 15 August 2001)
  
• GM Wojtkiewicz wins U.S. Open. . . GM Ashley in a mass tie for 2nd! (posted 13 August 2001)
  
• Minnesota's FM Johnson is the State's Closed co-champion! (posted 8 August 2001)
  
• David Mehler answers charges of racism in DC Scholastic Chess (posted 7 August 2001)
  
• Field for Barbados Championship set. . . battle begins on August 15th! (posted 3 August 2001)
  
• NM Rogers gets "Best Game Prize"  at Wilbert Paige Memorial (posted 2 August 2001)
  
• Is chess king in Africa? No... Africa is home of world's #11 checker player!! (posted 1 August 2001)
  
• Early upsets rock Jamaica's National Championship!! (posted 1 August 2001)
  
• IM Amon Simutowe prepares for World Junior Championships! (posted 1 August 2001)
  

July

• Racism in U.S. Scholastic Chess? (posted 27 July 2001)
  
• Uganda to send representatives to compete in British Championships (27 July 2001)
  
• Wilbert Paige is smashing success as FM Muhammad shines!! (posted 24 2001)
  
• ESPN re-airs GM Maurice Ashley segment!! (posted 24 July 2001)
  
• FM Muhammad closes in on IM norm at  Wilbert Paige Memorial! (posted 19 July 2001)
  
• NM Ernest "Steve" Colding launches new chess venue in Brooklyn!! (posted 14 July 2001)
  
• Jamaica to hold its 1st National Cadet Chess Championship (posted 14 July 2001)
  
• Norman "Pete" Rogers bags 1st IM norm at Philly's World Open!! (posted 10 July 2001)
  
• FM Emory Tate shocks Kudrin with 24-move stunner!! (posted 10 July 2001)
  
• The 2001 World Open turns out to be historic!! (posted 10 July 2001)
  
• A new Black  chess experience. . . The MasterMinds of Philadelphia! (posted 10 July 2001)
  
• Stanbic Bank of Botswana sponsors National Club Championship! (posted 10 July 2001)
  

• The 1st Wilbert Paige Memorial. . . a historic event!! (posted 29 June 2001)
  
• The "Exterminator" blazes field at St. John's to earn 2nd IM norm! (posted 28 June 2001)
  
• Keisha Ramator is the new Jamaican Blitz Queen!! (posted 27 June 2001)
  
• GM Judit Polgar to visit Botswana!! (posted 22 June 2001)
  
• IM Amon Simutowe closing in on GM title with win over GM Yudasin! (posted 22 June 2001)
  
• FMs Morrison and Muhammad vying for IM norms at St. John's International (posted 20 June 2001)
  
• Canadian IM Michael Schleifer gives lectures at World Chess Network! (posted 18 June 2001)
  
• "Ultimate Chess" in Jamaica... country's top players square off! (posted 16 June 2001)
  
• 2nd qualifier for the Barbados Championship set for June 20th (posted 15 June 2001)
  
• Visa appeal successful! Nsubuga cleared for U.S. journey! (posted 11 June 2001)
  
• NM Grace Nsubuga, Ugandan Olympic National, denied U.S. Visa!! (posted 10 June 2001)
  
• Ugandan contingent dominates Kenya's Eldoret Chess Tourney! (posted 10 June 2001)
  
• Zambia's Sports Council selects IM Simutowe as it's top Sportsman!! (posted 9 June 2001)
  
• The Road to a GM Title: Tracking Zambia's IM Amon Simutowe (posted 5 June 2001)
  
• Jamaica's FM Grantel Gibbs takes over as the National Chess Don! (posted 4 June 2001)
  
• IM Simutowe arrives in the U.S. to play in the first of four tournaments! (posted 3 June 2001)
  
• FM Morris Giles: A Chicago Chess Legend (posted 3 June 2001)
  
• 9-year old Hatchie Robinson, Jr. is Bahamas' newest star! (posted 3 June 2001)
  

May

• The 1st Wilbert Paige Memorial boasts powerful lineup! (posted 23 May 2001)
  
• The "Zambezi Shark" hunts for GM norm at the Swiss Olympic Capital Open (posted 23 May 2001)
  
• Actor Will Smith  learns the ropes from Chicago's NM Marvin Dandridge! (posted 23 May 2001)
  
• FM Muhammad joins team of coaches for the Castle Chess Camp in Atlanta! (posted 23 May 2001)
  
• Hotly-contested Georgia State Championship brings a few surprises! (posted 23 May 2001)
  
• IM Simutowe defeats two GMs, but misses GM norm in Spain (posted 23 May 2001)
  
• Botswana junior tournaments won with perfect 9-0 scores!  (posted 15 May 2001)
  
• U.S. tournament summer circuit heats up! (posted 15 May 2001)
  
• IM Simutowe beats GM Hamdouchi in 1st round of Spain's Salou tourney! (posted 10 May 2001)
  
• Njobvu edges field to take top honors in Botswana's Blitz Championship! (posted 8 May 2001)
  
• Barbados holds 1st qualifier for National  Championship (posted 8 May 2001)
  

• Humphrey Gayle captures Jamaica's Easter Open! (posted 25 April 2001)
  
• Botswana crowns new national champions! (posted 23 April 2001)
  
• Dirk Austin of Barbados blazes field in T&T International! (posted 19 April 2001)
  
• UMBC offering chess scholarships!! (posted 19 April 2001)
  
• Foxwoods sees seven-way tie as GM Ashley impresses!  (posted 16 April 2001)
  
• Morrison rallies to edge Adu in a fiercely contested blitz match! (posted 16 April 2001)
  
• Precious knowledge hidden in "Cultures, Chess & Art" volumes (posted 12 April 2001)
  
• Jamaican Chess Federation hosts e-Correspondence tourney! (posted 12 April 2001)
  
• MyEmailChess.com amongst world's top chess-playing sites! (posted 8 April 2001)
  
• Ugandan Chess on the Rise!! (posted 6 April 2001)
  
• NM Elvin Wilson triumphs at 2001 Philadelphia Chess Championship! (posted 3 April 2001)
  
• Angolan tourney attracts Zambia's "dynamic duo," IM Simutowe and FM Lungu (posted 3 April 2001)
  

March

• IM Simutowe takes 2nd in Germany's Bad Wörishofen! (posted 23 March 2001)
  
• Wilbert Paige Memorial IM tourney set for mid-July!  (posted  14 March 2001)
  
• U.S. National Open Draws 800+ as GMs Akopian & Zhong Top Strong Field (posted 14 March 2001)
  
• Jamaican Ambassadors Chess Academy Launches "Kids n' Chess" Drive (posted 4 March 2001)
  
• IM Simutowe Misses GM Norm on Technicality! (posted 4 March 2001)
  
• Zambia's Malupande Lungu is Impressive in India's Goodricke Invitational (posted 4 March 2001)
  
• NM Pitterson crowned as Jamaica's Blitz Champion!  (posted 4 March 2001)
  

• NM McClelland Topples GM Bu Xiangzhi!! (posted 12 February 2001)
  
• GM Ashley's Harlem Chess Festival a rousing success despite rain!! (posted 12 February 2001)
  
• IM Amon Simutowe of Zambia wins silver at 2000 Olympiad!! (posted 12 February 2001)
  
• NM Warren Elliott wins Jamaican Championship!! (posted 12 February 2001)
  
• Meet Nigeria's IM Odion Aikhoje (posted 12 February 2001)