Drum's News Briefs (2010)


	The Chess Drum's News Briefs 2010


	December The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2010! (31 December 2010) Jerald Times in S. Africa (30 December 2010) Kenya archives Karanja! (30 December 2010) President Zuma at Chess Tournament (29 December 2010) Wisdom prevails in Jamaica! (27 December 2010) Zimbabwe Open on New Year’s (27 December 2010) Anand analyzes!! (26 December 2010) Hou Yifan: Women’s World Champion! (24 December 2010) iPhone App for GM Ashley (23 December 2010) 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Finals (18 December 2010) Chess Events for East Africa (17 December 2010) Record falls… Colas makes Master! (17 December 2010) 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #5 (15 December 2010) Gwaze captures Botswana Open! (14 December 2010) Chess snubbed in Jamaican Awards (13 December 2010) Corbblah on JEOPARDY! (13 December 2010) Josh Colas: 7th Grade National Champ! (13 December 2010) 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #4 (12 December 2010) Photo Op on Harlem Chess (12 December 2010) 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #3 (10 December 2010) 2010 London Chess Classic (8 December 2010) 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #2 (8 December 2010) 2010 Women’s Chess Championship: Round #1 (4 December 2010) 2010 Women Chess Championship (Antakya, Turkey) (4 December 2010) Orrin Hudson seeking support (2 December 2010) Four Tie at National Congress (2 December 2010) November 2010 Botswana International Open (25 November 2010) Ken Gibson: 2010 Bahamaian Champion (23 November 2010) Aronian wins World Blitz! (21 November 2010) Chess Players harassed by police… again! (18 November 2010) Maurice Ashley on “Big Think” (17 November 2010) Adu gets joint 1st in N. Virginia (14 November 2010) 2010 Tal Memorial (Moscow, Russia) (7 November 2010) Rowe takes 2010 Jamaican Open! (7 November 2010) Carlsen bolts Championship Cycle (5 November 2010) Jamaican Women feted! (4 November 2010) November 2010 FIDE Rating list released! (4 November 2010) October 'Moves for Life' launched in S. Africa (28 October 2010) Justus and Josh battle at World Youth! (24 October 2010) World Youth Championships set records! (22 October 2010) Three 2800s Square Off! (19 October 2010) Kacheischvili wins Continental! (14 October 2010) Lessons learned for Botswana (10 October 2010) 2010 Bilbao Masters (Bilbao, Spain) (9 October 2010) Brema Bah: Mali’s Olympiad Gem (7 October 2010) Ashley’s Secret: “Aikido Chess” (6 October 2010) Zambia shines at 39th Olympiad! (5 October 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Closing (5 October 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #11 (3 October 2010) Ramsay takes Jamaican Junior Crown! (3 October 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #10 (2 October 2010) September 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #9 (30 September 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #8 (29 September 2010) Day of Reckoning… 2010 FIDE Vote (29 September 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #7 (28 September 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #6 (27 September 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #5 (25 September 2010) Justus Williams makes Master at 12! (24 September 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #4 (24 September 2010) Awarding of Olympiad Medals (23 September 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #3 (23 September 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #2 (22 September 2010) 2010 Chess Olympiad: Round #1 (21 September 2010) 2010 Olympiad: Let the Games Begin!! (20 September 2010) Adeyemi chats with Drum on Olympiad (19 September 2010) Namibian Olympians to Russia (19 September 2010) Jamaica leaves for 2010 Olympiad! (18 September 2010) Africa: Too Much Voting Power in FIDE? (17 September 2010) Predictions for 2010 Chess Olympiad (12 September 2010) Magnus Carlsen vs. the World Exhibition (10 September 2010) Wilson wins 2010 Harold Chan Open! (10 September 2010) Becerra defends Florida title (8 September 2010) September 2010 FIDE Rating list released! (3 September 2010) August Is 2010 Olympiad headed for Disaster? (28 August 2010) Trinidad featured on ChessBase! (27 August 2010) Karpov2010 heads to Africa (24 August 2010) Uganda set rewrite Olympiad history (24 August 2010) Jamaican Masters on CVM TV!” (21 August 2010) Ashley DVD: “The Secret to Chess” (21 August 2010) NY Stars take on Canada! (21 August 2010) UMADA Cup 2010 (Trinidad) (17 August 2010) Hip-Hop Chess Fed holds Graffiti Contest (16 August 2010) Ashley’s “Pawn Mower” Puzzle Debuts! (15 August 2010) Reflections on the 2010 Chess Carnival (13 August 2010) Bullyproof Chess? (13 August 2010) Exclusive Interviews from Trinidad (11 August 2010) 2010 Chess Carnival: Sagalchik wins! (8 August 2010) 2010 Chess Carnival: Colas’ upset highlights day (8 August 2010) 2010 Chess Carnival: Streaks Fall… New Leaders Emerge (7 August 2010) 2010 Chess Carnival: Race Tightens on Day 3 (6 August 2010) New ELO Rating Formula Coming?? (6 August 2010) 2010 Chess Carnival: Adu on 3/3… moves in 1st (5 August 2010) 2010 Chess Carnival: Favorites rule on day 1 (4 August 2010) The Chess Drum beats in Trinidad! (1 August 2010) Fireworks at U.S. Women’s, U.S. Juniors (1 August 2010) July Fireworks at U.S. Women’s, U.S. Juniors (22 July 2010) Indiana Chess moving forward! (19 July 2010) FIDE Election hotly-contested in Africa (19 July 2010) Colas eyes World Youth in Greece (15 July 2010) Black Stars shine at 2010 World Open (9 July 2010) Laznicka wins 2010 World Open! (8 July 2010) Farai Mandizha: International Master (7 July 2010) 2010 World Open (Valley Forge) (2 July 2010) Pitterson bags IM title at Subzonal (2 July 2010) June FIDE sends chess sets to Haiti (30 June 2010) FIDE to hold Africa Seminar in Zambia (28 June 2010) Karpov campaigns in Bahamas (25 June 2010) Mandizha earns IM Norm at NY Int'l! (24 June 2010) Ashley inspires Youth (23 June 2010) 2010 New York International (19 June 2010) Josh Colas to compete in Trinidad (18 June 2010) Chess under attack in Bay Area (18 June 2010) Nigel Bryant makes "Expert"! (16 June 2010) 2010 World Open approaches! (16 June 2010) The Drum Beats in Africa! (13 June 2010) 2010 Caribbean Chess Carnival (Trinidad) (4 June 2010) Candid Interview with Anand (3 June 2010) Olympiad Announcement (3 June 2010) World Cup 2010: Chess on the Pitch (2 June 2010) Van Wely wins 2010 Chicago Open! (1 June 2010) May Nigel Short campaigns in Africa (29 May 2010) 2010 Chicago Open (29 May 2010) 2010 Guadaloupe Open (28 May 2010) Kenya welcomes Shabazz! (25 May 2010) Sydney Morris… Middle School Champ! (25 May 2010) 2010 U.S. Championship (St. Louis) (14 May 2010) WCC 2010-12: Anand wins… defends title! (11 May 2010) 2010-11: Gladiator Battle, but no Winner (8 May 2010) Williams, Black shine… K6 Champions! (8 May 2010) WCC 2010-10: Topalov charges but Anand holds (8 May 2010) WCC 2010-9: Missed Chances in Seesaw Battle (7 May 2010) Chicago's Tyrone Lee killed in car crash (7 May 2010) WCC 2010-8: Topalov levels match at 4-4! (4 May 2010) WCC 2010-7: 'Fire on Board' fizzles to draw (3 May 2010) Florencio Campomanes dies at 83 (3 May 2010) WCC 2010-6: Topalov presses but no point (2 May 2010) Elliott, Richards… 2010 Jamaican Champs! (2 May 2010) WCC 2010-5: Anand continues to hold lead (1 May 2010) April Ballantyne wins All-Girls Title! (29 April 2010) Nakamura relocates to St. Louis (29 April 2010) WCC 2010-4: Anand crushes Topalov for +1 (29 April 2010) WCC 2010-3: Match stays level after draw (28 April 2010) WCC 2010-2: Anand storms back… evens match (25 April 2010) WCC 2010-1: Topalov breaks out on top! (25 April 2010) The Drum to beat in Africa! (23 April 2010) 2010 Dubai Open (23 April 2010) African Regent Championship (Accra, Ghana) (19 April 2010) 2010 World Chess Championship (18 April 2010) Chess Crackers (March-April 2010) (17 April 2010) IS 318…Jr. High Champs! (14 April 2010) Drum Majors at Philly Open (9 April 2010) Ashley to commentate at 2010 U.S. Championship (9 April 2010) Bahamas set to host Subzonal! (4 April 2010) March Smith moves Birmingham's Chess Agenda (31 March 2010) Williams takes on U.S. Masters (31 March 2010) Detroit CCC runs Motor City! (24 March 2010) FIDE: Which Way Forward? (21 March 2010) 2010 UWI Masters (Jamaica) (19 March 2010) The 'Matrix Man' still at it! (11 March 2010) Diamond shines at Polgar tourney (11 March 2010) Players protest "zero tolerance" rule (10 March 2010) Carlsson battling in Euro Championships! (9 March 2010) Arthur Kobese: (1938-2010) (7 March 2010) 1st Saturday Budapest invites Africans! (7 March 2010) Angola hosts CUCA BGI tourney! (6 March 2010) Nigeria set to hold Olympiad Qualifiers (6 March 2010) 5th Annual "Bum Rush the Boards" (4 March 2010) March 2010 FIDE Rating list released! (3 March 2010) Karpov to vie for FIDE Presidency (3 March 2010) February 2010 Olympiad Update (28 February 2010) Sicilian Love: Polgar-Kaidanov Match (26 February 2010) The Road to Olympiad… from Nairobi to Siberia (25 February 2010) Young Tigers at Amateur East (20 February 2010) Theophilus Thompson's Problem Book! (19 February 2010) Baraka Shabazz: Black Queen of Chess (19 February 2010) Guadeloupe's 2010 Chess Campaign (19 February 2010) Justus-Josh battle at IS-318! (17 February 2010) Video Commemoration at The Drum (15 February 2010) Chess Crackers (January/February 2010) (14 February 2010) Happy Birthday! The Chess Drum is 9! (12 February 2010) Black History: A Chess Perspective (11 February 2010) Bahamas hosts GM Norwood (9 February 2010) U.S. Chess: Changing of the Guard (9 February 2010) Chess at I.S. 318: A Movie in the Making? (3 February 2010) January Help for Haitian Chess Family (30 January 2010) 2010 John Powell Open (Jamaica) (19 January 2010) Mondoly Sanon: 2009 Haitian Champion (19 January 2010) 2010 Corus Chess (Wijk ann Zee, Netherlands) (16 January 2010) Chess World: Please Help Haiti! (16 January 2010) Prayers for Haiti (13 January 2010) Titanic Battle: Justus vs. Josh II (10 January 2010) Stewart's "Matrix Lawsuit" uncovered (10 January 2010) Chess in the Congo (7 January 2010) 2009 World Team Championship (Bursa, Turkey) (3 January 2010) Jehron Bryant breaks 2000! (3 January 2010) The Chess Drum's Highlights of 2009! (1 January 2010)