Drum's News Briefs (2016)


	The Chess Drum's News Briefs 2016

December

The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2016! (31 December 2016)

Carlsson reflects on Sweden’s Racial Climate (31 December 2016)

Petition for U.S. Chess Olympiad team (23 December 2016)

Ray “Dragon” Robinson passes away (22 December 2016)

FM Harold Wanyama of Uganda retires (21 December 2016)

2016 London Chess Classic (Round #9) (18 December 2016)

2016 London Chess Classic (Round #8) (18 December 2016)

2016 London Chess Classic (Round #7) (17 December 2016)

2016 London Chess Classic (Round #6) (16 December 2016)
2016 London Chess Classic (Round #5) (13 December 2016)
2016 London Chess Classic (Round #4) (12 December 2016)
2016 London Chess Classic (Round #3) (12 December 2016)
2016 London Chess Classic (Round #2) (10 December 2016)
2016 London Chess Classic (Round #1) (10 December 2016)
2016 London Chess Classic (London, England) (9 December 2016)
After #worldchess2016, hanging out in St. Louis! (6 December 2016)
2016 World Chess Championship: Carlsen wins!! (1 December 2016)

November

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #12 (29 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #11 (28 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #10 (25 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #9 (24 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #8 (23 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #7 (21 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #6 (18 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #5 (18 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #4 (17 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #3 (15 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #2 (13 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship: Round #1 (12 November 2016)

Carlsen is Huge Favorite, but “Trump Effect” Looms (11 November 2016)

2016 World Chess Championship (Carlsen vs. Karjakin) (10 November 2016)

Carlsson wins Pankrac Cup! (8 November 2016)

Will Chess Championship get lost in Election Aftermath? (6 November 2016)

Morrison, Colas annotate in Chess Life (6 November 2016)

October

Reflections of 2016 Millionaire Chess Open (29 October 2016)

Carlsen vs. Nakamura Showdown on 10-27! (27 October 2016)

Hudson’s Besomeone.org with Disney and TJMS! (27 October 2016)

Maurice Ashley on 2016 Millionaire Chess (21 October 2016)

Drum Interviews @ ’16 Millionaire Chess (18 October 2016)

Dariusz Swiercz wins 2016 Millionaire Chess Open! (16 October 2016)

2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day Four (10 October 2016)

2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day Three (9 October 2016)

2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day Two (8 October 2016)

2016 Millionaire Chess Open: Day One (7 October 2016)

2016 Millionaire Chess Open (Atlantic City, NJ) (6 October 2016)

Queen of Katwe: A Chess Review (4 October 2016)

September

Post-Olympiad: Balance of Power shifts (24 September 2016)

The End of Millionaire Chess? (23 September 2016)

The Anatomy of USA Gold at ’16 Chess Olympiad (15 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #11 (13 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #10 (13 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #9 (12 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #8 (11 September 2016)

MC3 – 2016 less than a month away! (10 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #7 (9 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #6 (9 September 2016)

Jamaicans @ Baku 2016! (8 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #5 (7 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #4 (6 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #3 (6 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #2 (4 September 2016)

2016 Chess Olympiad: Round #1 (2 September 2016)

Baku 2016: The Africans are Coming! (1 September 2016)

August

2016 Chess Olympiad (Baku, Azerbaijan) (31 August 2016)

Preview & Predictions for the 2016 Chess Olympiad (30 August 2016)

Jamaica’s Wilkinson to challenge FIDE brass (25 August 2016)

Wesley So wins 2016 Sinquefield Cup (19 August 2016)

2016 Sinquefield Cup (St. Louis, USA) (7 August 2016)

Wilkinson defends Roper Memorial title (6 August 2016)

2016 Trinidad & Tobago Masters/Open in progress! (1 August 2016)

July

Hesham wins 2016 African Championship! (29 July 2016)

2016 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Nigeria) (23 July 2016)

2016 Millionaire Chess Satellite (S. Africa) (21 July 2016)

Maurice Ashley helps propel Kenyan chess forward! (14 July 2016)

The African beat of the 2016 World Open! (12 July 2016)

2016 African Individual Championships (Kampala, Uganda) (11 July 2016)

Expert Adia Onyango… New York’s chess charm (10 July 2016)

Gabor Papp wins 44th World Open 9 July 2016)

William Morrison bags 3rd IM norm! 9 July 2016)

Trinidad & Tobago to host 80th Anniversary Chess Open! 8 July 2016)

Colas earns IM norm at World Open! (8 July 2016)

Gwayne Lambert wins Chicago’s Tate Memorial! (7 July 2016)

June

Orrin Hudson to host Youth Summer Initiative (28 June 2016)

HHCF’s re-releases new book… Bambaataa nixed! (28 June 2016)

Triple Exclam!!! The Life and Games of Emory Tate, Chess Warrior (25 June 2016)

Postscript of the Leon Wilson case (chess coach) (13 June 2016)

The Wilson trial begins today! (6 June 2016)

Chicago to hold Emory Tate Memorial on June 25th (6 June 2016)

Tournament @ Baltimore’s Hollins Market on 6-18-16! (3 June 2016)

May

2016 Chicago Open is on! (26 May 2016)

Jamaica’s Deborah Porter makes history… what’s next? (15 May 2016)

Kenya surges forward in 2016! (11 May 2016)

MC3 May 31st deadline approaching (4 May 2016)

In Chicago jails chess teaches better moves in life (4 May 2016)

Detroit rules at All-Girls under-14 Nationals! (3 May 2016)

Caruana, Pakidze new U.S. Champions! (1 May 2016)

April

Dapo Adu dominates Africa’s Zone 4.4 Championships (24 April 2016)

Purity Maina awarded International Arbiter title! (22 April 2016)

Jamaica’s mourns chess pioneer Dr. Hope Anderson (22 April 2016)

Maurice Ashley formally inducted into U.S. Hall of Fame! (17 April 2016)

“Queen of Katwe” is coming! (13 April 2016)

New ‘Toiletgate’ Cheating Accusation Refuted (7 April 2016)
Will Karjakin dethrone Carlsen? (3 April 2016)

MC#3 Registration now open!! (1 April 2016)

March

Homestretch at 2016 Candidates! (26 March 2016)

Chess and March Madness (21 March 2016)

“Today in Chess” launches! (20 March 2016)

MC3 Update: Websites and Satellites (20 March 2016)

2016 Women’s Chess Championship (Lviv, Ukraine) (16 March 2016)

2016 World Chess Candidates (Moscow, Russia) (12 March 2016)

Wilson retrial set for June 6th (10 March 2016)

HHCF’s new book… “Bobby, Bruce & Bam” (10 March 2016)

February

Theophilus Thompson Revisited (1986) (29 February 2016)

Trial in progress for Coach Leon Wilson (26 February 2016)

GM Kenny Solomon’s Masterclass (26 February 2016)

Olympiad dates have been changed!! (24 February 2016)

Chicago’s Earle STEM Academy saving chess! (22 February 2016)

Justus Williams on TMZ! (22 February 2016)

Drum Roll… MC3 Announcement Coming! (17 February 2016)

Nakamura gets a Double-Repeat! (16 February 2016)

When the Chess Hustler Gets Hustled! (15 February 2016)

HHCF now in seven schools! (15 February 2016)

15 years for The Chess Drum! (12 February 2016)

Kamsky, Ashley… 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees! (11 February 2016)

FM Josh Colas painting a bright future (7 February 2016)

Nakamura eyes 2016 Candidates (7 February 2016)

Naledi Marape: Botswana’s rising talent (4 February 2016)

MC3 is coming! (1 February 2016)

January

Silva keeping tradition as African Jr. Champ! (27 January 2016)

Senegal relaunches chess in 2016! (27 January 2016)

Drum beats in Singapore-Philippines! (23 January 2016)

2016 Africa Chess Calendar is out! (19 January 2016)

16-year old Okpegbuo talks chess on Nigerian TV! (19 January 2016)

Magnus Carlsen: Champion of commercial success! (8 January 2016)

On forward to 2016! (2 January 2015)