December The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2019! (31 December 2019) 2019 World Rapid & Blitz (Moscow, Russia) (31 December 2019) HBCU chess tourney set for April 2020! (27 December 2019) Firoujza miffed about Iran mandate, ponders switch (26 December 2019) Gohil is Kenya’s 2019 chess king, wins car!! (21 December 2019) Nakamura returns to Motor City! (20 December 2019) United Nations acknowledges 'Chess Day' (19 December 2019) St. Ethelreda shines at Illinois state tourney! (5 December 2019) Carlsen wins GCT India… country a shining host! (2 December 2019) November Brewington Hardaway, a Chess Master at 10! (30 November 2019) Bahamas’ Roussos passed FIDE exam… at 13! (30 November 2019) Cleveland master/coach David Allen passes away (25 November 2019) Wilkinson, Matthews at 2019 World Seniors (15 November 2019) U.S. Football Players making the best moves on and off the field (9 November 2019) Fawzy, Pires win titles at 2019 African Juniors! (3 November 2019) African Juniors 2019 going down to the wire! (1 November 2019) October Ivorians ready for 2019 African Juniors (25 October 2019) 2019 African Junior Championships (Accra, Ghana) (23 October 2019) Ashley propelling chess forward in West Africa (12 October 2019) Jamaal Abdul-Alim keeping the journalistic beat (11 October 2019) 2019 World Cup: Finals (4 October 2019) September 2019 World Cup: Semifinals (26 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #5 (25 September 2019) Xiong’s graceful exit of ’19 World Cup (25 September 2019) Charisse Woods off to India for WYCC (23 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #4 (23 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #3 (16 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #2 (14 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #1 (14 September 2019) 2019 World Chess Cup starts today… Africa rejuvenated (9 September 2019) 2019 World Chess Cup (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) (8 September 2019) Zahir Muhammad coming “Full Circle” in Chess (7 September 2019) 2019 Florida St. Championship (West Palm Beach, FL) (6 September 2019) Bahamas devastated… word from chess community! (5 September 2019) August Ding continues to rise after Sinquefield win! (31 August 2019) Carlsson featured in 'Building Minds with Chess' (30 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Blitz-Day 5 (28 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 4 (28 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 3 (27 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 2 (26 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 1 (25 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games (Rabat, Morocco) (24 August 2019) Ramson to host Chess Girls DC fundraiser August 30th (24 August 2019) John Fedorowicz chats with The Chess Drum (16 August 2019) Bazemore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1975-2019) (14 August 2019) Playing Chess to Death (4 August 2019) 2019 U.S. Chess Open (Orlando, Florida) (2 August 2019) July Nelson presents K.I.D.S Chess in Trinidad (29 July 2019) Korley bags 2nd GM norm @ Copenhagen Festival (28 July 2019) 'MiniChess' turns into big chess in Cote d’Ivoire! (23 July 2019) Korley uncorks gem in Denmark’s Xtracon tourney! (22 July 2019) Ron Jones, fixture in DC chess, dead at 59 (21 July 2019) Josh Colas on ’19 European Tour (19 July 2019) Egypt’s Adly, Wafa are 2019 African Champions! (18 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #9 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #8 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #7 (16 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #6 (15 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #5 (14 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #4 (13 July 2019) Is there still magic at the World Open? (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #3 (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #2 (11 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #1 (10 July 2019) 2019 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia) (10 July 2019) Le Quang Liem edges Xiong at 2019 World Open! (10 July 2019) 2019 Grand Chess Tour (Zagreb, Croatia) (4 July 2019) June 2019 World Open (Philadelphia, USA) (30 June 2019) Maya McGreen earns Senior TD title! (20 June 2019) Detroit honors 2019 All-City team! (16 June 2019) Goryachkina to challenge Ju Wenjun for title (16 June 2019) Nathan Hinds wins 2019 President’s Cup! (9 June 2019) St. Ethelreda making moves @ Chicago Chess Open! (8 June 2019) 2019 Haitian (Jr.) Chess Championships (8 June 2019) Atlanta’s Troutman at 2019 Chicago Open (4 June 2019) Renewed Energy @ Chicago Open! (2 June 2019) May Vasif Dararbayli wins 2019 Chicago Open! (29 May 2019) 2019 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois) (25 May 2019) Reflections on 2019 Abidjan Rapid & Blitz (22 May 2019) The Chess Drum chats with Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu (18 May 2019) 20 years after GM title, Ashley discusses African path (17 May 2019) Essoh Essis on GCT Rapid & Blitz event (16 May 2019) Carlsen wins Abidjan Rapid & Blitz! (14 May 2019) Veselin Topalov chats with The Chess Drum (13 May 2019) Grand Chess Tour meets Didier Drogba! (10 May 2019) 2019 Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire) (9 May 2019) Detroit Chess podcast features Daaim Shabazz (6 May 2019) The Chess Drum salutes Jamaica’s 50 years in chess! (5 May 2019) Cote d’Ivoire days away from epic chess event! (4 May 2019) April Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8! (29 April 2019) St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world! (26 April 2019) The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley (21 April 2019) Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability (15 April 2019) #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess? (10 April 2019) Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open (6 April 2019) Nakamura, Yu… 2019 U.S. Chess Champs! (3 April 2019) Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso (1 April 2019) March After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019) Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019) Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019) Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019) Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019) Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019) Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019) Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019) Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019) February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
November Brewington Hardaway, a Chess Master at 10! (30 November 2019) Bahamas’ Roussos passed FIDE exam… at 13! (30 November 2019) Cleveland master/coach David Allen passes away (25 November 2019) Wilkinson, Matthews at 2019 World Seniors (15 November 2019) U.S. Football Players making the best moves on and off the field (9 November 2019) Fawzy, Pires win titles at 2019 African Juniors! (3 November 2019) African Juniors 2019 going down to the wire! (1 November 2019) October Ivorians ready for 2019 African Juniors (25 October 2019) 2019 African Junior Championships (Accra, Ghana) (23 October 2019) Ashley propelling chess forward in West Africa (12 October 2019) Jamaal Abdul-Alim keeping the journalistic beat (11 October 2019) 2019 World Cup: Finals (4 October 2019) September 2019 World Cup: Semifinals (26 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #5 (25 September 2019) Xiong’s graceful exit of ’19 World Cup (25 September 2019) Charisse Woods off to India for WYCC (23 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #4 (23 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #3 (16 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #2 (14 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #1 (14 September 2019) 2019 World Chess Cup starts today… Africa rejuvenated (9 September 2019) 2019 World Chess Cup (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) (8 September 2019) Zahir Muhammad coming “Full Circle” in Chess (7 September 2019) 2019 Florida St. Championship (West Palm Beach, FL) (6 September 2019) Bahamas devastated… word from chess community! (5 September 2019) August Ding continues to rise after Sinquefield win! (31 August 2019) Carlsson featured in 'Building Minds with Chess' (30 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Blitz-Day 5 (28 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 4 (28 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 3 (27 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 2 (26 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 1 (25 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games (Rabat, Morocco) (24 August 2019) Ramson to host Chess Girls DC fundraiser August 30th (24 August 2019) John Fedorowicz chats with The Chess Drum (16 August 2019) Bazemore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1975-2019) (14 August 2019) Playing Chess to Death (4 August 2019) 2019 U.S. Chess Open (Orlando, Florida) (2 August 2019) July Nelson presents K.I.D.S Chess in Trinidad (29 July 2019) Korley bags 2nd GM norm @ Copenhagen Festival (28 July 2019) 'MiniChess' turns into big chess in Cote d’Ivoire! (23 July 2019) Korley uncorks gem in Denmark’s Xtracon tourney! (22 July 2019) Ron Jones, fixture in DC chess, dead at 59 (21 July 2019) Josh Colas on ’19 European Tour (19 July 2019) Egypt’s Adly, Wafa are 2019 African Champions! (18 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #9 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #8 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #7 (16 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #6 (15 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #5 (14 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #4 (13 July 2019) Is there still magic at the World Open? (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #3 (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #2 (11 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #1 (10 July 2019) 2019 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia) (10 July 2019) Le Quang Liem edges Xiong at 2019 World Open! (10 July 2019) 2019 Grand Chess Tour (Zagreb, Croatia) (4 July 2019) June 2019 World Open (Philadelphia, USA) (30 June 2019) Maya McGreen earns Senior TD title! (20 June 2019) Detroit honors 2019 All-City team! (16 June 2019) Goryachkina to challenge Ju Wenjun for title (16 June 2019) Nathan Hinds wins 2019 President’s Cup! (9 June 2019) St. Ethelreda making moves @ Chicago Chess Open! (8 June 2019) 2019 Haitian (Jr.) Chess Championships (8 June 2019) Atlanta’s Troutman at 2019 Chicago Open (4 June 2019) Renewed Energy @ Chicago Open! (2 June 2019) May Vasif Dararbayli wins 2019 Chicago Open! (29 May 2019) 2019 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois) (25 May 2019) Reflections on 2019 Abidjan Rapid & Blitz (22 May 2019) The Chess Drum chats with Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu (18 May 2019) 20 years after GM title, Ashley discusses African path (17 May 2019) Essoh Essis on GCT Rapid & Blitz event (16 May 2019) Carlsen wins Abidjan Rapid & Blitz! (14 May 2019) Veselin Topalov chats with The Chess Drum (13 May 2019) Grand Chess Tour meets Didier Drogba! (10 May 2019) 2019 Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire) (9 May 2019) Detroit Chess podcast features Daaim Shabazz (6 May 2019) The Chess Drum salutes Jamaica’s 50 years in chess! (5 May 2019) Cote d’Ivoire days away from epic chess event! (4 May 2019) April Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8! (29 April 2019) St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world! (26 April 2019) The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley (21 April 2019) Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability (15 April 2019) #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess? (10 April 2019) Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open (6 April 2019) Nakamura, Yu… 2019 U.S. Chess Champs! (3 April 2019) Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso (1 April 2019) March After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019) Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019) Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019) Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019) Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019) Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019) Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019) Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019) Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019) February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
October Ivorians ready for 2019 African Juniors (25 October 2019) 2019 African Junior Championships (Accra, Ghana) (23 October 2019) Ashley propelling chess forward in West Africa (12 October 2019) Jamaal Abdul-Alim keeping the journalistic beat (11 October 2019) 2019 World Cup: Finals (4 October 2019) September 2019 World Cup: Semifinals (26 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #5 (25 September 2019) Xiong’s graceful exit of ’19 World Cup (25 September 2019) Charisse Woods off to India for WYCC (23 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #4 (23 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #3 (16 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #2 (14 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #1 (14 September 2019) 2019 World Chess Cup starts today… Africa rejuvenated (9 September 2019) 2019 World Chess Cup (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) (8 September 2019) Zahir Muhammad coming “Full Circle” in Chess (7 September 2019) 2019 Florida St. Championship (West Palm Beach, FL) (6 September 2019) Bahamas devastated… word from chess community! (5 September 2019) August Ding continues to rise after Sinquefield win! (31 August 2019) Carlsson featured in 'Building Minds with Chess' (30 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Blitz-Day 5 (28 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 4 (28 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 3 (27 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 2 (26 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 1 (25 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games (Rabat, Morocco) (24 August 2019) Ramson to host Chess Girls DC fundraiser August 30th (24 August 2019) John Fedorowicz chats with The Chess Drum (16 August 2019) Bazemore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1975-2019) (14 August 2019) Playing Chess to Death (4 August 2019) 2019 U.S. Chess Open (Orlando, Florida) (2 August 2019) July Nelson presents K.I.D.S Chess in Trinidad (29 July 2019) Korley bags 2nd GM norm @ Copenhagen Festival (28 July 2019) 'MiniChess' turns into big chess in Cote d’Ivoire! (23 July 2019) Korley uncorks gem in Denmark’s Xtracon tourney! (22 July 2019) Ron Jones, fixture in DC chess, dead at 59 (21 July 2019) Josh Colas on ’19 European Tour (19 July 2019) Egypt’s Adly, Wafa are 2019 African Champions! (18 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #9 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #8 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #7 (16 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #6 (15 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #5 (14 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #4 (13 July 2019) Is there still magic at the World Open? (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #3 (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #2 (11 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #1 (10 July 2019) 2019 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia) (10 July 2019) Le Quang Liem edges Xiong at 2019 World Open! (10 July 2019) 2019 Grand Chess Tour (Zagreb, Croatia) (4 July 2019) June 2019 World Open (Philadelphia, USA) (30 June 2019) Maya McGreen earns Senior TD title! (20 June 2019) Detroit honors 2019 All-City team! (16 June 2019) Goryachkina to challenge Ju Wenjun for title (16 June 2019) Nathan Hinds wins 2019 President’s Cup! (9 June 2019) St. Ethelreda making moves @ Chicago Chess Open! (8 June 2019) 2019 Haitian (Jr.) Chess Championships (8 June 2019) Atlanta’s Troutman at 2019 Chicago Open (4 June 2019) Renewed Energy @ Chicago Open! (2 June 2019) May Vasif Dararbayli wins 2019 Chicago Open! (29 May 2019) 2019 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois) (25 May 2019) Reflections on 2019 Abidjan Rapid & Blitz (22 May 2019) The Chess Drum chats with Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu (18 May 2019) 20 years after GM title, Ashley discusses African path (17 May 2019) Essoh Essis on GCT Rapid & Blitz event (16 May 2019) Carlsen wins Abidjan Rapid & Blitz! (14 May 2019) Veselin Topalov chats with The Chess Drum (13 May 2019) Grand Chess Tour meets Didier Drogba! (10 May 2019) 2019 Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire) (9 May 2019) Detroit Chess podcast features Daaim Shabazz (6 May 2019) The Chess Drum salutes Jamaica’s 50 years in chess! (5 May 2019) Cote d’Ivoire days away from epic chess event! (4 May 2019) April Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8! (29 April 2019) St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world! (26 April 2019) The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley (21 April 2019) Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability (15 April 2019) #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess? (10 April 2019) Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open (6 April 2019) Nakamura, Yu… 2019 U.S. Chess Champs! (3 April 2019) Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso (1 April 2019) March After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019) Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019) Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019) Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019) Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019) Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019) Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019) Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019) Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019) February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
September 2019 World Cup: Semifinals (26 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #5 (25 September 2019) Xiong’s graceful exit of ’19 World Cup (25 September 2019) Charisse Woods off to India for WYCC (23 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #4 (23 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #3 (16 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #2 (14 September 2019) 2019 World Cup: Round #1 (14 September 2019) 2019 World Chess Cup starts today… Africa rejuvenated (9 September 2019) 2019 World Chess Cup (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) (8 September 2019) Zahir Muhammad coming “Full Circle” in Chess (7 September 2019) 2019 Florida St. Championship (West Palm Beach, FL) (6 September 2019) Bahamas devastated… word from chess community! (5 September 2019) August Ding continues to rise after Sinquefield win! (31 August 2019) Carlsson featured in 'Building Minds with Chess' (30 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Blitz-Day 5 (28 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 4 (28 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 3 (27 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 2 (26 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 1 (25 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games (Rabat, Morocco) (24 August 2019) Ramson to host Chess Girls DC fundraiser August 30th (24 August 2019) John Fedorowicz chats with The Chess Drum (16 August 2019) Bazemore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1975-2019) (14 August 2019) Playing Chess to Death (4 August 2019) 2019 U.S. Chess Open (Orlando, Florida) (2 August 2019) July Nelson presents K.I.D.S Chess in Trinidad (29 July 2019) Korley bags 2nd GM norm @ Copenhagen Festival (28 July 2019) 'MiniChess' turns into big chess in Cote d’Ivoire! (23 July 2019) Korley uncorks gem in Denmark’s Xtracon tourney! (22 July 2019) Ron Jones, fixture in DC chess, dead at 59 (21 July 2019) Josh Colas on ’19 European Tour (19 July 2019) Egypt’s Adly, Wafa are 2019 African Champions! (18 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #9 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #8 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #7 (16 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #6 (15 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #5 (14 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #4 (13 July 2019) Is there still magic at the World Open? (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #3 (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #2 (11 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #1 (10 July 2019) 2019 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia) (10 July 2019) Le Quang Liem edges Xiong at 2019 World Open! (10 July 2019) 2019 Grand Chess Tour (Zagreb, Croatia) (4 July 2019) June 2019 World Open (Philadelphia, USA) (30 June 2019) Maya McGreen earns Senior TD title! (20 June 2019) Detroit honors 2019 All-City team! (16 June 2019) Goryachkina to challenge Ju Wenjun for title (16 June 2019) Nathan Hinds wins 2019 President’s Cup! (9 June 2019) St. Ethelreda making moves @ Chicago Chess Open! (8 June 2019) 2019 Haitian (Jr.) Chess Championships (8 June 2019) Atlanta’s Troutman at 2019 Chicago Open (4 June 2019) Renewed Energy @ Chicago Open! (2 June 2019) May Vasif Dararbayli wins 2019 Chicago Open! (29 May 2019) 2019 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois) (25 May 2019) Reflections on 2019 Abidjan Rapid & Blitz (22 May 2019) The Chess Drum chats with Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu (18 May 2019) 20 years after GM title, Ashley discusses African path (17 May 2019) Essoh Essis on GCT Rapid & Blitz event (16 May 2019) Carlsen wins Abidjan Rapid & Blitz! (14 May 2019) Veselin Topalov chats with The Chess Drum (13 May 2019) Grand Chess Tour meets Didier Drogba! (10 May 2019) 2019 Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire) (9 May 2019) Detroit Chess podcast features Daaim Shabazz (6 May 2019) The Chess Drum salutes Jamaica’s 50 years in chess! (5 May 2019) Cote d’Ivoire days away from epic chess event! (4 May 2019) April Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8! (29 April 2019) St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world! (26 April 2019) The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley (21 April 2019) Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability (15 April 2019) #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess? (10 April 2019) Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open (6 April 2019) Nakamura, Yu… 2019 U.S. Chess Champs! (3 April 2019) Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso (1 April 2019) March After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019) Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019) Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019) Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019) Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019) Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019) Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019) Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019) Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019) February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
August Ding continues to rise after Sinquefield win! (31 August 2019) Carlsson featured in 'Building Minds with Chess' (30 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Blitz-Day 5 (28 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 4 (28 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Individual Rapid-Day 3 (27 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 2 (26 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games: Mixed Rapid-Day 1 (25 August 2019) 12th All-Africa Games (Rabat, Morocco) (24 August 2019) Ramson to host Chess Girls DC fundraiser August 30th (24 August 2019) John Fedorowicz chats with The Chess Drum (16 August 2019) Bazemore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1975-2019) (14 August 2019) Playing Chess to Death (4 August 2019) 2019 U.S. Chess Open (Orlando, Florida) (2 August 2019) July Nelson presents K.I.D.S Chess in Trinidad (29 July 2019) Korley bags 2nd GM norm @ Copenhagen Festival (28 July 2019) 'MiniChess' turns into big chess in Cote d’Ivoire! (23 July 2019) Korley uncorks gem in Denmark’s Xtracon tourney! (22 July 2019) Ron Jones, fixture in DC chess, dead at 59 (21 July 2019) Josh Colas on ’19 European Tour (19 July 2019) Egypt’s Adly, Wafa are 2019 African Champions! (18 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #9 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #8 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #7 (16 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #6 (15 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #5 (14 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #4 (13 July 2019) Is there still magic at the World Open? (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #3 (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #2 (11 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #1 (10 July 2019) 2019 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia) (10 July 2019) Le Quang Liem edges Xiong at 2019 World Open! (10 July 2019) 2019 Grand Chess Tour (Zagreb, Croatia) (4 July 2019) June 2019 World Open (Philadelphia, USA) (30 June 2019) Maya McGreen earns Senior TD title! (20 June 2019) Detroit honors 2019 All-City team! (16 June 2019) Goryachkina to challenge Ju Wenjun for title (16 June 2019) Nathan Hinds wins 2019 President’s Cup! (9 June 2019) St. Ethelreda making moves @ Chicago Chess Open! (8 June 2019) 2019 Haitian (Jr.) Chess Championships (8 June 2019) Atlanta’s Troutman at 2019 Chicago Open (4 June 2019) Renewed Energy @ Chicago Open! (2 June 2019) May Vasif Dararbayli wins 2019 Chicago Open! (29 May 2019) 2019 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois) (25 May 2019) Reflections on 2019 Abidjan Rapid & Blitz (22 May 2019) The Chess Drum chats with Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu (18 May 2019) 20 years after GM title, Ashley discusses African path (17 May 2019) Essoh Essis on GCT Rapid & Blitz event (16 May 2019) Carlsen wins Abidjan Rapid & Blitz! (14 May 2019) Veselin Topalov chats with The Chess Drum (13 May 2019) Grand Chess Tour meets Didier Drogba! (10 May 2019) 2019 Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire) (9 May 2019) Detroit Chess podcast features Daaim Shabazz (6 May 2019) The Chess Drum salutes Jamaica’s 50 years in chess! (5 May 2019) Cote d’Ivoire days away from epic chess event! (4 May 2019) April Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8! (29 April 2019) St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world! (26 April 2019) The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley (21 April 2019) Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability (15 April 2019) #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess? (10 April 2019) Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open (6 April 2019) Nakamura, Yu… 2019 U.S. Chess Champs! (3 April 2019) Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso (1 April 2019) March After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019) Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019) Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019) Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019) Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019) Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019) Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019) Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019) Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019) February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
July Nelson presents K.I.D.S Chess in Trinidad (29 July 2019) Korley bags 2nd GM norm @ Copenhagen Festival (28 July 2019) 'MiniChess' turns into big chess in Cote d’Ivoire! (23 July 2019) Korley uncorks gem in Denmark’s Xtracon tourney! (22 July 2019) Ron Jones, fixture in DC chess, dead at 59 (21 July 2019) Josh Colas on ’19 European Tour (19 July 2019) Egypt’s Adly, Wafa are 2019 African Champions! (18 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #9 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #8 (17 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #7 (16 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #6 (15 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #5 (14 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #4 (13 July 2019) Is there still magic at the World Open? (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #3 (12 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #2 (11 July 2019) 2019 African Championships: Round #1 (10 July 2019) 2019 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia) (10 July 2019) Le Quang Liem edges Xiong at 2019 World Open! (10 July 2019) 2019 Grand Chess Tour (Zagreb, Croatia) (4 July 2019) June 2019 World Open (Philadelphia, USA) (30 June 2019) Maya McGreen earns Senior TD title! (20 June 2019) Detroit honors 2019 All-City team! (16 June 2019) Goryachkina to challenge Ju Wenjun for title (16 June 2019) Nathan Hinds wins 2019 President’s Cup! (9 June 2019) St. Ethelreda making moves @ Chicago Chess Open! (8 June 2019) 2019 Haitian (Jr.) Chess Championships (8 June 2019) Atlanta’s Troutman at 2019 Chicago Open (4 June 2019) Renewed Energy @ Chicago Open! (2 June 2019) May Vasif Dararbayli wins 2019 Chicago Open! (29 May 2019) 2019 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois) (25 May 2019) Reflections on 2019 Abidjan Rapid & Blitz (22 May 2019) The Chess Drum chats with Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu (18 May 2019) 20 years after GM title, Ashley discusses African path (17 May 2019) Essoh Essis on GCT Rapid & Blitz event (16 May 2019) Carlsen wins Abidjan Rapid & Blitz! (14 May 2019) Veselin Topalov chats with The Chess Drum (13 May 2019) Grand Chess Tour meets Didier Drogba! (10 May 2019) 2019 Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire) (9 May 2019) Detroit Chess podcast features Daaim Shabazz (6 May 2019) The Chess Drum salutes Jamaica’s 50 years in chess! (5 May 2019) Cote d’Ivoire days away from epic chess event! (4 May 2019) April Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8! (29 April 2019) St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world! (26 April 2019) The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley (21 April 2019) Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability (15 April 2019) #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess? (10 April 2019) Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open (6 April 2019) Nakamura, Yu… 2019 U.S. Chess Champs! (3 April 2019) Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso (1 April 2019) March After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019) Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019) Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019) Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019) Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019) Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019) Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019) Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019) Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019) February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
June 2019 World Open (Philadelphia, USA) (30 June 2019) Maya McGreen earns Senior TD title! (20 June 2019) Detroit honors 2019 All-City team! (16 June 2019) Goryachkina to challenge Ju Wenjun for title (16 June 2019) Nathan Hinds wins 2019 President’s Cup! (9 June 2019) St. Ethelreda making moves @ Chicago Chess Open! (8 June 2019) 2019 Haitian (Jr.) Chess Championships (8 June 2019) Atlanta’s Troutman at 2019 Chicago Open (4 June 2019) Renewed Energy @ Chicago Open! (2 June 2019) May Vasif Dararbayli wins 2019 Chicago Open! (29 May 2019) 2019 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois) (25 May 2019) Reflections on 2019 Abidjan Rapid & Blitz (22 May 2019) The Chess Drum chats with Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu (18 May 2019) 20 years after GM title, Ashley discusses African path (17 May 2019) Essoh Essis on GCT Rapid & Blitz event (16 May 2019) Carlsen wins Abidjan Rapid & Blitz! (14 May 2019) Veselin Topalov chats with The Chess Drum (13 May 2019) Grand Chess Tour meets Didier Drogba! (10 May 2019) 2019 Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire) (9 May 2019) Detroit Chess podcast features Daaim Shabazz (6 May 2019) The Chess Drum salutes Jamaica’s 50 years in chess! (5 May 2019) Cote d’Ivoire days away from epic chess event! (4 May 2019) April Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8! (29 April 2019) St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world! (26 April 2019) The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley (21 April 2019) Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability (15 April 2019) #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess? (10 April 2019) Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open (6 April 2019) Nakamura, Yu… 2019 U.S. Chess Champs! (3 April 2019) Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso (1 April 2019) March After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019) Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019) Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019) Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019) Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019) Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019) Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019) Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019) Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019) February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
May Vasif Dararbayli wins 2019 Chicago Open! (29 May 2019) 2019 Chicago Open (Wheeling, Illinois) (25 May 2019) Reflections on 2019 Abidjan Rapid & Blitz (22 May 2019) The Chess Drum chats with Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu (18 May 2019) 20 years after GM title, Ashley discusses African path (17 May 2019) Essoh Essis on GCT Rapid & Blitz event (16 May 2019) Carlsen wins Abidjan Rapid & Blitz! (14 May 2019) Veselin Topalov chats with The Chess Drum (13 May 2019) Grand Chess Tour meets Didier Drogba! (10 May 2019) 2019 Rapid & Blitz (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire) (9 May 2019) Detroit Chess podcast features Daaim Shabazz (6 May 2019) The Chess Drum salutes Jamaica’s 50 years in chess! (5 May 2019) Cote d’Ivoire days away from epic chess event! (4 May 2019) April Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8! (29 April 2019) St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world! (26 April 2019) The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley (21 April 2019) Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability (15 April 2019) #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess? (10 April 2019) Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open (6 April 2019) Nakamura, Yu… 2019 U.S. Chess Champs! (3 April 2019) Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso (1 April 2019) March After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019) Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019) Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019) Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019) Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019) Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019) Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019) Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019) Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019) February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
April Zim’s Masango wins Zambian Open with 8/8! (29 April 2019) St. Vincent & the Grenadines joins chess world! (26 April 2019) The Chess Journey of GM Maurice Ashley (21 April 2019) Uganda’s Mbaziira’s chess ability overcomes disability (15 April 2019) #MoveForEquality… relatable to chess? (10 April 2019) Tallahassee’s 2019 Capital City Open (6 April 2019) Nakamura, Yu… 2019 U.S. Chess Champs! (3 April 2019) Charles Covington… Life Master, multi-talented virtuoso (1 April 2019) March After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019) Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019) Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019) Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019) Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019) Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019) Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019) Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019) Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019) February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
March After viral story, the work begins for Tani Adewumi (29 March 2019) Magnus Carlsen to debut in Africa! (24 March 2019) Phiona Mutesi reflects on life after “Queen of Katwe” (23 March 2019) Where are they now? Jacob Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Rochelle Ballantyne (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Darrian Robinson (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Kayin Barclay (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Jessica Wamala (20 March 2019) Where are they now? Dr. Shearwood McClelland III (20 March 2019) Former African-American standouts reap benefits of chess (20 March 2019) Nigerian schoolboy Tani Adewumi making waves in New York (18 March 2019) Colas in the Sunshine state! (15 March 2019) Capital City to host Spring chess tourney (9 March 2019) Black History Reflections for 2019 (1 March 2019) February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
February “Triple Exclam” in black and white!! (27 February 2019) Oleiny Linares wins 3rd Cuban national crown! (26 February 2019) Kassa Korley solid in Open Portugal (19 February 2019) Can you make a living playing chess? (16 February 2019) Who will be the 1st Nigerian Grandmaster? (15 February 2019) The Chess Drum is 18 years old! (12 February 2019) Chicago’s 'Uncle Marv' Dandridge… the story of a chess mentor (9 February 2019) Chess Journalism in Perspective (3 February 2019) Johnson wins Trinidad’s Promenade Tourney! (2 February 2019) January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
January Houston’s celebrates “Maurice Ashley Day” (30 January 2019) Stars shine at Detroit Metro Scholastic Chess League (29 January 2019) Hurricane Kolade blows through Gilbraltar Chess Open (25 January 2019) Detroit Chess podcast hosts Jimmy Canty (23 January 2019) India’s Gukesh, GM at 12 years… 2nd youngest ever (16 January 2019) Orrin Hudson “Pays it Forward” in 2019 (15 January 2019) Chess in Djibouti! (14 January 2019) Who will challenge Carlsen in 2020? (12 January 2019) 2019 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (11 January 2019) Burkina Faso making moves in chess! (9 January 2019) Webster University rolls to 7th Pan-Am title! (6 January 2019)
