December The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2020! (31 December 2020) Susan Namangale: Malawi’s Chess Prez (31 December 2020) The History of Chess in Jamaica: 1834-1978 (31 December 2020) The Chess Drum in New in Chess! (29 December 2020) 2021 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (29 December 2020) Husbands wins 2020 Michael Ford Memorial (27 December 2020) Kentucky hosts Chess-Kwanzaa celebration (27 December 2020) Bouah recounts S. African history in new book! (26 December 2020) Mazda ad features Watu Kobese (25 December 2020) Carlsson continues fight for social justice (25 December 2020) Caribbean vs. Chicago is a massive hit! (21 December 2020) Yakini Tchouka is 2020 Togolese Champion (19 December 2020) Orrin Hudson chats with Les Brown! (19 December 2020) October NYC honors the life of Charu Robinson, 43 (31 October 2020) Jessica Hyatt making moves… nets $40K scholarship (28 October 2020) Pedro Aderito, Angolan IM, passes at 44 (18 October 2020) USCF Nominating Committee looking for Board Members! (17 October 2020) In Memory of Ahvia Maria (17 October 2020) September Thank you Drum Community! (7 September 2020) August The Chess Drum on Bishop Chronicles: “Hip-Hop, Chess & Race” (7 August 2020) Jim Eade’s “Chess Without Borders” hosts Daaim Shabazz! (6 August 2020) July Pitterson’s Twitch hosts The Chess Drum! (31 July 2020) Bob Wheeler, Pioneer of Jamaican Chess, dead at 70 (25 July 2020) “International Chess Day” July 20th (13 July 2020) Is Chess Inherently Racist? (5 July 2020) June Adu’s living nightmare after zonal 4.2… now stranded! (28 June 2020) Bert Scott’s book on Jamaican Chess History! (24 June 2020) Col. Michel Nguele Viang Cameroon’s 1st Chess President dies (22 June 2020) Orrin Hudson’s virtual summer camp (22 June 2020) Trinidadian chess princess Della-Marie remains comatose (21 June 2020) Response to FIDE’s Statement on Racism (2020) (16 June 2020) Life Lessons from Anand in “Mind Master” (10 June 2020) NBA Champion Craig Hodges on Chess Stream (8 June 2020) George Floyd and the Right to Thrive (2 June 2020) May 'Clutch Chess' features America’s top brass in online battle! (26 May 2020) Pan-African Chess thrives in 2020! (24 May 2020) Ghana Chess on GBC News during COVID-19 (7 May 2020) Senegalese chess forging ahead during crisis (6 May 2020) April The Mystery of Theophilus Thompson Solved!! (19 April 2020) Arianne Caoili, a sweet soul who gave a chess king his lucky stars (8 April 2020) New York chess loses Beejay Hicks to COVID-19 (8 April 2020) Grand Chess Tour cancels 2020 season (4 April 2020) March 2020 Jamaica Nat’l Age Championships (31 March 2020) Candidates 2020 postponed halfway through (29 March 2020) 2020 African 4.2 Subzonal (Freetown, Sierra Leone) (16 March 2020) 2020 World Candidates Tournament (Yekaterinburg, Russia) (16 March 2020) Will coronavirus change OTB chess? (13 March 2020) Tani Adewumi vaults over 2000! (8 March 2020) As Candidates 2020 approaches, Coronavirus rocks chess world (8 March 2020) 90th FIDE Congress (Abu Dhabi, UAE) (2 March 2020) Armand Kelley Memorial in April! (2 March 2020) February Tani Adewumi book coming in April! (17 February 2020) Queen of Katwe actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies at 15 (16 February 2020) Ethiopia’s Daniel Shawul Abdi breaking codes in computer chess (16 February 2020) 19 years for The Chess Drum! (12 February 2020) Chess Reflections in Black History (2020) (8 February 2020) Daniel X Jones bags Master’s title! (5 February 2020) After Tata victory, Caruana eyes Candidates 2020 (2 February 2020) January Kobe Bryant’s Chess Mind (30 January 2020) Ju Wenjun beats Goryachkina… retains world crown! (26 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #12 (26 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #11 (23 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #10 (20 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #9 (19 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #8 (19 January 2020) Levon Aronian in South Africa! (18 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #7 (16 January 2020) Ju-Goryachkina even 3-3 in title match (13 January 2020) Thomas Saah, Liberia’s National Champion (13 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #6 (12 January 2020) 2020 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (12 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #5 (11 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #4 (9 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #3 (8 January 2020) Michael Abron’s 50-state U.S. voyage complete! (8 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #2 (6 January 2020) 2020 Women’s Chess Championship (Ju vs. Goryachkina) (5 January 2019)
October NYC honors the life of Charu Robinson, 43 (31 October 2020) Jessica Hyatt making moves… nets $40K scholarship (28 October 2020) Pedro Aderito, Angolan IM, passes at 44 (18 October 2020) USCF Nominating Committee looking for Board Members! (17 October 2020) In Memory of Ahvia Maria (17 October 2020) September Thank you Drum Community! (7 September 2020) August The Chess Drum on Bishop Chronicles: “Hip-Hop, Chess & Race” (7 August 2020) Jim Eade’s “Chess Without Borders” hosts Daaim Shabazz! (6 August 2020) July Pitterson’s Twitch hosts The Chess Drum! (31 July 2020) Bob Wheeler, Pioneer of Jamaican Chess, dead at 70 (25 July 2020) “International Chess Day” July 20th (13 July 2020) Is Chess Inherently Racist? (5 July 2020) June
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April The Mystery of Theophilus Thompson Solved!! (19 April 2020) Arianne Caoili, a sweet soul who gave a chess king his lucky stars (8 April 2020) New York chess loses Beejay Hicks to COVID-19 (8 April 2020) Grand Chess Tour cancels 2020 season (4 April 2020) March 2020 Jamaica Nat’l Age Championships (31 March 2020) Candidates 2020 postponed halfway through (29 March 2020) 2020 African 4.2 Subzonal (Freetown, Sierra Leone) (16 March 2020) 2020 World Candidates Tournament (Yekaterinburg, Russia) (16 March 2020) Will coronavirus change OTB chess? (13 March 2020) Tani Adewumi vaults over 2000! (8 March 2020) As Candidates 2020 approaches, Coronavirus rocks chess world (8 March 2020) 90th FIDE Congress (Abu Dhabi, UAE) (2 March 2020) Armand Kelley Memorial in April! (2 March 2020) February Tani Adewumi book coming in April! (17 February 2020) Queen of Katwe actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies at 15 (16 February 2020) Ethiopia’s Daniel Shawul Abdi breaking codes in computer chess (16 February 2020) 19 years for The Chess Drum! (12 February 2020) Chess Reflections in Black History (2020) (8 February 2020) Daniel X Jones bags Master’s title! (5 February 2020) After Tata victory, Caruana eyes Candidates 2020 (2 February 2020) January Kobe Bryant’s Chess Mind (30 January 2020) Ju Wenjun beats Goryachkina… retains world crown! (26 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #12 (26 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #11 (23 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #10 (20 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #9 (19 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #8 (19 January 2020) Levon Aronian in South Africa! (18 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #7 (16 January 2020) Ju-Goryachkina even 3-3 in title match (13 January 2020) Thomas Saah, Liberia’s National Champion (13 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #6 (12 January 2020) 2020 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (12 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #5 (11 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #4 (9 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #3 (8 January 2020) Michael Abron’s 50-state U.S. voyage complete! (8 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #2 (6 January 2020) 2020 Women’s Chess Championship (Ju vs. Goryachkina) (5 January 2019)
March 2020 Jamaica Nat’l Age Championships (31 March 2020) Candidates 2020 postponed halfway through (29 March 2020) 2020 African 4.2 Subzonal (Freetown, Sierra Leone) (16 March 2020) 2020 World Candidates Tournament (Yekaterinburg, Russia) (16 March 2020) Will coronavirus change OTB chess? (13 March 2020) Tani Adewumi vaults over 2000! (8 March 2020) As Candidates 2020 approaches, Coronavirus rocks chess world (8 March 2020) 90th FIDE Congress (Abu Dhabi, UAE) (2 March 2020) Armand Kelley Memorial in April! (2 March 2020) February Tani Adewumi book coming in April! (17 February 2020) Queen of Katwe actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies at 15 (16 February 2020) Ethiopia’s Daniel Shawul Abdi breaking codes in computer chess (16 February 2020) 19 years for The Chess Drum! (12 February 2020) Chess Reflections in Black History (2020) (8 February 2020) Daniel X Jones bags Master’s title! (5 February 2020) After Tata victory, Caruana eyes Candidates 2020 (2 February 2020) January Kobe Bryant’s Chess Mind (30 January 2020) Ju Wenjun beats Goryachkina… retains world crown! (26 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #12 (26 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #11 (23 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #10 (20 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #9 (19 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #8 (19 January 2020) Levon Aronian in South Africa! (18 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #7 (16 January 2020) Ju-Goryachkina even 3-3 in title match (13 January 2020) Thomas Saah, Liberia’s National Champion (13 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #6 (12 January 2020) 2020 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (12 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #5 (11 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #4 (9 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #3 (8 January 2020) Michael Abron’s 50-state U.S. voyage complete! (8 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #2 (6 January 2020) 2020 Women’s Chess Championship (Ju vs. Goryachkina) (5 January 2019)
February Tani Adewumi book coming in April! (17 February 2020) Queen of Katwe actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies at 15 (16 February 2020) Ethiopia’s Daniel Shawul Abdi breaking codes in computer chess (16 February 2020) 19 years for The Chess Drum! (12 February 2020) Chess Reflections in Black History (2020) (8 February 2020) Daniel X Jones bags Master’s title! (5 February 2020) After Tata victory, Caruana eyes Candidates 2020 (2 February 2020) January Kobe Bryant’s Chess Mind (30 January 2020) Ju Wenjun beats Goryachkina… retains world crown! (26 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #12 (26 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #11 (23 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #10 (20 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #9 (19 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #8 (19 January 2020) Levon Aronian in South Africa! (18 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #7 (16 January 2020) Ju-Goryachkina even 3-3 in title match (13 January 2020) Thomas Saah, Liberia’s National Champion (13 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #6 (12 January 2020) 2020 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (12 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #5 (11 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #4 (9 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #3 (8 January 2020) Michael Abron’s 50-state U.S. voyage complete! (8 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #2 (6 January 2020) 2020 Women’s Chess Championship (Ju vs. Goryachkina) (5 January 2019)
January Kobe Bryant’s Chess Mind (30 January 2020) Ju Wenjun beats Goryachkina… retains world crown! (26 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #12 (26 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #11 (23 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #10 (20 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #9 (19 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #8 (19 January 2020) Levon Aronian in South Africa! (18 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #7 (16 January 2020) Ju-Goryachkina even 3-3 in title match (13 January 2020) Thomas Saah, Liberia’s National Champion (13 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #6 (12 January 2020) 2020 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (12 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #5 (11 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #4 (9 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #3 (8 January 2020) Michael Abron’s 50-state U.S. voyage complete! (8 January 2020) 2020 Women's Chess Championship: Game #2 (6 January 2020) 2020 Women’s Chess Championship (Ju vs. Goryachkina) (5 January 2019)
