Posted in Media Stories on Feb 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
Former World Champion Garry Kasparov (pictured left) is in the latest issue of Newsweek magazine talking about the political environment in Russia. Currently, he is leading an opposition movement to unseat President Vladimir Putin. Kasparov has been an outspoken critic of the Putin government and states that Russia has deteriorated into a police state. He [...]
Posted in Media Stories, The Chess Drum, Videos on Feb 12th, 2008 9 Comments »
It all started with the page on the right. A crude banner, a few news stories, ugly diagrams, BUT a lot of good intentions. Seven years later, The Chess Drum has grown… and grown… and grown. Now at 6000 pages, the site has become a recognizable member of the chess community and provides an example [...]
Posted in Media Stories on Feb 9th, 2008 4 Comments »
Stephanie Ballom in “Sweet 16″ magazine back in 2005. The above article is not from NEW IN CHESS, but Guideposts Sweet 16 magazine. More on the NEW IN CHESS later. This article was titled, “Queen of the Board” and written by Lisa Freeman. It was about Stephanie Ballom who (at the time) had just won [...]
Posted in Iceland, Media Stories, Videos on Jan 19th, 2008 No Comments »
A story from the Iceland’s Morgunbladid has stated that Bobby Fischer desired one last match with Garry Kasparov and/or Viswanathan Anand. This is a very interesting development since Fischer has disassociated himself with the chess world since his 1992 match in Yugoslavia. In interviews he stated that he would only play Fischer Random, but there [...]
Posted in Media Stories on Jan 12th, 2008 3 Comments »
Orrin Hudson is in the January 21st issue of People magazine (Britney Spears on the cover). The popular magazine primarily covers the entertainment industry and profiles others who have made the news. People magazine has a circulation of 44 million and Hudson stated that he has received numerous calls as a result of the feature article. [...]
Posted in Media Stories, The Chess Drum on Dec 31st, 2007 No Comments »
Major Events 2007 World Cup Chess Championship (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) (29 November 2007) 2007 World Chess Championship (Mexico City) (15 September 2007) 2007 African Individual Championships (Winhoek, Namibia) (1 September 2007) 2007 U.S. Open (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) (1 August 2007) 9th All-Africa Games (Algiers, Algeria) (17 July 2007) 2007 World Open (Valley Forge, USA) (22 June [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Jamaica, Media Stories on Dec 15th, 2007 3 Comments »
Attorney Ian Wilkinson signs a copy of his new book, “Excitement Galore: Chess in all its Glory”, for former Jamaican international footballer, Wolde Harris. Both Harris and Wilkinson are Alumni of Kingston College (KC). Well… as I continue to recover from the crash of my hard drive, I bring a very nice story out of [...]
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