Posted in Scholastic on Dec 29th, 2008 4 Comments »
Angelo Armistead Principal, Humphrey Middle School Angelo Armistead was recently featured in a Chicago-area newspaper concerning his promotion of chess in a school where he is the principal. Armistead is a Chicago southside native who attended South Shore High School and then Chicago State University. He earned a Master’s at Governor’s State University and then [...]
Posted in Scholastic, Videos on Dec 26th, 2008 5 Comments »
Salome Thomas-EL’s story is well-known. His ground-breaking book “I Choose to Stay” is one of inspiration and hope. Having made a decision to stay in the rough inner-city schools of Philadelphia, Thomas-EL has been traveling the country and telling his story. Now a Principal at Russell Byers Charter School, he will not have to travel [...]
Posted in Scholastic, Tournaments on Dec 20th, 2008 4 Comments »
Rochelle Ballantyne Photo by Elizabeth Vicary. New York has been the “Mecca” of U.S. chess for decades. Famous as the childhood home of Bobby Fischer and for its famed chess clubs and parks, the tradition continues in scholastic chess. Hikaru Nakamura found fame in the scholastic arena not long ago and they may have a [...]
Posted in Scholastic on Dec 14th, 2008 11 Comments »
Joshua Colas may not be a household name to the chess world now, but all indications seem to say that one day he will be one of the brightest stars in U.S. chess. Already touting a 1922 rating at age 10, he is rated #3 in his age group. Josh just competed in the K-12 [...]
Posted in Drum Majors, Scholastic, USA on Nov 8th, 2008 13 Comments »
National Master Kayin Barclay taking on 30 students at the Detroit City Chess Club. All photos by Daaim Shabazz. Kevin Fite and Sherman Redden, Sr. of the Detroit City Chess Club (DCCC) have invited National Master Kayin Barclay and Dr. Daaim Shabazz of The Chess Drum to the organization’s annual banquet. Last night Barclay gave [...]
Posted in Africa, Scholastic, Tournaments on Oct 19th, 2008 4 Comments »
Here is a letter from Lynne van Rensburg of South Africa to federations in the African Chess Union. CHESSA, or Chess Federation of South Africa is hosting the event. From: CHESSA Lynne [lynne@chessa.co.za] Subject: Africa Junior Chess Championships 2008 Dear ACU Members, Attached is the invitation to the African Junior Chess Championships to be held [...]
Posted in Africa, Nigeria, Scholastic on Oct 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Having just visited the Nigerian Chess Forum, there is an interesting story out of Nigeria. PEDACHESS, an organization that provides teaching service has begun a chess campaign in Lagos to help with educational advancement of the students there. They had their first event some months ago. Here is the statement from PEDACHESS: PEDACHESS Educational Services [...]
Posted in USA on Sep 20th, 2008 7 Comments »
Garry Kasparov will be coming to Harlem on September 28th to participate in the Harlem Children’s Zone’s festival. The former champion will be giving a 20-board simultaneous exhibition. There will be many activities including a blitz tournament and other contests. This event continues the tradition of chess festivals in historic Harlem and it has been [...]
Posted in Tournaments, USA on Aug 26th, 2008 5 Comments »
2008 Harlem Blitz Championship Photos by Derrick Bryant. Harlem, a place of historic prominence in the arts, continues to add to its resume with the 2nd Annual Blitz Championship. The city was host to the historic Wilbert Paige Memorial in 2001 and was immortalized when Maurice Ashley coached Harlem teams to prominence. Adia Onyango sent [...]
Posted in Denmark, Drum Majors, Ghana, Scholastic, USA on Aug 21st, 2008 36 Comments »
Last month Kassa Korley played in the St. John’s Masters tournament in New York. At the World Open he had mentioned a time when he was close to the title of National Master (2185) and then losing a boatload of points. He actually lost rating points in nine consecutive tournaments before making a turnaround and [...]
Posted in Asia, India on Aug 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
David Howell (England) battling Abhijeet Gupta (India) for the title. Arik Braun (Germany) battles Parimarjan Negi (India) on board #2. Gupta would beat Howell to claim the title and Negi would place second after drawing with Braun. Photo courtesy of wjcc2008.tsf.org.tr In perhaps the most exciting World Junior is recent memory, GM Abhijeet Gupta won [...]
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