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Participants of the 2023 HBCU Chess Classic at Morris Brown CollegePhoto by Daaim Shabazz Dear Chess Community,The HBCU Chess Classic…

The Chess Drum’s Daaim Shabazz was a guest on Dylan Quercia’s Twitch stream called, “Talking Talent.” The 71-minute segment featured…

Greetings everyone!This year’s Black History Month will feature a video commemoration recounting the importance of the month-long celebration, some key…

Dear Drum Community!The Chess Drum is 22 today! On this day, I hit the “enter” key to make the site…

Dear Chess Community, On June 17th, I was informed that I would be the recipient of a U.S. Chess Special…

Recently chess.com featured “Chess Through an African Lens” written by this author. The reception was very positive, but it is…

Hello everyone! The Chess Drum’s 21st year represents the official coming of age. Last year there was a 20-year reflection…

Tomorrow The Chess Drum’s Daaim Shabazz will be on a show called “Reflections” hosted by Lyndon Bouah, a long-time chess…

Recently, ChessBase India profiled The Chess Drum on its pages. Launched in 2015 by Sagar Shah and his wife Amruta…

During Black History Month, Chicago Public Schools hosted a Black History Empowerment program featuring Howard University Chess Team and Daaim…

In the past couple of months, there has been a buzz about a Netflix series called, “The Queen’s Gambit.” After…

Bert Scott may be known to some from running the Jamaica Chess Ambassadors website for several years in the 2000s.…

Paperback: $35.00TO ORDER NOW… CLICK HERE! FM Sunil Weeramantry’s reputation precedes him. The famed scholastic coach has gained his notoriety…

Chess is often thought of as a game of the high-browed intelligentsia. It has adherents worldwide and is touted as…

On the plane to Africa reading“Active Pieces: Practical Advice from America’s Most Relentless Tournament Player”by IM Jay Bonin While on…

At the 42nd Olympiad last month 1,583 players from around the world assembled in Baku, Azerbaijan to compete in the…

Fischer was so defiant of presuming to do what the movie aspires to do. Tobey and I sat there and…

As a business professor, I am able to see young adults mature as they begin to understand the elements financial…

Eugene Brown WARNING: Review may contain spoilers! 🙂 When watching “Life of a King” one anticipates another “rags-to-riches” story that…

I have seen a number of chess movies such as “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” “Fresh” and “The Luhzin Defense“. I…

Dr. Philip Corbin has had a very venerable career in Barbadian or “Bajan” chess. He is perhaps known most for…

There are other books on this marriage including one written by Garry Kasparov titled, “How Life Imitates Chess: Making the…

“Magnificence In Bled: The 35th Chess Olympiad” Author: Ian WilkinsonPublisher: LMH Publishing LimitedReviewed by: Balford Henry For the past two…

Many chess players have no doubt seen The Luzhin Defence, a movie based off the novel (of the same name)…

Keith Vernon Eubanks, 56, of Columbia, SC was born on September 27, 1965 and passed away on September 23, 2022.…

Sultan-Diego Abdullah Sulayman, a 2020 finance graduate of Howard University, passed away suddenly on October 30th after being found by…

IM Nestor Tomas Velez BetancourtMay 5th, 1956 – June 28, 2022 It is with regret that The Chess Drum announces…

FM Ignacio Perez (1967-2022) Photo by Washington State Chess Federation The Seattle chess community is in mourning after the passing…

FIDE Master Albert Chow died shortly after 5pm on Saturday, October 30, 2021. According to his friend Bill Brock, he…

Jerome Works(April 1, 1955 – September 5, 2021)Photo Jerome Works (Facebook) There is a unique power in humility. It has…

Joseph Gadson (Detroit, USA) Photo by Joseph Gadson (Facebook)The Detroit chess community is mourning the devastating loss of Joseph Nathan…

GM Román Hernández Román Hernández Onna passed away early this month on June 1st from a lengthy illness. The Cuban…

Pedro Adérito, an International Master from Angola, has passed away at 44. This had been announced through various platforms including…

In the face of a global pandemic, many have lost loved ones unexpectantly. This scourge has forced us to take…

Dr. David Allen, Sr. Long-time Cleveland master Dr. David Allen, Sr. has passed away after a long battle with diabetes.…

We have lost another legend, a sage, a walking library, legal scholar and an avowed chess enthusiast. George Neves Leighton…

Samuel “Sammy” Barton, an icon of street chess, passed away after battling serious health challenges. He was 55. Sammy was…