Archive for July 1st, 2001

Historic Moments: Black Unity tournaments

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Maurice Ashley – William MorrisonBlack Bear Challenge The Black Bear Chess School is a chess club having produced some of the strongest Black chess Masters in its history. In the famous Black Bear tradition, players jockeyed for position in the club. In order to move up, one player had to challenge the player immediately above […]

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The Making of Chess Brotherhoods

Posted in Drum Majors, Opinion/Editorials, The Chess Drum, USA on Jul 1st, 2001 No Comments »

Looking at the expanse of the Black chess world, there apparently exists the desire to sharpen one’s game on those friends who are considered to be worthy opponents. Steel sharpens steel, the saying goes. Chicago Chess Clashes In the early to mid 80s, Chicago had a raging debate on whether the brothers on the south […]

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