Archive for December 20th, 2018

Tallahassee attempts to reignite chess

Posted in Scholastic, The Chess Drum, USA on Dec 20th, 2018 No Comments »

Tallahassee is a smallish college town of nearly 200,000 and doubles as a capitol of the odd-shaped state. With its “panhandle” the northern part of Florida is not well-known for its tourist attractions and struggle with its identity apart from being the home of the Florida State Seminoles (FSU) and Florida A&M Rattlers (FAMU). Another […]

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Simutowe reflects on 2018 World Championship… format

Posted in Africa, Interviews, Matches, Media Stories, The Chess Drum, World Championships, Zambia on Dec 20th, 2018 2 Comments »

When I was at the Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, GM Amon Simutowe was part of many conversations about the future of African chess, particularly Zambia. While the country seeks to raise another GM, the comparisons with the Zambian Grandmaster are unavoidable. He is indeed an iconic figure on the landscape of Pan-African chess and history […]

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