The Chess Drum’s Highlights of 2011!
We are into a new year today. This year we will see the Olympics in London and in chess we will have the Olympiad in Turkey. Last year was one full of excitement. There were breakthroughs for players and invigoration of top-level events. At The Chess Drum, there was a plethora of events covering international events and of course accomplishments of players of African descent. In this past year, we have compiled a list of selected memorable events. Enjoy and… Keep the Beat Going!!
International Events
- 2011 London Chess Classic (1 December 2011)
- 2011 World Youth Championship (Brazil) (17 November 2011)
- 2011 Tal Memorial (Moscow, Russia) (15 November 2011)
- 2011 Women Chess Championship (Albania) (12 November 2011)
- 64 Squares host Lish Memorial (13 October 2011)
- 2011 Bilbao Chess Grand Slam (23 September 2011)
- 2011 World Cup (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) (25 August 2011)
- 10th All-Africa Games (Maputo, Mozambique) (22 August 2011)
- 2011 U.S. Open (9 August 2011)
- 2011 World Team Championship (Ningbo, China) (15 July 2011)
- 2011 World Open (Philadelphia, USA) (30 June 2011)
- 2011 African Individual Championships (7 June 2011)
- 2011 CUCA International (Luanda, Angola) (19 May 2011)
- 2011 Bahamas National Open (25 April 2011)
- Zone 4.3 Individual Championships (Botswana) (5 April 2011)
- 2011 Melody Amber (Monaco) (12 March 2011)
- Tata Steel Chess (Wijk ann Zee) (15 January 2011)
Individual Feats
- James Black on the march! (31 December 2011)
- T&T’s Harper bags 6th title! (3 November December 2011)
- Mudongo is conferred WIM title (13 October 2011)
- Jere wins Botswana Open (13 December 2011)
- Jehron Bryant: National Master (30 September November 2011)
- Rodwell Makoto: 2011 Zimbabwe Champion (15 August 2011)
- Justus Williams makes Master at 12! (24 September 2011)
- Damion Davy is 2011 Jamaican Champ! (4 August 2011)
- Orelvis Perez Mitjans making his mark! (29 July 2011)
- Egypt’s Shoker shocks for GM norm! (28 July 2011)
- Korley gets 1st IM Norm! (24 June 2011)
- Adly, Khaled are new African Champions! (14 June 2011)
- Angola’s Soares wins African Junior! (9 March 2011)
- Nakamura wins 2011 Tata Steel! (30 January 2011)
- Matthews gets FM title… 12 years late! (28 January 2011)
Stories of Note
- RZA and Jay-Z in Chess Clash?? (10 December 2011)
- Warren Elliott’s WECHESS featured! (9 December 2011)
- Williams, Colas, Black get HEAF backing (7 December 2011)
- Shabazz visits Chess Hall of Fame (28 November 2011)
- Carlsen sprints to victory at Tal Memorial (26 November 2011)
- Quinton Smith dies at K-12 Nationals (22 November 2011)
- Pontus Carlsson offering lessons! (22 November 2011)
- Norfolk State University considers SPICE (16 November 2011)
- Vaux Glory Days Revisited (13 November 2011)
- Kasparov-Nakamura establish alliance (3 November 2011)
- E. St. Louis recounts Chess History (23 October 2011)
- Homeless Chess Player wins Award! (24 September 2011)
- Ethics at 2011 World Cup (4 September 2011)
- Interview with FM Kazim Gulamali (12 August 2011)
- Dyhemia Young at Polgar Invitational (24 July 2011)
- Wilkinson Jamaica’s “top lawyer” (11 May 2011)
- The Lebron James of Chess? (1 March 2011)
- Tyler Perry gives $14,000 to Besomeone! (2 January 2011)
Chess Around the World
- Haiti in Transition! (6 October 2011)
- Ilyumzhinov visits Libya’s Qaddafi (13 June 2011)
- The Chess Drum beats in Ghana! (9 June 2011)
- Orrin Tonsingh: Jamaican Chess Legend (13 April 2011)
- The Drum beats in the Bahamas! (19 March 2011)
- Will Gwaze be next African GM? (25 February 2011)
