Posted in Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Drum Majors, Ghana, The Chess Drum, USA on Oct 12th, 2019 3 Comments »
Maurice Ashley seems to be making Africa his third home. The Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-bred chess impresario has been making his rounds on the Africa continent (Kenya, Rwanda, Namibia, South Africa, Madagascar, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire) for the past several years and making a mark in the process. This year in May, he came to Abidjan, Côte […]
Posted in Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Madagascar, Nigeria, Russia, The Chess Drum, Tournaments, World Cup on Sep 9th, 2019 7 Comments »
This has been a banner year for African chess. The Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz hosted in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire was a smashing success. The 2019 African Championship in Tunisia was the strongest ever and the recently-held 2019 Africa Games was all the rave. These three events have been a culmination in a year […]
Posted in Africa, Algeria, All-Africa Games, Drum Majors, Egypt, Media Stories, Morocco, The Chess Drum on Aug 28th, 2019 No Comments »
Egypt still Valley of Kings and Queens! Bassem Amin sings Egyptian anthem.Photo by Mohamed Bounaji Going into the popular blitz segment, everyone knew the Egyptians would be tough to beat. However, Africa has many strong blitzers throughout the continent and the Internet has made it more popular than ever. Who would be able to unseat […]
Posted in Africa, Algeria, All-Africa Games, Drum Majors, Egypt, Media Stories, Morocco, The Chess Drum, Uganda, Zambia on Aug 28th, 2019 No Comments »
Egypt Double Gold in Rapids! In individual rapid event at #AfricanGames2019 OpenGM Ahmed Adly Egypt ?? GOLD ?GM Bassem Amin Egypt ?? SILVER ?FM Harold Wanyama Uganda ?? BRONZE ? WomenWGM Shrook Wafa Egypt ?? GOLD ?WFM Lorita Mwango Zambia ?? SILVER ?WIM Sabrina Letreche Algeria ?? BRONZE ? pic.twitter.com/raxfHom1SO — Daaim Shabazz (@thechessdrum) August […]
Posted in Africa, All-Africa Games, Media Stories, Morocco, The Chess Drum on Aug 27th, 2019 No Comments »
Fire on Board in Casablanca! Wow! That is the one word that will describe the action today in Casablanca. While most of the world were preparing for the Sinquefield Cup at the St. Louis Chess Club, thousands were tuning into chess24 to follow the All-Africa Games. In addition, Arkady Dvorkovich was on hand to make […]
Posted in Africa, Algeria, All-Africa Games, Egypt, Media Stories, Morocco, The Chess Drum, Zimbabwe on Aug 26th, 2019 1 Comment »
Despite upsets, Egypt take gold! Zimbabweans Rodwell Makoto and Emarald Mushone chat before their first round game against Eritrea. They would win their games, but the were more proud of the wins they got in round six. Photo by Mohamed Bounaji/FIDE What a finish in the first chess event ending with the Egyptians edging the […]
Posted in Africa, All-Africa Games, Media Stories, The Chess Drum on Aug 25th, 2019 2 Comments »
Games off to a sizzling start There are not enough superlatives to describe the organization of the 12th All-Africa Games thus far. Mehul Gohil of Kenya gave the event full marks and sent loads of photos showing the excellent conditions. “Maputo in 2011 was wonderful. This is even better,” he said. Of course, what would […]
Posted in Africa, All-Africa Games, The Chess Drum on Aug 24th, 2019 33 Comments »
The 12th All-Africa Games started in Morocco on the 19th of August with the Opening Ceremonies. The quadrennial games will be held in several cities and feature 301 events in 26 sports. All fifty-four nations are participating. The official site gives some history. First organized in 1965 in Brazzaville, the 12th African Games will take […]
Posted in Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Media Stories, Scholastic, The Chess Drum on Jul 23rd, 2019 1 Comment »
CHARLES LORNGCEO and Director, MiniChess (Cote d’Ivoire) Cote d’Ivoire is still basking in the glory of holding the successful Grand Chess Tour event held in early May where 10 of the world’s top players visited Abidjan for the Rapid and Blitz tournament. In less than a week, Paris will host a similar event, but it […]
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Egypt, Media Stories, The Chess Drum, Tournaments, Tunisia on Jul 18th, 2019 2 Comments »
In what has become somewhat of a tradition on the continent of Africa, the Egyptian’s major haul in continental championships continued in Hammamet, Tunisia. The Republic of Egypt took five of the six medals in the Open and Women’s African Individual Championships over the past week and cemented their status as the African Lion. From […]
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Media Stories, The Chess Drum, Tournaments, Tunisia on Jul 17th, 2019 2 Comments »
OPEN Ahmed Adly wins the 2019 African Individual Championship!Bassem Amin takes the silver… El-Gindy bronze! There were a lot of combinations in terms of the medal race, but in the end, everyone knew an Egyptian Grandmaster would be on the gold medal stand. The question was, “Would it be Adly or Amin?” GM Ahmed Adly […]
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Media Stories, The Chess Drum, Tournaments, Tunisia on Jul 17th, 2019 2 Comments »
Round #8:Shrook Wafa wins the 2019 African Women’s Championship!! Shrook Wafa is the 2019 African Women’s champion! In what has been a truly dominating performance, the 22-year old Egyptian wins her 3rd continental title winning consecutively in 2013 and 2014. Mabrouk! Photo courtesy of Babatunde Ogunsiku (Africa Chess Media) WOMEN It appears that the Egyptians […]
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Media Stories, The Chess Drum, Tournaments, Tunisia on Jul 16th, 2019 No Comments »
Round #7:Adly storms into the lead… Rakotomaharo upsets Bellahcene, moves in joint 2nd with Amin…Shrook held, Latreche closes gap OPEN There is no odds-on favorite to win the 2019 edition of the African Individual Championship. The story of the day has to be the young IM from Madagascar Fy Rakotomaharo who stands as one of […]
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Media Stories, The Chess Drum, Tournaments, Tunisia on Jul 15th, 2019 No Comments »
Round #6:Amin on a roll, crushes Fawzy… Adly back in the huntShrook devastating field, 6/6 OPEN Another exciting round of chess. Three of the top seeds are back on course and are sitting atop the field with 5/6. The situation may favor Ahmed Adly since he has already played three of the top seeds. He […]
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Media Stories, The Chess Drum, Tournaments, Tunisia on Jul 14th, 2019 No Comments »
Round #5:Amin beats Adly moves back into joint first… Shrook Wafa on 5/5 OPEN GM Hesham Abdelrahman has exited the tournament after five rounds. The 2016 African Champion suffered three losses and one can only imagine that something is not well with the Egyptian player. Takaedza Chipanga of Zimbabwe also exited the tournament after forfeiting […]
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