Posted in Africa, Ethiopia, Opinion/Editorials, Spain, The Chess Drum on Jul 5th, 2020 17 Comments »
One of the most intriguing questions of late pertains to the chess rule of white moving first. With the introduction of this convention in the mid-1800s, was there some type of insidious plot to reinforce white’s superiority and black’s inferiority?
Posted in Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Media Stories, Nigeria on Jun 28th, 2020 4 Comments »
IM Oladapo Adu at the Liberian border, the day before a torturous journey across two countries by bus, by foot, by motorbike, and canoe. As they crossed the border of Ghana, they were met with armed patrol with guns drawn! Photo by Oladapo Adu. Nigeria’s Oladapo Adu competed in the Zone 4.2 Individual Chess Championship […]
Posted in Africa, Cameroon, Obituary on Jun 22nd, 2020 1 Comment »
Lewis Ncube, Continental President for Africa, has made the following announcement on behalf of the African Chess Confederation: During the last few days, the Board of the African Chess Confederation has learnt of the death of Michel Nguélé Viang with profound shock and deep regret. Michel, who was President of the Cameroonian Chess Federation and […]
Posted in Africa, FIDE, Opinion/Editorials, Politics, The Chess Drum on Jun 16th, 2020 1 Comment »
Dear Chess Family, A few mornings ago, I read FIDE’s statement condemning racism. While it does provide the ideas of unity and equality, there are issues I would like to bring to the organization’s attention. There was an air of idealism in the letter that may be a bit presumptuous and even naive. My response […]
Posted in Africa, Caribbean, Drum Majors, The Chess Drum, Tournaments, USA on May 24th, 2020 2 Comments »
Without a doubt, there is a lot of online activity during the global crisis and it is creating energy in places that were rather isolated. Particularly in the African Diaspora, there has been a fire ignited with a number of cage matches and activity on lichess.org and broadcast on streaming site, Twitch. Some of the […]
Posted in Africa, Ghana, Interviews, The Chess Drum on May 7th, 2020 No Comments »
Interview with chess personalities Philip Ameku and Joe Ditse on GBC News in Ghana
Posted in Africa, Senegal on May 6th, 2020 1 Comment »
Since 2016, Senegal has been riding the chess wave of momentum seen on the African continent. Francophone Africa has been making quite a bit of inroads in countries where draughts has a more prominent following. The Federation Senegalaise des Echecs or “FESEC” is currently led by Mr. Amadou Lamine Cissé who serves as President. Last […]
Posted in Africa, Sierra Leone, Tournaments on Mar 18th, 2020 2 Comments »
Aijibola Olanrewaju Photo by Sierra Leone Chess Federation While many organizers have canceled tournaments worldwide, the Africa 4.2 Zone is holding the subzonal tournament in Freetown, Sierra Leone at Hotel Barmoi. According to the Facebook post, “All the measures against COVID-19, are taken for the tournament to be safe.” There are available bottles of hand […]
Posted in Africa, Nigeria, Scholastic, The Chess Drum, USA on Mar 8th, 2020 1 Comment »
Tani Adewumi on the rise!Photo by Angel Lopez Just after the recent announcement of the upcoming book, Tanitoluwa Adewumi continued his rapid rise. Last weekend at an Action tournament at the Marshall Chess Club, Tani scored 3/4 including wins over three masters including IM Jay Bonin. He would lose to eventual winner GM Michael Rohde, […]
Posted in Africa, Media Stories, Nigeria on Feb 17th, 2020 6 Comments »
One of the biggest viral chess stories of 2019 is about to be released in book form. The story was miraculous in itself. A royal family left Nigeria seeking political asylum and ending up in a homeless shelter. They stayed in the shelter for two years during which Kayode Adewumi took on a job as […]
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