News Briefs Index (2007)

December

• January FIDE Rating list released! (30 December 2007)
• News from Uganda! (29 December 2007)
• What’s next in Black Chess? (27 December 2007)
• Anson Williams… King of Freestyle Chess! (22 December 2007)
• Pitterson wins Cameron Open… upsets Ashley! (20 December 2007)
• Khetho wins Botswana Clash! (20 December 2007)
• Reflecting on the greatness of Baba Sy (9 December 2007)
• Maurice Ashley to play in Jamaica (9 December 2007)
• BeSomeone’s Hudson on “Good Morning America” (1 December 2007)

November

• 2007 World Cup Chess Championship (29 November 2007)
• Wamala sentenced to 20-40 years (21 November 2007)
• Lesley-Ann Nelson pledges to ‘Save Children’ (21 November 2007)
• Clarendon Open claimed by Wilson! (16 November 2007)
• Chess & Art meet at Philly Expo! (16 November 2007)
• Four world-class GMs donate to Africa (10 November 2007)
• Bertram Scott writes on passing of John Powell (10 November 2007)
• Detroit CCC welcomes Maurice Ashley (9 November 2007)
• Adu to play 50-board simul! (9 November 2007)
• Carlsson starring at European Team CC (4 November 2007)
• Harper wins 3rd straight T&T title! (3 November 2007)
• Warner wins 2007 Barbados Championship! (2 November 2007)

October

• The Chess Drum introduces “Gamecast” Lectures (30 October 2007)
• Hip-Hop Chess in the News!! (22 October 2007)
• Egypt’s Ahmed Adly wins World Junior! (18 October 2007)
• Simutowe battles at the Essent Open (16 October 2007)
• HHCF event a smash… RZA wins Kings Invitational! (15 October 2007)
• Carlsson granted the GM title! (12 October 2007)
• Maurice Ashley shares his passion (11 October 2007)
• Newsweek runs story on African Chess (9 October 2007)
• HHCF readies for 1st Kings Invitational (9 October 2007)
• October 2007 FIDE Rating list released! (8 October 2007)
• 2007 Jamaican Championship: Elliott wins again! (4 October 2007)
• 2007 Jamaican Championship: Exciting finish on tap! (2 October 2007)

September

• GM Viswanathan Anand: World Chess Champion (30 September 2007)
• Tom Murphy: King of Dupont Circle (29 September 2007)
• 2007 World Chess Championship: WCC in the final lap! (26 September 2007)
• Steven Kawuma writes on his FM feat (21 September 2007)
• EAGLE Chess tourney ends in a flourish! (21 September 2007)
• 2007 Jamaican Championship: Brown closes on Elliott (20 September 2007)
• 2007 World Chess Championship (Mexico City) (15 September 2007)
• Wamala found guilty of  sexual assault charges (14 September 2007)
• Orrin Hudson to hold “Get in the Game” Exhibition (13 September 2007)
• DC Chess Event for Girls & Women (13 September 2007)
• 2007 Suriname Chess Open (13 September 2007)
• 2007 African Chess Championships: Africa crowns Champs! (12 September 2007)
• 2007 African Chess Championships: Six Spots at Stake! (9 September 2007)
• Muhammad wins Alabama St. Championship (9 September 2007)
• 2007 African Chess Championships: Robert Gwaze pulls ahead! (4 September 2007)
• FIDE Ethics Commission passes judgments (1 September 2007)
• 2007 African Chess Championships (Winhoek, Namibia) (1 September 2007)

August

• Philly beats Baltimore in grudge match! (31 August 2007)
• October Gallery Art Expo to host chess tournament! (30 August 2007)
• Simutowe wins Euwe tourney… earns final GM norm!! (25 August 2007)
• Wilkinson sitting on “Toiletgate” ethics case (25 August 2007)
• Hip-Hop Chess Federation to host All-Star Tourney (23 August 2007)
• Lionel Davis touts “Ultramodern Chess Theory” (23 August 2007)
• Wilson wins Sagicor Jr. Open! (20 August 2007)
• Eagle Chess Academy continues to soar! (20 August 2007)
• Elton Joseph… 2007 Bahamian Jr. Champ! (20 August 2007)
• 2007 African Chess Championships (19 August 2007)
• “Zambezi Shark” at Euwe GM tourney (17 August 2007)
• Lateefah Messam-Sparks, UK under-16 Champ (17 August 2007)
• Wilson wins Caribbean Jr. Championship! (14 August 2007)
• CMMB tourney a smashing success! (14 August 2007)
• Hip-Hop Chess blowing up! (10 August 2007)
• 2007 CMMB Caribbean Championships (Information Center) (9 August 2007)
• 2007 U.S. Open: Gulko tops seven-way tie (9 August 2007)
• 2007 U.S. Open:5-way tie on “D-Day” (5 August 2007)
• Trinidad’s RJ Nelson strikes gold in Guatamala (4 August 2007)
• 2007 CMMB Caribbean Championships (press release) (4 August 2007)
• 2007 U.S. Open: 3-way tie for 1st after seven (4 August 2007)
• 2007 U.S. Open: Simutowe upsets Nakamura! (4 August 2007)
• 2007 Cameroonian Masters (3 August 2007)
• 2007 U.S. Open: Simutowe leads with 5-0! (3 August 2007)
• 2007 Jamaican National Championship (2 August 2007)
• 2007 U.S. Open (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) (1 August 2007)

July

• Ngubeni analyzes Africa’s Top 20 Players (28 July 2007)
• Emory Tate battles in 2007 Curaçao Festival (26 July 2007)
• Wilkinson on FIDE’s Ethics Commission (26 July 2007)
• 2007 CMMB Caribbean Championships (flyer) (22 July 2007)
• 2007 Jamaican Championship on tap! (22 July 2007)
• NAACP’s Crisis Magazine features Parrilla, Robinson (22 July 2007)
• 9th All-Africa Games: Egypt, Algeria… GOLDEN! (22 July 2007)
• BeSomeone coming to Woodruff Park! (20 July 2007)
• 9th All-Africa Games: Egypt & Algeria hold leads! (19 July 2007)
• Simutowe examines the Science of Chess (17 July 2007)
• 9th All-Africa Games (Algiers, Algeria) (17 July 2007)
• Interview with South Africa’s Kenny Solomon (16 July 2007)
• Solomon bags 4th South African Open! (15 July 2007)
• Pitterson wins Jamaican Masters KO (12 July 2007)
• 2007 World Open: Emory Tate annotates! (9July 2007)
• 2007 World Open Information Center (8 July 2007)
• IM Simutowe set for New Jersey Futurity (8 July 2007)
• 2007 World Open: Exterminator is Back!  (7 July 2007)
• 2007 World Open: Massive tie for 1st!  (7 July 2007)
• 2007 World Open: First half sizzles! (3 July 2007)

June

• Eddie Mark takes Buffalo City title! (30 June 2007)
• RJ hoping to fly the T&T flag at Pan-Ams (26 June 2007)
• Michigan’s answer to violence: Hip Hop Chess? (25 June 2007)
• Hip Hop Chess Federation releases theme song! (25 June 2007)
• The Chess Drum releases new blog! (24 June 2007)
• Touching article on R.O. Mitchell (22 June 2007)
• Malaysia to host 11-round Open  (22 June 2007)
• 2007 World Open (Valley Forge, USA) (22 June 2007)
• 2007 CMMB Caribbean Chess Championships  (21 June 2007)
• Yaoundé Club to hold “Cameroon Masters” tourney (18 June 2007)
• Mauritius to hold Regional event! (18 June 2007)
• Vietnam-US encounter: Truong & Clayton (18 June 2007)
• Funding cut affects Bronx Chess (18 June 2007)
• Nakamura wins National Open! (13 June 2007)
• Jamaica announces Executive Officers (12 June 12007)
• Milov, Shulman top field; Paulina scores upset (12 June 12007)
• IM Simutowe at the 2007 Chicago Open (5 June 2007)
• RO Mitchell, 1990 U.S. Junior Champ, 1971-2007 (4 June 2007)

May

• Chess flourishes in St. Lucia! (24 May 2007)
• Hip Hop Chess Exhibition a smashing success!! (23 May 2007)
• 2007 Chicago Open (May 25-28) (20 May 2007)
• 2007 U.S. Chess Championship (15 May 2007)
• Burnett, Gulamali and Muhammad top Georgia field! (13 May 2007)
• Lots of change on the April 2007 FIDE Rating list (5 May 2007)
• “Zambezi Shark” seeks support for title quest (2 May 2007)

April

• GM-elect Carlsson on the move! (22 April 2007)
• Maarifa fights to survive… holds fundraiser (22 April 2007)
• Amon Simutowe charts GM path amidst controversy (22 April 2007)
• “Nacho” Pérez is the Washington State Champ! (22 April 2007)
• Rare Breed: Khetho and Lopang repeat!  (15 April 2007)
• IM Emory Tate in Iceland! (14 April 2007)
• Anand to host charity event (14 April 2007)
• BeSomeone.org teams with ChessPark.com (13 April 2007)
• Hip-Hop Chess festival will feature Waitzkin! (13 April 2007)
• Medina Mathis is one of Detroit’s Finest! (13 April 2007)
• Eichab is 2007 Namibian Champion (8 April 2007)
• Playing to the Beat of a Different Drummer (3 April 2007)
• Detroit City Chess racks up accolades! (3 April 2007)
• 2007 Nigerian Clash (Houston, USA) (1 April 2007)

March

• Jamaica’s Masters KO goes to ‘Final Four’ (29 March 2007)
• ‘Nigerian Clash’ begins tomorrow! (28 March 2007)
• Amon Simutowe: Africa’s Next Hope? (21 March 2007)
• Trinidad’s field rocked by (another) Lee (20 March 2007)
• Bajan Chess Mom seeks Sponsorship (20 March 2007)
• Muhammad awarded the IM title! (19 March 2007)
• Ronnie Simpson at U.S. Masters (19 March 2007)
• GM Ashley featured in Jet Magazine (15 March 2007)
• Eugene Brown to make documentary on Black Chess (13 March 2007)
• Rowe’s Cambridge beats Oxford 5-3 (13 March 2007)
• Onaje Lamont wins Jamaican Junior! (13 March 2007)
• Orrin Hudson meets Donald Trump! (7 March 2007)
• Joshua Colas  shines in New York’s K-3 tourney (7 March 2007)
• “The Rising of the Black Star” (5 March 2007)
• Controversy fails to mar successful Hip-Hop Tourney  (4 March 2007)
• Jamaica’s Duane Rowe gives simul at Cambridge (4 March 2007)
• Hampton University’s chess experiment (4 March 2007)

February

• Banjoko launches Hip-Hop Chess Federation (25 February 2007)
• Liberian Chess Community seeks help (24 February 2007)
• 2007 Jamaican Junior Championships (24 February 2007)
• Zambians mourn the death of FM Malupande Lungu (23 February 2007)
• The Chess Drum is 6-years old! (12 February 2007)
• Carlsson gets final GM norm in Spain! (12 February 2007)
• Spotlight on Benjamin Bujisho (11 February 2007)
• Tate’s IM title finally official! (10 February 2007)
• Nakamura strong in Gibraltar (9 February 2007)
• Trinidad’s RJ Nelson:  The Chess Monarch (6 February 2007)
• Masters KO heats up in Jamaica!  (3 February 2007)
• Wither African Chess? (3 February 2007)
• Was Gwaze’s 2002 gold medal tarnished? (2 February 2007)
• Orrin Hudson on Atlanta’s 11 Alive (2 February 2007)

January

• Trinidad crowns 2007 Jr. Champions (28 January 2007)
• Barclay featured in Chicago Sun-Times! (26 January 2007)
• Tewana Mellace shines at Miami Orange Bowl (14 January 2007)
• 2007 New Year’s Open in Jamaica (12 January 2007)
• Tate-Yudasin revisited in Chess Life!  (6 January 2007)
• Zambia’s Mwali takes African Junior! (5 January 2007)
• Jamaica’s Wilkinson stars in charity game (3 January 2007)
• 2006 Eastern Open (Washington, DC) (3 January 2007)
• Dionisio Aldama at North American Open (3 January 2007)
• January 2007 FIDE Rating list released! (2 January 2007)