Malawi crowned FM Joseph Mwale and Priyasha Santosh Shriyan as their new national champions on May 15th. Both were defending champions, thus both mounted a successful defense. It would be Mwale’s 8th title and Shriyan’s 3rd. “I spent sleepless nights practising my game on opening and closing. I am delighted that it has paid off.” …
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Dr. Alexey Root has announced the Chessable Research Awards for Fall 2023 and the deadline is July 1st. This initiative is designed to produce research that is beneficial to building the scientific body of literature as far as chess research. Over the years that have been a plethora of chess studies on a variety of …
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Adham Fawzy was a surprise winner of the 2023 African Individual Chess Championship (AICC) held in Giza, Egypt. The 23-year-old Grandmaster scored an undefeated 8/9. He was followed by Grandmaster Bilel Bellahcene of Algeria and Bassem Amin of Egypt both of who had 7.5/9. Amin was upset by the Algerian and drew with Ahmed Adly …
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Jaden Shaw won the Jamaican National Championship with a blistering 10/11 ushering in a new era of Jamaican talent. Much of the field is coached by local masters and titled players and perhaps one out of the field will become the first Jamaican Grandmaster. Currently the under-20 champion, Shaw beat out other upstarts including an …
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Adisa Banjoko has been busy even though the hip-hop chess icon retired the Hip-Hop Chess Federation in 2019. He has launched a new company called 64 Blocks, LLC. Many in The Chess Drum community may remember the Hip-Hop Chess Federation’s beginnings in 2006. There was the historic Kings Invitational, the events featuring hip-hop and martial …
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The 2023 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) are currently taking place in Egypt at Hor Moheb Hotel in the historic town of Giza. There are 17 African federations along with five South African players playing under the African Chess Confederation banner. Seven Grandmasters lead the field of 71 players in the Open (44 Egyptian) and …
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Participants of the 2023 HBCU Chess Classic at Morris Brown CollegePhoto by Daaim Shabazz Dear Chess Community,The HBCU Chess Classic took place on April 22nd and many noted figures in the African-American chess community were in attendance. US Chess was also represented by Melinda Matthews who did a number of interviews including this writer. This …
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