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Following the tournament, Hardaway's FIDE rating was 2390, 10 points shy of the requirements for the IM title. In November 2023, Hardaway competed in the U.S. Masters Chess Championship. He scored 6/9, with 4 wins, 4 draws, and a loss. As a result, he both fulfilled the rating requirement for the IM title, and earned his first GM norm. [6] [7]
He has a peak FIDE rating of 2420. When Williams was 12 years old, he became the youngest African American to earn the US Chess Federation (USCF) title of National Master (NM), surpassing Kassa Korley and since surpassed by several players, including current record-holder Brewington Hardaway.
It includes American chess players that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "African-American chess players" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Brewington Hardaway crossed the 2400 FIDE threshold, which was his final requirement for the International Master title. [37] [38] 2024 – Charlotte, NC, November 27 - December 1. The 2024 U.S. Masters moved to a new venue, the Westin Charlotte, under the organization of the Charlotte Chess Center and organizers Dr. Walter High and Peter ...
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations compete in an Olympic-style event. [1] [2] The first unofficial edition, labelled as the "Chess Olympic Games", was held in Paris in 1924, and coincided with the Summer Olympic Games that took place in the city in the same year. [3]
In 2008, Indiana father Dan Brewington took to his blog to chronicle the difficulties surrounding his divorce proceedings. Frustrated by the lack of answers he received from the closed case file ...
The defense is named for János Balogh (1892–1980), who was a Hungarian International Master of correspondence chess, and a strong master at over-the-board chess. The opening is rarely seen today because it weakens Black's kingside somewhat and often results in a backward e-pawn and/or a hole on e6 after Black's light-square bishop is exchanged .
When asked what went wrong over the second half of the season, Hardaway again said he wished he knew before alluding to a season-ending knee injury suffered in January by senior guard Caleb Mills.