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Brewington Hardaway (born April 22, 2009) is an American chess player, prodigy, and grandmaster-elect. When awarded the title at the next quarterly meeting of the FIDE Council, Hardaway will become the first US-born African-American grandmaster.
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.
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.
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 45th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23 September 2024.. There were two main events contested at the Chess Olympiad—an Open event, enabling participation of players from all genders, and a Women's event, enabling participation of female players only.
The opening originated in the 1920s, when it was played by both the Mexican grandmaster Carlos Torre (hence the name "Mexican Defense") [1] and the American master Alexander Kevitz (the "Kevitz" in "Kevitz–Trajkovic Defense"). Torre used it to defeat then-U.S. Chess Champion Frank James Marshall in only seven moves. [2]
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 Hippopotamus Defence is a chess opening system employed by Black, consisting of a double fianchetto structure (bishops on b7 and g7) and a small pawn centre (pawns on d6 and e6). The knights are typically developed to e7 and d7 and the rook's pawns to a6 and h6. [ 1 ]