A CHESS-themed A to Z?!

As Tunde Onakoya breaks the world record for continuous chess playing...
After a week of reading RZA's (Wu-Tang Clan's founder) excellent The Tao of Wu I happened to read about this world record being broken and so scrapped my meticulous notes for a very different A to Z today...
ALTHEA + DONNA Uptown Top Ranking
ALICIA KEYS Pawn It All
BUSTA RHYMES Whoo Haa!! (Got You All In Check)
CYPRESS HILL Checkmate
THE DOORS Queen of the Highway
ECHOBELLY King of the Kerb
FAITH NO MORE King For a Day
GLADYS KNIGHT + THE PIPS Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
GIANT ROOKS Morning Blue
HALSEY Castle
ICE CUBE Check Yo Self
JIMI HENDRIX Castles Made of Sand
KOKO TAYLOR Wang Dang Doodle
KING BEE Back By Dope Demand
LE VIBE Kingdom of Zion
JOON MOON Chess (Opium Factory remix)
BILLY NOMATES Vertigo
ORBITAL Tonight in Belfast
POGUES A Rainy Night in Soho
QUEENSRYCHE I Don’t Believe in Love
RED EYE PARIAH The Rounds
SUBLIME Pawn Shop Dub (Mad Professor remix)
THUNDERFUZZ Between 2 Nights
URSULA 1000 The Gambit
VON BONDIES Pawn Shoppe Heart
BUFFALO C WAYNE King of the Neon Light
WU-TANG CLAN Da Mystery of Chessboxin’
KING’S X Summerland
YUNE PINKU Night Light
RZA Grits