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Webster University to Compete in Final Four of Chess

As the nation gears up for the Final Four of men's basketball this weekend, a lesser known college tournament will take place in suburban Washington, D.C. That's right sports fans, who's ready for the Final Four of chess?! Answer: The Webster University chess team. Its members have spent thousands ... More >>

All A Board

In the Galleries - Screwed Moves CLOSES February 10 at the World Chess Hall of Fame

The Old 97's Return to 1997 at the Pageant: Time Tripping at the Genesis of Alt-Country

Old 97s, with The Travoltas and Rhett Miller (solo) The Pageant Oct. 16, 2012 Music is a funny thing. Like photos or scent, songs have a way of making us remember the past. Late relatives. Swim class. That road trip to Dollywood with a jerk you never should have dated in the first place. Chances ar ... More >>

In the Galleries - Bobby Fischer: Icon Among Icons (Photographs by Harry Benson) at the World Chess Hall of Fame

In the Galleries - Marcel Dzama: The End Game at the World Chess Hall of Fame

St. Louis Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura Wins his Third U.S. Chess Championship

To know what it feels like to win the United States Chess Championship, earn $40,000 and reconfirm your status as the No. 1 chess player in the country -- and as the most promising American player since Bobby Fischer -- look no further than the Twitter status of the man who just did all of these th ... More >>

Checkmate

Sports Illustrated Features New Chess Queen in Town

Congrats to Susan Polgar, the incoming coach of Webster University's new chess team, for her sidebar article, "Winning Gambit," inside the current issue of Sports Illustrated (NFL Draft cover). We first introduced Polgar back in February. The Budapest native, former world champion and, until recen ... More >>

Dastardly Doings in Chess World: Webster U. Poaches Texas Tech's Coach, Team

Since we know now that chess is a sport, maybe it shouldn't be surprising that the chess community is resorting to sports-like behavior: boosterism, trash-talking and now wholesale poaching of the best collegiate players. Case in point: This school year, Webster University has no chess team. Next y ... More >>

Check Out This Move

Checkmate: St. Louis Named "Chess City of the Year"

Todd OwyoungA new (and old) title will soon join the ranks of the awards earned by the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center.​If you read our recent feature story on the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center and the country's number one player, you likely won't be surprised to hear t ... More >>

The Cover of the July 21 Print Edition

Hikaru Nakamura is the next Bobby Fischer -- and the reason St. Louis is suddenly the epicenter of American chess

Boy Scouts: Forget Bird Calls, and Earn a Merit Badge in Chess

Later, they would tell people that it was his chess merit badge that won her over.​You can earn a Boy Scout merit badge in fly fishing, in stamp collecting and in something called "pulp and paper." You can even earn one in journalism. But it wasn't until now that the Boy Scouts organization fi ... More >>

Bobby Fischer Against the World -- the Tivoli Premiere

Liz Garbus' documentary, Bobby Fischer Against the World, made its premiere at the Tivoli Theatre last night.​The most stunning moment of Bobby Fischer Against the World, the documentary making its premiere at the Tivoli Theatre last night, would be easy to miss if it weren't so eerie. The c ... More >>

St. Louisan Seeks to Break Bobby Fischer's U.S. Record at Upcoming Tournament

Will Nakamura leave us searching for Bobby Fischer's record?​It ain't exactly the Thrilla in Manilla, but it's being billed as the first-ever international chess match between two top-ranked players to be played in St. Louis since 1886. And the stakes are particularly high for one of the conte ... More >>

Chess Champs Crowned

PRNewswireGata Kamsky, winning.​Today, right here in St. Louis, the 2011 U.S. Chess Champion and the Women's Chess Champion won titles, money and acclaim. Folks battled it out at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.Grandmaster Gata Kamsky took the overall title. The 36-year-old from ... More >>

Knight Life

Chess is Centerpiece of New St. Louis School Founded by Juvenile Judge Jimmie Edwards

pelopidas.comJudge Jimmie Edwards​The Wall Street Journal provided nice coverage yesterday of Innovation Concept Academy, a school opened in August by St. Louis Juvenile Judge Jimmie Edwards. Edwards launched the academy in response to the number of student troublemakers who, once expelled from sc ... More >>

Your Move

Surprise! St. Louis is the Center of the Chess Universe

If you are into chess -- and, Lord knows, why wouldn't you be? -- get yourself down to the St. Louis Chess Club in the Central West End right this minute. The U.S. Women's Championship and the U.S. Junior Closed Championship are both in their final rounds there, causing Jack Peters, the LA Times che ... More >>

Gata Kamsky Wins U.S. Chess Championship, "Armageddon" Controversy Ensues

Image sourceGata Kamsky is da champ.​If you think NFL's "coin-flip" overtime system is controversial, wait till you hear what they do in the world of competitive chess and how it decided the sport's championship yesterday.Twenty-four players from across the country competed in the U.S Championship ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Hum, the English Beat, Wrecking Ball Swings, Mini Lady Gaga

If you're one of the seven people who didn't watch the Lost finale last night -- or see any of the show, ever -- you can breathe a little easier this morning. Drive-time radio talkers won't be wheezing about it on-air any longer and publications ranging from your uncle's blog to the New York Times w ... More >>

Pawnage

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

Founders of St. Louis Chess Club Purchase Collection of Bobby Fischer Writings

badattitudes.comRex and Jeanne Sinquefield, co-founders of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, purchased a large collection of writings by the reclusive and controversial chess master Bobby Fischer for $61,000 at a San Francisco auction earlier this week.The prize of the collection ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

See What It's Like To Get Beaten Down by a Chess Master

weblogs.baltimoresun.comThe top 24 chess players in the country begin competing this hour in the 2009 U.S. Championship. Also known as "The Super Bowl of Chess" (it's the same as the gridiron version, but without the cheerleaders, testosterone, or multimillion dollar commercial breaks) the comp ... More >>

Opening Gambit

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A Whale of an Exhibit

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Week of August 20, 2003