7:00pm – 7:45pm – Panel Discussion on Duchamp, art and chess. The evening included a signing of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess by Francis M. Naumann, Bradley Bailey, Larry List with annotations by Jennifer Shahade.
They called him one of the best closers of all time in St. Louis Cardinals history. But today, his opening game was hard enough – on the chess board.
Over his major league baseball career as a hard-throwing reliever, Todd Worrell has pitched over 256 saves. Today, celebrating the opening of the U.S. Chess Championship, Worrell came out of the bull-pen with his aggressive, high-speed burners. However, this time it was a bishop screaming off the mound.
Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield celebrated Mother’s Day last weekend at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, the host of the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship. She is pictured with Rex and their eldest son, Randy Sinquefield. Randy is currently filming a documentary about the Championship, scheduled to be released early this summer.
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Players Rest Day
10:00am – 1:00pm, Player Simuls at Chess Club
City Academy and King of Glory Schools
Six 4th grade students from King of Glory Lutheran School will compete against half a dozen 4th graders from City Academy from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Chess Club, 4657 Maryland Avenue in the Central West End.
U.S. #1 GM Gata Kamsky and newly minted GM Robert Hess show they can not only play well, but do so in style. Sporting their Chess Club and Scholastic Center garb, obtained during their participation in the 2009 U.S. Championship, both are expected to perform quite well at the World Open.
U.S. #1 GM Gata Kamsky and newly minted GM Robert Hess show they can not only play well, but do so in style. Sporting their Chess Club and Scholastic Center garb, obtained during their participation in the 
