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Master Larson Goes 3-for-3 to Win Thanksgiving Open Satellite

Players gathered at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis on Saturday, September 27 with thoughts of Thanksgiving. Saturday’s $5 Satellite Tournament brought out 30 players to compete across three sections for prizes of pride, ratings points -- and the chance to earn free entry into the Thanksgiving Open and its $4,000 prize fund on November 7.



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Our Resident Grandmaster: Yasser Seirawan

Join the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in welcoming back the legendary GM Yasser Seirawan as its Resident Grandmaster! GM Seirawan has become a staple within the rotating position, which features one of the nation’s premier players leading all of the Club’s programming during their stay in Saint Louis.

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Memories of the 2014 Sinquefield Cup: Bughouse With the Best

It was 8:30 on a Monday night, and the 2014 Sinquefield Cup -- the strongest chess tournament in history -- was over. The oppressive, tense atmosphere of “event mode” was gone, and the Club was no longer packed with giddy fans seeking autographs. The closing ceremony had finished up the night before, the shiny Cup had been hoisted by GM Fabiano Caruana and his transcendent performance. The excitement, for a fan like me, had already passed its zenith.

Finally, the Chess Club was returning back to its normal, relaxing state. Or so I thought.

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Signing Day for the 2014 Sinquefield Cup

Please join us in welcoming the six Grandmasters set to collide in the strongest chess tournament ever!

On Tuesday, August 26, from noon to 2:00 p.m., the CCSCSL will host SIGNING DAY for the 2014 Sinquefield Cup. World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen, as well as America's top dog GM Hikaru Nakamura, will be available for autographs and handshakes alongside GM Levon Aronian, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Veselin Topalov and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

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2014 Sinquefield Cup Will Be Strongest Chess Tournament in History, Hosted by CCSCSL

SAINT LOUIS (July 29, 2014) -- The 2014 Sinquefield Cup will be the highest-rated tournament in the history of chess, bringing six of the world’s top-nine Grandmasters together at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

Last year, the inaugural super-tournament thrilled spectators as the strongest chess competition ever held on U.S. soil. For its 2014 encore, beginning August 27 to September 7, the tournament will be the strongest ever held on earth, its six players averaging a historical peak FIDE rating of 2802.

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Known and Unknown Opponents

Your opponent opens with e4. Your speakers emit the synthesized sound of a piece thunking down on wood. You begin to wonder: What system does he hope to play? Is this his usual opening? Does he have experience with this or that line?

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Help Grow Saint Louis and the CCSCSL

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is competing for a Grow St. Louis grant -- and you can help! Vote for the CCSCSL as your favorite Saint Louis non-profit, where we will use the $20,000 grant to help expand our scholastic programming around the city. That amount will fund at least 22 instructional programs and reach over 500 students around St. Louis!

Visit the Grow Saint Louis Facebook page and vote for us -- once a day, through August 3!

 

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