Saint Louis Chess Club

Child stars are a common sight in the chess world these days, but getting to know them more closely remains to be an enticing activity. At 12, Christopher Yoo ...

The critical game of the Cairns Cup finished drawn, but only after both players missed chances to get ahead. Nonetheless, a half point was all that Valentina ...

The Russian participants are the only ones with a chance to take home the first prize of $40000 at the Cairns Cup. Valentina Gunina will enter her final round ...

Valentina Gunina, who started the inaugural Cairns Cup with a win and two draws, has now won four in a row — her latest victim was Anna Zatonskih — to grab ...

Fighting chess continues to abound at the Cairns Cup in Saint Louis. In round six, Valentina Gunina joined Alexandra Kosteniuk in the lead after beating ...

All five games of round five at the Cairns Cup could have easily finished with decisive results, as all boards saw the players relentless in attack and defence ...

Four decisive results in round four of the Cairns Cup left Alexandra Kosteniuk at the top of the standings with 3½/4. She cannot sit back and relax though, as both ...

The only clash of co-leaders in round three of the Cairns Cup favoured Alexandra Kosteniuk, who defeated Zhansaya Abdumalik with the black pieces to grab ...

Live games and commentary beginning at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET, 14:00 EST) by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade. Ten of ...

Ten of the world's top female chess players will soon compete in a new event at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis: The "Cairns Cup" from ...

1/25/2019 – The Grand Chess Tour is expanding in 2019 to eight tournaments. The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz and Your Next Move in Leuven are replaced by ...

Each season the Saint Louis Chess Club organises two ten-player strong round robins that include players from all around the globe mixed with young ...

Each season the Saint Louis Chess Club organises two ten-player strong round robins that include players from all around the globe mixed with young ...

Hikaru Nakamura (pictured) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are considered two of the best rapid chess and blitz chess players in the world. In rapid Nakamura is ...

The Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF) and The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) have run the very successful Young Stars program ...