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The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament - Markets Insider

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 19:55

The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament
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This year, the world's top ten players met at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis in early August to compete in nine grueling rounds of chess. This year's tournament ended on the 12th of August, and the winner will receive $75,000 and ...

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Nick's English Hut honored by Mayor Hamilton - Indiana Daily Student

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 18:32

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Nick's English Hut honored by Mayor Hamilton
Indiana Daily Student
Cristian Medina, president of the Bloomington Indiana Scholastic Chess Club, said he asked Nick's if he could set up a few tables for the chess club at the block party and was pleased when they said yes. “I've been in Bloomington for 12 years,” Medina ...

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The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament - Broadway World

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 17:50

The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament
Broadway World
This year, the world's top ten players met at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis in early August to compete in nine grueling rounds of chess. This year's tournament ended on the 12th of August, and the winner will receive $75,000 and ...

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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All eyes on Garry Kasparov as former champion returns to chess after 12 years - Firstpost

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 08/14/2017 - 06:25

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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All eyes on Garry Kasparov as former champion returns to chess after 12 years
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The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz event started off at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis on Sunday evening as a relaxed and jovial affair, despite being next leg of the Grand Chess Tour with equal weightage of Grand Prix points. It will ...
Chess: Kasparov ties Karjakin in first comeback matchChannel NewsAsia
Chess legend Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive returnNew Straits Times Online

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The Wait Is Kaspar-over - Chess.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 08/13/2017 - 20:42

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The Wait Is Kaspar-over
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It has been 4539 days since GM Garry Kasparov played a rated chess game. Internet and St. Louis Chess Club audiences, neither of which even existed a dozen years ago, will only have to wait one more to see the 13th World Champion end the streak. Most ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 08/12/2017 - 13:26

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
13-19), also at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (https://saintlouischessclub.org/). It starts the day after the cup ends and features the return of the legendary Garry Kasparov to competitive chess. We will see how much he has left ...

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On Chess: The return of the king | St. Louis Public Radio - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 08/10/2017 - 09:51

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On Chess: The return of the king | St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
It was the fall of 1995, and I was on the top floor of the World Trade Center. I watched on a TV monitor as two players concentrated intensely on a.

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On Chess: The return of the king - KBIA

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 08/10/2017 - 09:51

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On Chess: The return of the king
KBIA
Garry Kasparov was thrown into the ring with the triad of players who currently sit atop American chess: Grand Masters Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura. Kasparov had been retired for more than 10 years, and people were unsure of how ...

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Hamilton Southeastern High School student excels at chess - Current in Fishers

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 08/09/2017 - 20:06

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Hamilton Southeastern High School student excels at chess
Current in Fishers
When he can, he plays with a chess club in Castleton called Deadwood Chess Club,” Ranjani said. Nikhil often plays against adults as well as people his own age, traveling the U.S. for tournaments. He recently won first place at the 2017 Scholastic ...

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So Suffers At Sinquefield; Carlsen Misses Another Win - Chess.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 08/08/2017 - 21:11

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So Suffers At Sinquefield; Carlsen Misses Another Win
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Photo: Maria Emelianova. Today Wesley So was the first to arrive at the Chess and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, but at the end of the day he was the only player to lose a game. That was his second loss back-to-back, and his third in total here in ...
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American Chess Is Great Again - FiveThirtyEight

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 08/08/2017 - 14:47

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American Chess Is Great Again
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He was also the favorite at the inaugural world chess championship, held in 1886, and an émigré to the United States — Steinitz had adopted the U.S. as his own after emigrating from Europe, later changing his first name to William. The championship ...

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Wilmington teen wins $10000 Taco Bell scholarship - The News Journal

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 08/08/2017 - 11:36

Wilmington teen wins $10000 Taco Bell scholarship
The News Journal
In a two-minute video submitted to the Taco Bell Foundation, Means won the selection committee over with his passion: chess. He and his family launched the Wilmington Urban Chess Initiative, which works to develop in-school and after-school scholastic ...

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World Teams with Indian Chess Players Dominate Match of the Millennials Event - India West

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 08/07/2017 - 18:08

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World Teams with Indian Chess Players Dominate Match of the Millennials Event
India West
The event, put together by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, Mo., in cooperation with the Kasparov Chess Foundation, U.S. Chess Federation, World Chess Federation and the world federation's Trainers' Commission, took place July 26 ...

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USA: Denker Tournament of High School Champions won by 'Virginia' - Chessbase News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 08/07/2017 - 02:00
USA: Denker Tournament of High School Champions won by 'Virginia'  Chessbase News

For over 30 years, the GM Arnold Denker Tournament of High School Champions has provided top high school players of each U.S. Chess state the chance to ...

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Downingtown sixth-grader wins national chess title - Daily Local News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2017 - 18:08

Downingtown sixth-grader wins national chess title
Daily Local News
Karthik Murugan, a student going into sixth grade at Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center in the Downingtown Area School District, won the National Elementary Championship title in the 118th Annual U.S. Open Chess Championship in Norfolk, Virginia on July ...

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Downingtown sixth-grader wins national chess title - Daily Local News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2017 - 18:08

Downingtown sixth-grader wins national chess title
Daily Local News
Karthik Murugan, a student going into sixth grade at Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center in the Downingtown Area School District, won the National Elementary Championship title in the 118th Annual U.S. Open Chess Championship in Norfolk, Virginia on July ...

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Downingtown sixth-grader wins national chess title | National and World - Daily Local News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2017 - 02:00
Downingtown sixth-grader wins national chess title | National and World  Daily Local News

NORFOLK, VA. >> Karthik Murugan, a student going into sixth grade at Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center in the Downingtown Area School District, won the ...

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Chess Notes - The Boston Globe

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 08/05/2017 - 13:30

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Chess Notes
The Boston Globe
The next stop on the Grand Chess Tour, the Sinquefield Cup, has begun at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (www.SaintLouisChessClub.org). This year's version features the return of world champion and chess's one true rock star, ...

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Pawns Don't Equal Points In Sinquefield Rd. 3 - Chess.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 20:12

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Pawns Don't Equal Points In Sinquefield Rd. 3
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Austin Fuller, Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. "I was thinking the game is effectively over, but you don't like to resign on move 20," Svidler said. He was particularly perturbed that he was getting outplayed in an opening that he's ...

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National chess tournament won by Alabama player, local results and games - AL.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 10:01

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National chess tournament won by Alabama player, local results and games
AL.com
Rochelle is the current World Cadets Girls Under 10 Champion, Alabama scholastic champion, one of the top 100 rated female players in the nation, and number 15 in the world for girls (under 12) according to the World Chess Federation's ranking. In ...

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