St. Louis AND Chess
How St Louis became America’s chess capital - The Economist
ST LOUIS is a troubled, shrinking city in the American Midwest. Its population peaked at 850000 in the 1950s. Decades of middle-class flight have left it with only ...
Messenger: Is St. Louis leaving the future of its airport to a coin flip? - STLtoday.com
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The agreement has been presented to the public as a deal with nonprofit Grow Missouri — funded by retired investor and chess philanthropist Rex Sinquefield — and the city, with Sinquefield paying the costs of the city's attempt to investigate ...
Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis/Lennart Ootes. Rex Sinquefield, an average club player, founded the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis and has contributed tens of millions of dollars to make it one of the best-known clubs in ...
Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players - Minneapolis Star Tribune
ST. LOUIS – For decades after World War II, the Soviet Union dominated international chess competitions. Now the center of the chess world has shifted to the ...
Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players - Star Tribune
ST. LOUIS – For decades after World War II, the Soviet Union dominated international chess competitions. Now the center of the chess world has shifted to the ...
The Sublime Moves Of America's New Chess Champion - FiveThirtyEight
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But he added: “If I ever become a world champion, I will glorify Him in that way.” After the final game, he thanked his parents, U.S. chess benefactor Rex Sinquefield and God. Chess is a lonely pursuit, he explained, and that trinity provides his ...
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St. Louis chess center names U.S. Championship winners - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Sublime Moves Of America’s New Chess Champion - FiveThirtyEight
ST. LOUIS — In 1972, Bobby Fischer became the world chess champion in the most-watched chess event in history, a best-of-24-game Cold War match against ...
The Sublime Moves Of America’s New Chess Champion - FiveThirtyEight
ST. LOUIS — In 1972, Bobby Fischer became the world chess champion in the most-watched chess event in history, a best-of-24-game Cold War match against ...
Brennan: Would We Question St. Louis Leadership If Prop 2 Passed? - CBS St. Louis
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Rex Sinquefield has put St. Louis on the map in the chess world. Mark Wrighton oversees one of the great universities in the country. Kelvin Adams is improving the troubled schools. Steve Stenger and Jon Belmar led the passage of Prop P to raise police ...
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Sinquefields to chip in $6M for Chesterfield sports foundation | Metro ... - STLtoday.com
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A rendering of the BASE (Baseball and Softball Education) Foundation plan for POWERplex, a 74-acre sports campus in the Chesterfield Valley for youth sports ...
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Chess named one of top four teams in nation - The University News
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The University News
However, the team can rightfully be considered the brainchild of SLU alumnus and chess fan Rex Sinquefield. The team is not simply a club activity or organization, but rather an effort by the university and other parties to recruit promising players ...
On Chess: Saint Louis Arch Bishops Sweep Competition to Become World Champions - St. Louis Public Radio
Walking back in time through the English Cotswolds - STLtoday.com
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... hiker coming toward us if we were on the correct path to the village of Broadway. When he learned we were from St. Louis, he asked if we knew Rex Sinquefield. “I am an avid chess player and know he opened the World Chess Hall of Fame there,” he said.
Commentary: Turning checkmate into checks - St. Louis Business Journal
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St. Louis Business Journal
When I decided to open the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, it was with the humble ambition of pushing some pawns down the board. It blossomed into something much more than I could have expected. Over the last nine years, while St.
On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools - St. Louis Public Radio
Editorial: Short takes on human athletes, car-racing doldrums and anti-privacy conspirators - STLtoday.com
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Billionaire Rex Sinquefield, founder of the Chess Club, and the Scholastic Center are the brains behind a great idea to pit students at Gateway Middle School against St. Louis' finest. The program, Cops Helping Enhance Student Skills, also will play ...
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St. Louis cops to partner with public school students for chess - STLtoday.com
Program kicked off Wednesday at Gateway Middle School.