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St. Louis cops to partner with public school students for chess - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 02/22/2017 - 18:49

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St. Louis cops to partner with public school students for chess
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The group already has instructors at 29 St. Louis public schools, but training officers to become instructors offers an added bonus to teaching children the strategy, focus and patience that come with the game, said Rex Sinquefield, founder of the ...
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St. Louis police and students learning about chess and each other - fox2now.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 02/22/2017 - 18:38

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St. Louis police and students learning about chess and each other
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Students and police learn the game along side Chess Club members. Chess Club President and founder Rex Sinquefield says there is no equivalent in teaching a kid how to focus. “You watch these kids concentrate. I bet at this age they don't concentrate ...
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Invitații refuzate - Dilema veche

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Mon, 02/13/2017 - 05:44

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Invitații refuzate
Dilema veche
Unii dintre cei ce au refuzat invitația federației au preferat să dea mai multă importanță seriei Grand Chess Tour, sponsorizată în mare parte de magnatul american Rex Sinquefield, care pune la bătaie premii mai mari. Alții boicotează federația (cum e ...

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Retrospectiva celor mai importante evenimente din şah în 2016 - Dilema veche

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Mon, 12/26/2016 - 14:32

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Retrospectiva celor mai importante evenimente din şah în 2016
Dilema veche
Aflată la a doua ediţie anuală, seria nu este organizată de FIDE, ci de un comitet privat care îi mobilizează pe sponsori, mai precis pe magnatul american Rex Sinquefield. Au fost patru turnee Grand Chess Tour anul acesta, la Paris, Leuven, Saint Louis ...

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The Americans love Wesley So - Chessbase News

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 12/16/2016 - 02:00
The Americans love Wesley So  Chessbase News

Wesley So might be the newest member of the U.S. Chess team, and many may consider him to be a “transfer”, but he is slowly growing in popularity.

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Kansas City Chess Champion To Defend Missouri Title In St. Louis - KCUR

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 12/06/2016 - 12:22

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Kansas City Chess Champion To Defend Missouri Title In St. Louis
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In 2007, Rex Sinquefield, a St. Louis businessman and investor, opened the CCSCSL, a nonprofit chess club that partners with schools in the area to teach chess to students. Since then, the city has hosted major national and international championships ...

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An enjoyable celebration of chess - gulfnews.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 11/30/2016 - 05:52

An enjoyable celebration of chess
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In St Louis, Missouri, at least, the game has been re-energised by the money of the billionaire chess fanatic Rex Sinquefield. And the reader is relieved, above all, for Moss's own slow and hard-won progress as a player. He's an amusing, self ...

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World Chess Has A Big Problem - Bloomberg

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Mon, 11/28/2016 - 05:16

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World Chess Has A Big Problem
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Chess boosters are looking for ways to circumvent the FIDE problem. St. Louis millionaire Rex Sinquefield has teamed up with Kasparov and British grandmaster Short to create the Grand Chess Tour, a series of annual tournaments in the U.S., Britain ...

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World Chess Has a Big Problem - Bloomberg

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Mon, 11/28/2016 - 02:00
World Chess Has a Big Problem  Bloomberg

While grandmasters earn millions, the sport still can't shake ties to tyrants and a leader under U.S. sanctions.

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Editorial: Thanksgiving toasts to behind-the-scenes newsmakers who make the world a better place - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 11/23/2016 - 08:00

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Editorial: Thanksgiving toasts to behind-the-scenes newsmakers who make the world a better place
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To Rex Sinquefield. There are many reasons why we give the local billionaire a hard time. But that doesn't stop us from raising a glass specifically for his efforts to put St. Louis on the world chess map and turn our city into a magnet for top chess ...

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An American Chess Resurgence!? - Chessbase News

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 11/23/2016 - 02:00
An American Chess Resurgence!?  Chessbase News

Is chess really thriving in the U.S.? Is the game really moving forward between New York City and Los Angeles after the U.S. won the Olympiad, has three ...

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The Rookie by Stephen Moss review – an enjoyable celebration of chess - The Guardian

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 10/27/2016 - 09:00

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The Rookie by Stephen Moss review – an enjoyable celebration of chess
The Guardian
In St Louis, Missouri, at least, the game has been re-energised by the money of the billionaire chess fanatic Rex Sinquefield. And the reader is relieved, above all, for Moss's own slow and hard-won progress as a player. He's an amusing, self ...

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In The Esports Era, Chess Is Alive And Thriving - Forbes

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 10/25/2016 - 08:37

In The Esports Era, Chess Is Alive And Thriving
Forbes
Next month, the World Chess Championship will be played in New York City between the reigning champ, 25-year-old Magnus Carlsen, and 26-year-old Sergey Karjakin, who still holds the record as the youngest person to become a grandmaster at the age of 12 ...

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Live from the third presidential debate - Politico (blog)

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 10/19/2016 - 15:58

Politico (blog)

Live from the third presidential debate
Politico (blog)
Share link: Tweet. Trump just released this list of 100 business leaders who are supporting him. Most were already his donors, but Teddy Schleifer of CNN spots a new name: Rex Sinquefield, the Missouri megadonor and chess enthusiast. Burgess Everett.

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