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Messenger: Campaign finance in Missouri goes from absurd to obscene - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 07/22/2016 - 16:26

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Messenger: Campaign finance in Missouri goes from absurd to obscene
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... the month started with the absurd and quickly advanced to the obscene. On July 1, the most prolific donor in Missouri history, St. Louis billionaire and chess fanatic Rex Sinquefield, demonstrated the dual problem with the state's lax campaign ...

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On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank - St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 05:30

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On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank
St. Louis Public Radio
The correlation between scout service and chess is an easy one to make. Through the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, spearheaded by Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, chess has already helped thousands of kids in the St. Louis area improve ...

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On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank - St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 02:00
On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank  St. Louis Public Radio

Achieving the grandmaster title is a huge feat. The hours spent every day studying, the days spent in airplanes, buses and airports just to travel to.

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On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank - St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 02:00
On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank  St. Louis Public Radio

Achieving the grandmaster title is a huge feat. The hours spent every day studying, the days spent in airplanes, buses and airports just to travel to.

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Classic gaming in the 21st century - GamingTodaySlotsToday

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 06/15/2016 - 18:21

Classic gaming in the 21st century
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There are few games as iconic as that of chess, and whilst playing chess versus a computer opponent may be fun, it pales next to the dramatic events that have made St Louis the new capital of the chess world. Thanks to the far-reaching investment of ...

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Classic gaming in the 21st century - GamingTodaySlotsToday

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 06/15/2016 - 18:21

Classic gaming in the 21st century
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There are few games as iconic as that of chess, and whilst playing chess versus a computer opponent may be fun, it pales next to the dramatic events that have made St Louis the new capital of the chess world. Thanks to the far-reaching investment of ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe - The Boston Globe

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Sat, 05/28/2016 - 23:03

Chess notes - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Ignoring New York City's historic role as the country's chess mecca, Clay has a point. With the great activity of the Chess Club, Susan Polgar's very successful program at Webster University, and Rex Sinquefield's seemingly endless financial support ...

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Gateway To The West Is The Gateway To Chess - The Good News Review

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 08:35

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Gateway To The West Is The Gateway To Chess
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The Gateway to the West didn't become a chess haven overnight. The city's unique chess culture was set in to motion by a single dynamic individual, Rex Sinquefield, financial entrepreneur and St. Louis native. Always with an interest in chess growing ...

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Chess town St Louis - Chessbase News

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 02:00
Chess town St Louis  Chessbase News

The US Congress has declared St Louis the chess capital of the nation. For the BBC, British journalist Dave Edmonds, chess enthusiast and co-author of the ...

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Redbird rook(ies): Chess takes hold in St. Louis Cardinals clubhouse - Belleville News-Democrat

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/13/2016 - 09:11

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Redbird rook(ies): Chess takes hold in St. Louis Cardinals clubhouse
Belleville News-Democrat
Through appearances at charitable events in the St. Louis region, Matheny became friends with Rex Sinquefield, founder of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. Sinquefield donated the large chess board and table gracing the middle of the ...

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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/13/2016 - 00:02

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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team
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... is still not entirely aware of our existence, the community itself is a key ingredient in our secret sauce. It's a little odd, I admit. But you know what? It works. Rex Sinquefield is the president and chairman of the Chess Club and Scholastic ...

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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/13/2016 - 00:02

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Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team
STLtoday.com
... is still not entirely aware of our existence, the community itself is a key ingredient in our secret sauce. It's a little odd, I admit. But you know what? It works. Rex Sinquefield is the president and chairman of the Chess Club and Scholastic ...

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Creating the world's new chess capital - BBC News

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 05/12/2016 - 02:00
Creating the world's new chess capital  BBC News

For many years the nucleus of the chess world was the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe - but now a new chess capital is emerging in America's ...

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Creating the world's new chess capital - BBC News

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 05/12/2016 - 02:00
Creating the world's new chess capital  BBC News

For many years the nucleus of the chess world was the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe - but now a new chess capital is emerging in America's ...

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Creating the world's new chess capital - BBC News

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 05/12/2016 - 02:00
Creating the world's new chess capital  BBC News

For many years the nucleus of the chess world was the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe - but now a new chess capital is emerging in America's ...

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Creating the world's new chess capital - BBC News

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/11/2016 - 18:43

Creating the world's new chess capital
BBC News
Rex Sinquefield, a grey-haired man in his early 70s, is sitting in the audience watching the US Chess Championship. He's in his shorts, wearing a baseball cap, and fuelling his concentration with glass after glass of Diet Coke. Sinquefield is a rich ...

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Creating the world's new chess capital - BBC News

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/11/2016 - 18:43

BBC News

Creating the world's new chess capital
BBC News
Rex Sinquefield, a grey-haired man in his early 70s, is sitting in the audience watching the US Chess Championship. He's in his shorts, wearing a baseball cap, and fuelling his concentration with glass after glass of Diet Coke. Sinquefield is a rich ...

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Creating the world's new chess capital - BBC News

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/11/2016 - 18:27

BBC News

Creating the world's new chess capital
BBC News
Rex Sinquefield, a grey-haired man in his early 70s, is sitting in the audience watching the US Chess Championship. He's in his shorts, wearing a baseball cap, and fuelling his concentration with glass after glass of Diet Coke. Sinquefield is a rich ...

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