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Are You Skilled Enough To Make Chess Your Main Hustle? - Forbes

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 05/10/2017 - 13:23

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Are You Skilled Enough To Make Chess Your Main Hustle?
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... and even the 12th place challenger walked away with $4,000 -- not bad for pushing pieces around a board for a few hours. "Our top 10 or 20 players in the world don't have to do anything but play chess," says St. Louis Chess Club founder Rex ...

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How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 05/09/2017 - 09:05

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How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance
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The St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center has a pretty humble beginning. After retiring and moving back to his Missouri home, financier (and Forbes contributor) Rex Sinquefield settled into the St. Louis area. Sinquefield, a lifelong chess player ...

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How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 05/09/2017 - 09:05

Forbes

How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance
Forbes
The St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center has a pretty humble beginning. After retiring and moving back to his Missouri home, financier (and Forbes contributor) Rex Sinquefield had settled into the St. Louis area. A lifelong chess player ...

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How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes Now

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 05/09/2017 - 02:00
How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance  Forbes Now

The St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center has a pretty humble beginning. After retiring and moving back to his Missouri home, financier (and Forbes ...

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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier - Forbes

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/05/2017 - 10:00

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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier
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"Our top ten or twenty players in the world don't have to do anything but play chess," says Rex Sinquefield. He's the founder of the St. Louis Chess Club, which hosts the U.S. Chess Championship. "They can earn a very good living. I mean, I'm talking a ...

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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier - Forbes

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/05/2017 - 10:00

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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier
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"Our top ten or twenty players in the world don't have to do anything but play chess," says Rex Sinquefield. He's the founder of the St. Louis Chess Club, which hosts the U.S. Chess Championship. "They can earn a very good living. I mean, I'm talking a ...

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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier - Forbes

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/05/2017 - 02:00
Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier  Forbes

Chess grandmasters talk about the tough road to making a living playing the game of Kings - and how the internet has been opening up opportunities.

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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier - Forbes Now

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/05/2017 - 02:00
Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier  Forbes Now

Chess grandmasters talk about the tough road to making a living playing the game of Kings - and how the internet has been opening up opportunities.

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How St Louis became America's chess capital - The Economist (blog)

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 05/02/2017 - 02:21

The Economist (blog)

How St Louis became America's chess capital
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The rise of St Louis as a centre for chess dates to 2008, when Rex Sinquefield chose the promotion of chess in his home town as a retirement project after making a fortune pioneering stockmarket index funds. (Mr Sinquefield is also politically active ...

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The Economist explainsHow St Louis became America's chess capital - The Economist (blog)

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 05/02/2017 - 02:21

The Economist (blog)

The Economist explainsHow St Louis became America's chess capital
The Economist (blog)
The rise of St Louis as a centre for chess dates back to 2008, when Rex Sinquefield chose the promotion of chess in his hometown as a retirement project after making a fortune pioneering stock-market index funds. (Mr Sinquefield is also politically ...

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The Economist explains How St Louis became America’s chess capital - The Economist

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 05/02/2017 - 02:00
The Economist explains 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 ...

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How St Louis became America's chess capital - The Economist

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 05/02/2017 - 02:00
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 ...

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How St Louis became America’s chess capital - The Economist

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 05/02/2017 - 02:00
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 ...

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Messenger: Is St. Louis leaving the future of its airport to a coin flip? - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 04/28/2017 - 16:30

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Messenger: Is St. Louis leaving the future of its airport to a coin flip?
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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 ...

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Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players - Minneapolis Star Tribune

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 04/18/2017 - 10:07

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players
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 ...

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