St. Louis AND Chess
On Chess: Caruana thrives in St. Louis - St. Louis Public Radio
Pestaño: Torre, Frayna and Wesley to receive bonuses - Sun.Star
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The USCF also announced that their men's team (Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley so, Ray Robson and Sam Shankland), that won the gold will receive $4,000 each. There maybe much more from billionaire and chess sponsor Rex Sinquefield, ...
Imported players help US win chess gold - The Hindu
The Hindu
Rex Sinquefield, a wealthy retired hedge fund manager from Missouri, led the campaign to woo Caruana. He later paid tens of thousands of dollars in transfer fees to the World Chess Federation and to Italy, the previous federation that Caruana ...
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United States capture Olympiad gold in controversial circumstances - The Guardian
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The Guardian
There was some criticism that America's benefactor, the billionaire Rex Sinquefield, had financially encouraged Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So to switch federations and play for the US. But Caruana, though he spent years in Italy, had learned his early ...
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Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medal - KFVS
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Four chess players with St. Louis connections are among a five-person team that won a gold medal at the World Chess Olympiad, the first gold for the U.S. in 40 years. The competition was in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month. The St. Louis ...
Sports|US Wins Gold at Chess Olympiad With Help of Imported TalentNew York Times
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Strong St. Louis ties to chess gold medal - The Daily Progress
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2caj5ym ) reports that team members included St. Louis resident Grandmaster Fabio Caruana; former St. Louis resident and past U.S. Chess champion Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura; former Webster University student ...
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US Wins Gold at Chess Olympiad With Help of Imported Talent - New York Times
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It has been nearly 80 years since the United States could boast that it had the best chess team in the world, but the group it put together this year — with the help of a wealthy benefactor and a bit of international intrigue — can now make that claim.
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Sports|US Wins Gold at Chess Olympiad With Help of Imported Talent - New York Times
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Rex Sinquefield, a wealthy retired hedge fund manager from Missouri, led the campaign to woo Caruana. He later paid tens of thousands of dollars in transfer fees to the World Chess Federation and to Italy, the previous federation that Caruana ...
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U.S. Wins Gold at Chess Olympiad With Help of Imported Talent - The New York Times
The five-member American team at the 42nd Chess Olympiad included three players who were recruited from other countries.
America's Young Chess Champs - Wall Street Journal
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Wall Street Journal
Meanwhile, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, founded by retired investment banker and philanthropist Rex Sinquefield, has formed a partnership with Ascension, the largest nonprofit health system in the U.S., to form the Your Move ...
On Chess: Bringing the game to the classroom - St. Louis Public Radio
Chess notes - The Boston Globe
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The Boston Globe
Rex Sinquefield is 72 years old and very much interested in chess. He retired from Dimensional Fund Advisors, the investment firm he cofounded, in 2005. Some call him a billionaire and some just a multimillionaire, but the only person who knows for ...
Chess notes - The Boston Globe
Rex Sinquefield is 72 years old and very much interested in chess. He retired from Dimensional Fund Advisors, the investment firm he cofounded, in 2005.
Now that the Olympics are over, prepare yourself for the no-holds-barred thrills of ...chess - Telegraph.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk
... China, are two of the dominant forces in world chess, and they pump huge amounts of cash into their teams to achieve success. The other, America, is lucky to have a billionaire benefactor in Rex Sinquefield who has made his hometown St Louis a ...
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Wesley So well placed to clinch Grand Tour after Sinquefield Cup win - The Guardian
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The Guardian
The billionaire Rex Sinquefield, the richest man in Missouri, has a mission to make the US the No1 chess nation, as it was in the 1930s before the old Soviet Union overpowered the Americans. Sinquefield supports the St Louis chess club, open daily ...
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Unlikely alliance could fund police body cameras - KSDK.com
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KSDK.com
Multimillionaire Rex Sinquefield is known for funding conservative political causes, and for making St. Louis a top destination for chess. Now, Nasheed and Sinquefield have teamed up to reallocate city funds in a way they feel better serves the ...
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Greatest Chess Triumph of Wesley So - Huffington Post
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Huffington Post
Wesley So received the first prize of US $75,000 from Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield. Around 2007 the Sinquefields decided to support chess and professional players began to flock to Missouri in search of employment. High level U.S. championships and ...
Pestaño: Wesley hits big payday in Sinquefield - Sun.Star
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WELSEY So won $75,000 after an undefeated performance in the recently concluded Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, Missouri. The tournament is named after Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, founders of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St Louis ...
On Chess: 2016 Sinquefield Cup ends with U.S. winner, Grandmaster Wesley SoSt. Louis Public Radio
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On Chess: 2016 Sinquefield Cup ends with U.S. winner, Grandmaster Wesley So - St. Louis Public Radio
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St. Louis Public Radio
Furthermore, the cup joined other elite events around the world in 2015 to create the Grand Chess Tour. As usual, the tournament featured the top players in the world, as well as a wild card, giving an opportunity to a talented player who otherwise ...
On Chess: 2016 Sinquefield Cup ends with U.S. winner, Grandmaster Wesley So - St. Louis Public Radio
The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour, the 2016 Sinquefield Cup, took place at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from Aug. 4-16. With the.