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Show Me the Money: Meet the Multimillionaire Squeezing Missouri's Schools - PR Watch

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 04/29/2014 - 10:06

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Show Me the Money: Meet the Multimillionaire Squeezing Missouri's Schools
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You've probably heard of the billionaire Koch Brothers by now, and their sinister push to distort our democracy. But you may not have heard of Rex Sinquefield. Unlike the Koch Brothers, who made their money the old-fashioned way, by inheriting it, ...

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Show Me the Money: Meet the Multimillionaire Squeezing Missouri's Schools - PR Watch

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 04/29/2014 - 02:00
Show Me the Money: Meet the Multimillionaire Squeezing Missouri's Schools  PR Watch

You've probably heard of the billionaire Koch Brothers by now, and their sinister push to distort our democracy. But you may not have heard of Rex Sinquefield.

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How Rex Sinquefield turned St. Louis into 'hotbed' for chess - St. Louis Business Journal (blog)

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Mon, 04/28/2014 - 16:57

How Rex Sinquefield turned St. Louis into 'hotbed' for chess
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American entrepreneurialism, such as that exhibited by St. Louis' own Rex Sinquefield, has helped put a check on Russia's preeminence in the game of chess, according to a column in Monday's Wall Street Journal. The Soviet Union dominated the game of ...

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How Rex Sinquefield turned St. Louis into 'hotbed' for chess - St. Louis Business Journal

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Mon, 04/28/2014 - 02:00
How Rex Sinquefield turned St. Louis into 'hotbed' for chess  St. Louis Business Journal

American entrepreneurialism, such as that exhibited by St. Louis' own Rex Sinquefield, has helped put a check on Russia's preeminence in the game of chess.

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Short take: Chess, politics and big money. Paging Rex Sinquefield - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 01/24/2014 - 18:00

Short take: Chess, politics and big money. Paging Rex Sinquefield
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Who knew the politics of international chess were so fraught with intrigue, big-money donors and allegations of vote-buying? So is it any surprise that Rex Sinquefield is involved? The New York Times reported this week that Mr. Sinquefield, the retired ...

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Refrain for Many Chess Players: Meet Me in St. Louis - New York Times

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Sat, 07/06/2013 - 02:00
Refrain for Many Chess Players: Meet Me in St. Louis  New York Times

Rex Sinquefield has almost single-handedly turned St. Louis into the American chess capital. Sinquefield, a retired financier, paid for the construction of the ...

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Refrain for Many Chess Players: Meet Me in St. Louis - New York Times

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Sat, 07/06/2013 - 02:00
Refrain for Many Chess Players: Meet Me in St. Louis  New York Times

Rex Sinquefield, a retired financier, has used his fortune to build the Missouri city into the chess capital of the United States.

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The Weekend Interview with Rex Sinquefield: Meet One of the Super-PAC Men - Wall Street Journal

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 10/26/2012 - 02:00
The Weekend Interview with Rex Sinquefield: Meet One of the Super-PAC Men  Wall Street Journal

In The Wall Street Journal, Naomi Schaefer Riley interviews index-fund pioneer Rex Sinquefeld, whose name isn't Adelson or Koch but he's spending millions ...

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Missouri Political Donor Thrives With 'No-Limits' Giving - New York Times

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 10/18/2012 - 02:00
Missouri Political Donor Thrives With 'No-Limits' Giving  New York Times

The possible future of unlimited campaign contributions is on display in Missouri, where Rex Sinquefield has emerged as the biggest giver.

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Voices of St. Louis–Chess - CBS Local

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 08/09/2012 - 11:11

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Voices of St. Louis–Chess
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Several years ago, chess fan Rex Sinquefield decided St. Louis needed a chess club. And not just that, says Susan Barrett, but the most beautiful chess club in the country. Barrett, who admits she knew nothing about chess or chess clubs, created a ...

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Voices of St. Louis–Chess - CBS Local

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 08/09/2012 - 02:00
Voices of St. Louis–Chess  CBS Local

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) — The World Chess Hall of Fame and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis have helped make St. Louis a “mecca” of ...

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