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Hikaru Nakamura takes on Wesley So in US Chess Championship - Telegraph.co.uk

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 04/02/2015 - 09:01

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Hikaru Nakamura takes on Wesley So in US Chess Championship
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Unusually, the players compete for 11 consecutive days without rest. The Women's World Chess Championship KO final is under way, with game two this afternoon. Natalia Pogonina claimed her place after a 116-move win over Pia Cramling in a speed chess ...

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The drama, the tension – the chess championships? Broadcast live from St. Louis - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 04/01/2015 - 02:00
The drama, the tension – the chess championships? Broadcast live from St. Louis  STLtoday.com

The 2015 U.S. Chess Championships, which begin this week at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, will be live-streamed from the club's new ...

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Your Move, Grandmaster. (To the US, Please.) - New York Times

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 03/10/2015 - 19:44

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Your Move, Grandmaster. (To the US, Please.)
New York Times
The tournament is named for Rex Sinquefield, a retired financier active in Missouri politics who has become the primary benefactor of chess in the United States. Mr. Sinquefield provided the $315,000 prize fund for the event, as he also does for the ...

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Your Move, Grandmaster. (To the U.S., Please.) - New York Times

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 03/10/2015 - 02:00
Your Move, Grandmaster. (To the U.S., Please.)  New York Times

If an official program and a clandestine effort to recruit top players from other countries is successful, the United States chess team could be a favorite at the next ...

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Your Move, Grandmaster. (To the U.S., Please.) - New York Times

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 03/10/2015 - 02:00
Your Move, Grandmaster. (To the U.S., Please.)  New York Times

If an official program and a clandestine effort to recruit top players from other countries is successful, the United States chess team could be a favorite at the next ...

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At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Sinquefield says he's not going anywhere - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Mon, 01/19/2015 - 02:00
At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Sinquefield says he's not going anywhere  STLtoday.com

ST. LOUIS • Technically, Missouri's political system is headquartered at the state Capitol in Jefferson City. But its real epicenter may be a gray stone mansion on ...

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At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Sinquefield says he's not going anywhere - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Mon, 01/19/2015 - 02:00
At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Sinquefield says he's not going anywhere  STLtoday.com

ST. LOUIS • Technically, Missouri's political system is headquartered at the state Capitol in Jefferson City. But its real epicenter may be a gray stone mansion on ...

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At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Sinquefield says he's not going anywhere - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Mon, 01/19/2015 - 02:00
At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Sinquefield says he's not going anywhere  STLtoday.com

ST. LOUIS • Technically, Missouri's political system is headquartered at the state Capitol in Jefferson City. But its real epicenter may be a gray stone mansion on ...

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At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Sinquefield says he's not going anywhere - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Sat, 01/17/2015 - 07:01

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At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Sinquefield says he's not going anywhere
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Rex Sinquefield talks about the new book he co-author An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States at his home in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis on Monday, Jan. 13, 2015. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.

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At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Sinquefield says he's not going anywhere - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Sat, 01/17/2015 - 07:01

At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Sinquefield says he's not going anywhere
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There, 70-year-old multimillionaire Rex Sinquefield pads around in dress socks, shows off his art collection to guests and — to hear U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill tell it .... He has almost single-handedly made St. Louis the center of the chess world ...

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Rex Sinquefield reveals motivations in exclusive interview - fox2now.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 10/31/2014 - 22:18

Rex Sinquefield reveals motivations in exclusive interview
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As his influence in politics grows, Sinquefield remains committed to political and educational reforms that he says promote growth in a region that is stagnating. Sinquefield also talks about his non-political philanthropic endeavors, including funding ...

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One of the Most Amazing Feats in Chess History Just Happened, and No One ... - Slate Magazine

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/18/2014 - 11:40

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One of the Most Amazing Feats in Chess History Just Happened, and No One ...
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Rex Sinquefield was born with a cleft palate. By the time he was 7, he'd lost his father and been left in the care of a St. Louis orphanage. Despite these humble beginnings, he went on to earn an MBA from the University of Chicago and, in 1973, to ...

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Grandmaster Clash - Slate Magazine

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/18/2014 - 02:00
Grandmaster Clash  Slate Magazine

Before any of the six entrants in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup had nudged a white pawn to e4, they'd already been hailed as the strongest collection of chess talent ...

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Grandmaster Clash - Slate Magazine

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/18/2014 - 02:00
Grandmaster Clash  Slate Magazine

Before any of the six entrants in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup had nudged a white pawn to e4, they'd already been hailed as the strongest collection of chess talent ...

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Sinquefield Cup: One of the most amazing feats in chess history just happened, and no one noticed. - Slate Magazine

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/18/2014 - 02:00
Sinquefield Cup: One of the most amazing feats in chess history just happened, and no one noticed.  Slate Magazine

Before any of the six entrants in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup had nudged a white pawn to e4, they'd already been hailed as the strongest collection of...

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