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After yet another day of more wins than draws, a full nine players left the Saint Louis Chess Club as winners in round nine of the 2019 U.S. championships.

After yet another day of more wins than draws, a full nine players left the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis as winners in round nine of the 2019 ...

After yet another day of more wins than draws, a full nine players left the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis as winners in round nine of the 2019 ...

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 25, 2011 - Having competed in six prior U.S. Championships, including the past two here at the.

The Spring Chess Classic is a pair of 10-player round-robin tournaments at the Saint Louis Chess Club. After four rounds, the A group field is surprisingly tight ...

A “golden age” for tournament players ages 50 and older has arrived in the United States. In the past three years, US Chess has authorized new tournaments ...

If you plan three moves ahead, you know what's happening next.” It's just as much a lesson for life as it is for chess.

If you plan three moves ahead, you know what's happening next.” It's just as much a lesson for life as it is for chess.

When you think about popularizing the game of chess, a lot of ideas may cross your mind, but few could be crazier than what Timur Gareyev did in collaboration ...

Child stars are a common sight in the chess world these days, but getting to know them more closely remains to be an enticing activity. At 12, Christopher Yoo ...

The critical game of the Cairns Cup finished drawn, but only after both players missed chances to get ahead. Nonetheless, a half point was all that Valentina ...

The Russian participants are the only ones with a chance to take home the first prize of $40000 at the Cairns Cup. Valentina Gunina will enter her final round ...

Valentina Gunina, who started the inaugural Cairns Cup with a win and two draws, has now won four in a row — her latest victim was Anna Zatonskih — to grab ...

Fighting chess continues to abound at the Cairns Cup in Saint Louis. In round six, Valentina Gunina joined Alexandra Kosteniuk in the lead after beating ...

All five games of round five at the Cairns Cup could have easily finished with decisive results, as all boards saw the players relentless in attack and defence ...

Four decisive results in round four of the Cairns Cup left Alexandra Kosteniuk at the top of the standings with 3½/4. She cannot sit back and relax though, as both ...

The only clash of co-leaders in round three of the Cairns Cup favoured Alexandra Kosteniuk, who defeated Zhansaya Abdumalik with the black pieces to grab ...