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Cairns Cup: Gunina grabs the lead - Chessbase News

Thu, 02/14/2019 - 02:31
Cairns Cup: Gunina grabs the lead  Chessbase News

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 ...

Cairns Cup: Ups and downs - Chessbase News

Wed, 02/13/2019 - 02:00
Cairns Cup: Ups and downs  Chessbase News

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 ...

Cairns Cup: A three-horse race - Chessbase News

Mon, 02/11/2019 - 00:41
Cairns Cup: A three-horse race  Chessbase News

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 ...

Cairns Cup: No lack of excitement - Chessbase News

Sun, 02/10/2019 - 01:22
Cairns Cup: No lack of excitement  Chessbase News

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 ...

Cairns Cup: Kosteniuk sole leader - Chessbase News

Sat, 02/09/2019 - 03:09
Cairns Cup: Kosteniuk sole leader  Chessbase News

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 ...

Cairns Cup LIVE - Chessbase News

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 12:02
Cairns Cup LIVE  Chessbase News

Live games and commentary beginning at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET, 14:00 EST) by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade. Ten of ...

Women take centre stage at Cairns Cup - Chessbase News

Mon, 02/04/2019 - 00:05
Women take centre stage at Cairns Cup  Chessbase News

Ten of the world's top female chess players will soon compete in a new event at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis: The "Cairns Cup" from ...

Grand Chess Tour 2019 gains four new countries - Chessbase News

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 02:54
Grand Chess Tour 2019 gains four new countries  Chessbase News

1/25/2019 – The Grand Chess Tour is expanding in 2019 to eight tournaments. The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz and Your Next Move in Leuven are replaced by ...

Quesada and Andriasian succeed in Saint Louis Winter Chess Classic - Chessbase News

Thu, 12/20/2018 - 19:06
Quesada and Andriasian succeed in Saint Louis Winter Chess Classic  Chessbase News

Each season the Saint Louis Chess Club organises two ten-player strong round robins that include players from all around the globe mixed with young ...

London Classic: Nakamura and Vachier-Lagrave advance to Final - Chessbase News

Thu, 12/13/2018 - 18:14
London Classic: Nakamura and Vachier-Lagrave advance to Final  Chessbase News

Hikaru Nakamura (pictured) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are considered two of the best rapid chess and blitz chess players in the world. In rapid Nakamura is ...

Kasparov: Chess is the Drosophila of reasoning - Chessbase News

Thu, 12/13/2018 - 01:01
Kasparov: Chess is the Drosophila of reasoning  Chessbase News

The Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF) and The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) have run the very successful Young Stars program ...

On Chess: Caruana among 4 battling it out for Grand Chess Tour title in London - KBIA

Mon, 12/10/2018 - 02:00
On Chess: Caruana among 4 battling it out for Grand Chess Tour title in London  KBIA

The 2018 Grand Chess Tour will conclude in London with a new and exciting format. The four qualified players, who were the top four point leaders after the.

On Chess: Caruana among 4 battling it out for Grand Chess Tour title in London - St. Louis Public Radio

Mon, 12/10/2018 - 02:00
On Chess: Caruana among 4 battling it out for Grand Chess Tour title in London  St. Louis Public Radio

The 2018 Grand Chess Tour will conclude in London with a new and exciting format. The four qualified players, who were the top four point leaders after the.

'They Are Indeed Buying Nerds!' Chess World Questions an American Grandmaster's Move—to the US - Wall Street Journal

Mon, 11/19/2018 - 15:22

Wall Street Journal

'They Are Indeed Buying Nerds!' Chess World Questions an American Grandmaster's Move—to the US
Wall Street Journal
Grandmaster chess legend Garry Kasparov competd against Wesley So during an exhibition match at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in August 2016. Photo: Nick Schnelle/Associated Press. Mr. So, who is a Filipino citizen and in the U.S. ...

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