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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand has disastrous Day 1; Garry Kasparov impresses on return - Firstpost

Wed, 08/16/2017 - 02:00
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand has disastrous Day 1; Garry Kasparov impresses on return  Firstpost

Anand flattered to deceive and scored just a solitary draw from three games on the first day of the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament of the Grand Chess ...

Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion - Markets Insider

Tue, 08/15/2017 - 19:54

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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion
Markets Insider
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine intense days of competition against the most elite chess players in the world, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as the champion of the ...
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand has disastrous Day 1; Garry Kasparov impresses on returnFirstpost

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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand has disastrous Day 1; Garry Kasparov impresses on return - Firstpost

Tue, 08/15/2017 - 10:06

Firstpost

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Viswanathan Anand has disastrous Day 1; Garry Kasparov impresses on return
Firstpost
On a day when the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis witnessed a surge in the number of spectators due to the interest that Kasparov's comeback had generated, the cramped playing hall was found to be inadequate to hold all the spectators ...

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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion - PR Newswire (press release)

Tue, 08/15/2017 - 09:56

Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion
PR Newswire (press release)
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine intense days of competition against the most elite chess players in the world, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as the champion of the ...

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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion - PR Newswire (press release)

Tue, 08/15/2017 - 09:56

Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion
PR Newswire (press release)
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine intense days of competition against the most elite chess players in the world, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as the champion of the ...

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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All Eyes on Garry Kasparov Return - Prensa Latina

Mon, 08/14/2017 - 11:54

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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All Eyes on Garry Kasparov Return
Prensa Latina
St.Louis, USA, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz event started off at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis today as a relaxed and jovial affair, despite being next leg of the Grand Chess Tour with equal weightage of ...

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Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All eyes on Garry Kasparov as former champion returns to chess after 12 years - Firstpost

Mon, 08/14/2017 - 06:25

Firstpost

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All eyes on Garry Kasparov as former champion returns to chess after 12 years
Firstpost
The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz event started off at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis on Sunday evening as a relaxed and jovial affair, despite being next leg of the Grand Chess Tour with equal weightage of Grand Prix points. It will ...

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Goodbye Sinquefield Cup, hello Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz - Chessbase News

Mon, 08/14/2017 - 02:00
Goodbye Sinquefield Cup, hello Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz  Chessbase News

Closing the books on the Sinquefield Cup with video from the closing ceremony, and turning to the next major event right on its heels, the Saint Louis Rapid and ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Sat, 08/12/2017 - 13:26

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
13-19), also at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (https://saintlouischessclub.org/). It starts the day after the cup ends and features the return of the legendary Garry Kasparov to competitive chess. We will see how much he has left ...

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So suffers third defeat in Grand Chess Tour - The Manila Times

Thu, 08/10/2017 - 06:54

So suffers third defeat in Grand Chess Tour
The Manila Times
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So absorbed his third loss to drop to No.3 after six rounds of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour – Sinquefield Cup on Thursday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in the US. The 23-year old Cavite City pride ...

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GM Laylo finishes 2nd in Jaksa Agung Cup - The Manila Times

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 06:41

GM Laylo finishes 2nd in Jaksa Agung Cup
The Manila Times
Meanwhile, Filipino GM Wesley So is in four-way tie for seventh after five rounds in the Grand Chess Tour – Sinquefield Cup being held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in US. So has two points he got from one win – against GM Ian ...

American Chess Is Great Again - FiveThirtyEight

Tue, 08/08/2017 - 14:47

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American Chess Is Great Again
FiveThirtyEight
Sinquefield wore a windbreaker over a polo shirt, both emblazoned with the insignia of his club, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Sinquefield — a multimillionaire or billionaire, depending on your source — is somewhere between a ...

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