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Transgender woman sues Chess Club for discrimination - KSDK

Wed, 11/22/2017 - 21:41

KSDK

Transgender woman sues Chess Club for discrimination
KSDK
Transgender woman Elaine Cao filed a lawsuit on Monday against her former employer, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. Cao said a manager fired her after she came to work presenting as a female. Cao started working for the center in ...

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Transgender woman sues Chess Club for discrimination - KSDK

Wed, 11/22/2017 - 21:41

KSDK

Transgender woman sues Chess Club for discrimination
KSDK
That's not right," he said. Tony Rich, the executive director of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis released the following statement on the matter: While the Chess Club is not at liberty to discuss the specifics of any pending legal ...

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Metro West calendar: Nov. 22-29 - Charleston Gazette-Mail

Wed, 11/22/2017 - 08:08

Metro West calendar: Nov. 22-29
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Chess Tournament: The West Virginia Scholastic Chess Association' fall chess tournament will take place at St. Francis of Assisi School in St. Albans. This is the kick-off event for many K-12 area school chess teams who start their practices when fall ...

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Transgender woman sues Chess Club for discrimination - KSDK

Wed, 11/22/2017 - 02:00
Transgender woman sues Chess Club for discrimination  KSDK

Transgender woman Elaine Cao filed a lawsuit on Monday against her former employer, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. Cao said a manager ...

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Kavira Singh wins First Flight Chess Novice title - Trinidad News

Wed, 11/22/2017 - 01:45

Kavira Singh wins First Flight Chess Novice title
Trinidad News
Nine-year-old Kavira Singh of Cedar Grove Private School finished unbeaten en route to winning the Novice A category of the First Flight Scholastic Chess tournament. The event, sponsored by First Flight Air Ambulance Company, took place on Saturday at ...

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Transgender woman alleges discrimination in suit against St. Louis chess center - STLtoday.com

Tue, 11/21/2017 - 17:38

STLtoday.com

Transgender woman alleges discrimination in suit against St. Louis chess center
STLtoday.com
ST. LOUIS • A transgender woman has sued the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, alleging she was fired last year when she showed up for work at the chess center presenting as a woman. She had previously presented as male. Elaine Cao, 24 ...

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Naked Chess, Snoop Dogg, And Best Chess Ad Ever - Chess.com

Tue, 11/21/2017 - 15:50

Chess.com

Naked Chess, Snoop Dogg, And Best Chess Ad Ever
Chess.com
Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, 35, a Green Beret and former scholastic chess champion, was one of four American servicemen ambushed and killed in Niger last month. Black got his beginnings in chess in fourth grade at the Tacoma Chess Club, just outside ...

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St. Louis Chess Center Fired Trans Woman for 'Gender Non-Conforming Appearance,' Suit Alleges - Riverfront Times (blog)

Tue, 11/21/2017 - 09:46

Riverfront Times (blog)

St. Louis Chess Center Fired Trans Woman for 'Gender Non-Conforming Appearance,' Suit Alleges
Riverfront Times (blog)
But for Cao, Monday marked a separate milestone: Earlier that day, she filed a lawsuit against her former employer, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, alleging that a manager fired her after she came to work presenting as female ...

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Transgender woman alleges discrimination in suit against St. Louis chess center - STLtoday.com

Tue, 11/21/2017 - 02:00
Transgender woman alleges discrimination in suit against St. Louis chess center  STLtoday.com

Elaine Cao filed a gender discrimination lawsuit in federal court accusing the St. Louis chess center of firing her because she is transgender.

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LOMS wins division at McCracken Scholastic - Paducah Sun

Sun, 11/19/2017 - 00:32

Paducah Sun

LOMS wins division at McCracken Scholastic
Paducah Sun
Owen Cody, a sixth-grader at Lone Oak Middle School, makes a move in the first round of Saturday's McCracken Scholastic chess tournament held at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. Owen won the K-8 division individual title by winning all ...

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Game builds positive school culture, cognitive skills for life - NewsOK.com

Sat, 11/18/2017 - 05:05

NewsOK.com

Game builds positive school culture, cognitive skills for life
NewsOK.com
First-grader Max Sartin contemplates a move during the Carl Albert K-12 Scholastic Open chess tournament at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City. Max attends Ida Freeman Elementary School in Edmond and was part of the kindergarten state ...

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IOC sets date, time to announce Russia Olympic decision - OlympicTalk (blog)

Fri, 11/17/2017 - 06:35

OlympicTalk (blog)

IOC sets date, time to announce Russia Olympic decision
OlympicTalk (blog)
Chess has centuries, even millenia of history, which esports, obviously, they don't,” Carlsen said by phone after competing in the Champions Showdown at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. “Personally, for me, it wouldn't make sense ...

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Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir lead NBC Olympic primetime figure skating team - OlympicTalk (blog)

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 21:00

OlympicTalk (blog)

Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir lead NBC Olympic primetime figure skating team
OlympicTalk (blog)
Chess has centuries, even millenia of history, which esports, obviously, they don't,” Carlsen said by phone after competing in the Champions Showdown at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. “Personally, for me, it wouldn't make sense ...

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Magnus Carlsen: Put chess in Olympics before esports - OlympicTalk (blog)

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 16:54

OlympicTalk (blog)

Magnus Carlsen: Put chess in Olympics before esports
OlympicTalk (blog)
Chess has centuries, even millenia of history, which esports, obviously, they don't,” Carlsen said by phone after competing in the Champions Showdown at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. “Personally, for me, it wouldn't make sense ...

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Wallace Spearmon on partying with Usain Bolt - OlympicTalk (blog)

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 15:11

OlympicTalk (blog)

Wallace Spearmon on partying with Usain Bolt
OlympicTalk (blog)
Chess has centuries, even millenia of history, which esports, obviously, they don't,” Carlsen said by phone after competing in the Champions Showdown at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. “Personally, for me, it wouldn't make sense ...

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Nigeria women's bobsled team nears historic Olympic berth - OlympicTalk (blog)

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 14:54

OlympicTalk (blog)

Nigeria women's bobsled team nears historic Olympic berth
OlympicTalk (blog)
Chess has centuries, even millenia of history, which esports, obviously, they don't,” Carlsen said by phone after competing in the Champions Showdown at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. “Personally, for me, it wouldn't make sense ...

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US Olympic curling trials men's finals set; oldest athlete eliminated - OlympicTalk (blog)

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 11:20

OlympicTalk (blog)

US Olympic curling trials men's finals set; oldest athlete eliminated
OlympicTalk (blog)
Chess has centuries, even millenia of history, which esports, obviously, they don't,” Carlsen said by phone after competing in the Champions Showdown at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. “Personally, for me, it wouldn't make sense ...

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Chef David Chang joins NBC Olympics as correspondent - OlympicTalk (blog)

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 10:33

OlympicTalk (blog)

Chef David Chang joins NBC Olympics as correspondent
OlympicTalk (blog)
Chess has centuries, even millenia of history, which esports, obviously, they don't,” Carlsen said by phone after competing in the Champions Showdown at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. “Personally, for me, it wouldn't make sense ...

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