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Former Webster U. standout wins prestigious chess event - Washington Times
Washington Times
The event is hosted by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in the city's Central West End. So is the current leader on the Grand Chess Tour. He was a member of the Webster University teams that won the national collegiate championships in 2013 and ...
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Community Briefs - Greensboro News & Record
Greensboro News & Record
A scholastic tournament for kindergarten through 12th-grade students will be offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Spears YMCA, 3216 Horsepen Creek Road in Greensboro. The event is free to members of the U.S. Chess Federation, and the ...
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Former Webster University chess grandmaster wins Sinquefield Cup - STLtoday.com
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STLtoday.com
Grandmaster Wesley So, 23, a native of the Philippines who now lives in suburban Minneapolis, took home $75,000 for winning the event hosted by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in the Central West End. The Sinquefield Cup is one of four ...
Greatest Chess Triumph of Wesley SoHuffington Post
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Greatest Chess Triumph of Wesley So - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Huffington Post
So, 22, has won strong tournaments before, but his victory last Sunday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis was special. Only two grandmasters from the absolute top, the world champion Magnus Carlsen and the former world champion ...
Pestaño: Wesley hits big payday in Sinquefield | Sun.Star - Sun.Star
Sun.Star
WELSEY So won $75000 after an undefeated performance in the recently concluded Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, Missouri. The tournament is named after Dr.
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On Chess: 2016 Sinquefield Cup ends with U.S. winner, Grandmaster Wesley So - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour, the 2016 Sinquefield Cup, took place at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from Aug. 4-16. With the first edition taking place just four years ago, the Sinquefield Cup has expanded from four ...
Community and cultural events in the District, Aug. 18-25 - Washington Post
Washington Post
Chess for kids Weekly instruction for all ages of children who want to learn how to play the game or play with better strategy in tournaments, chess instructor teaches how to think, plan your next move and use your brain power to win, made possible by ...
American Grandmaster Wins U.S. Tournament Stop on International Grand Chess Tour - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The third time is the charm for Grandmaster Wesley So, as the 23-year-old American chess player claimed victory in the final round of the Sinquefield Cup tournament Aug. 14 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis ...
American Grandmaster Wins U.S. Tournament Stop on International Grand Chess Tour - PR Newswire (press release)
PR Newswire (press release)
PR Newswire (press release)
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The third time is the charm for Grandmaster Wesley So, as the 23-year-old American chess player claimed victory in the final round of the Sinquefield Cup tournament Aug. 14 at the Chess Club and Scholastic ...
Rising U.S. chess star captures high-powered Sinquefield CupWashington Times
Twin Cities chess player wins one of world's premier eventsMinneapolis Star Tribune
So gets $75000 from Sinquefield CupInquirer.net
The Standard -The Manila Times
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Mr. Robot Receives Third Season Renewal - Bleeding Cool News
Bleeding Cool News
Bleeding Cool News
USA has given the green light to Mr. Robot for a third season. The series from creator Sam Esmail was recently nominated for six Emmy's including best drama series and Rami Malek for best actor. The renewal was a little in doubt as the series ...
'Mr. Robot' Renewed For Season 3 By USADeadline
Mr. Robot creator explains season 2s big twist - HitFixHitFix
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Rising U.S. chess star captures high-powered Sinquefield Cup - Washington Times
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Washington Times
It wasn't the biggest payday of his career, but it was easily his biggest win. U.S. GM Wesley So scored his first clear win in a superelite event, taking home the top prize and $75,000 at the 4th Sinquefield Cup tournament at the Chess Club and ...
Twin Cities chess player wins one of world's premier eventsMinneapolis Star Tribune
So wins Sinquefield Cup in US - The StandardThe Standard
Wesley wins 2016 Sinquefield Cup - Manila TimesThe Manila Times
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Twin Cities chess player wins one of world's premier events - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
He did so by remaining undefeated and edging out a field comprised of most of the top-10 players in the world, who battled at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis for more than a week. The victory puts an exclamation point on what has been ...
So wins Sinquefield Cup in US - The StandardThe Standard
Wesley wins 2016 Sinquefield Cup - Manila TimesThe Manila Times
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So wins Sinquefield Cup in US - The Standard
The Standard
... before acquiring American citizenship last year, finished with 2 wins and 7 draws for a total a total of 5.5 points in this annual, invite-only chess tournament, held in honor of Rex Sinquefield and his wife Jeanne, the founders of the Chess Club ...
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Checkmate: Nonagenarian chess whiz influences generations of players - Dearborn Press and Guide
Dearborn Press and Guide
Dearborn Press and Guide
Frank Maguire, 90, plays a game of chess in his west Dearborn home. The nonagenarian taught his son, Mike, to play 50 years ago, and Mike in turn has taught scores of students the game as a chess coach in Indiana. Elizabeth Barbieri -- For The Press & ...
Checkmate: Nonagenarian chess whiz influences generations of players - Dearborn Press and Guide
Dearborn Press and Guide
Dearborn Press and Guide
Frank Maguire, 90, plays a game of chess in his west Dearborn home. The nonagenarian taught his son, Mike, to play 50 years ago, and Mike in turn has taught scores of students the game as a chess coach in Indiana. Elizabeth Barbieri -- For The Press & ...
Checkmate: Nonagenarian chess whiz influences generations of players - Dearborn Press and Guide
Dearborn Press and Guide
Dearborn Press and Guide
Frank Maguire, 90, plays a game of chess in his west Dearborn home. The nonagenarian taught his son, Mike, to play 50 years ago, and Mike in turn has taught scores of students the game as a chess coach in Indiana. Elizabeth Barbieri -- For The Press & ...
Checkmate: Nonagenarian chess whiz influences generations of players - Dearborn Press and Guide
Dearborn Press and Guide
Dearborn Press and Guide
Frank Maguire, 90, plays a game of chess in his west Dearborn home. The nonagenarian taught his son, Mike, to play 50 years ago, and Mike in turn has taught scores of students the game as a chess coach in Indiana. Elizabeth Barbieri -- For The Press & ...
Spirits are high after vandalized windows are replaced at metro-east school - Belleville News-Democrat
Belleville News-Democrat
Belleville News-Democrat
We have a grant from the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis to teach chess to the first-graders, third-, fourth- and fifth-graders,” Nickerson said. And because of a grant provided by Chavius, the school will offer a robotic program for ...
Why kids need monsters and magic, even in tumultuous times - Omaha World-Herald
Omaha World-Herald
Omaha World-Herald
This book cover image released by Scholastic Inc., shows the cover for the U.S. trade paperback editions of J.K. Rowling's blockbuster "Harry Potter" series. The new edition of "Sorcerer's Stone" is scheduled for September, the 15th anniversary of ...
Charles Krauthammer: To each his own Olympics - STLtoday.com
STLtoday.com
STLtoday.com
Chess legend Garry Kasparov (left) plays Magnus Carlsen during a grandmaster exhibition team tournament at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Looking on are Fabiano Caruana and founder Rex Sinquefield.
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