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How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes Now

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 02:00
How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance  Forbes Now

The St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center has a pretty humble beginning. After retiring and moving back to his Missouri home, financier (and Forbes ...

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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier - Forbes

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 10:00

Forbes

Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier
Forbes
"Our top ten or twenty players in the world don't have to do anything but play chess," says Rex Sinquefield. He's the founder of the St. Louis Chess Club, which hosts the U.S. Chess Championship. "They can earn a very good living. I mean, I'm talking a ...

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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier - Forbes

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 10:00

Forbes

Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier
Forbes
"Our top ten or twenty players in the world don't have to do anything but play chess," says Rex Sinquefield. He's the founder of the St. Louis Chess Club, which hosts the U.S. Chess Championship. "They can earn a very good living. I mean, I'm talking a ...

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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier - Forbes

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 02:00
Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier  Forbes

Chess grandmasters talk about the tough road to making a living playing the game of Kings - and how the internet has been opening up opportunities.

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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier - Forbes Now

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 02:00
Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier  Forbes Now

Chess grandmasters talk about the tough road to making a living playing the game of Kings - and how the internet has been opening up opportunities.

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How St Louis became America's chess capital - The Economist (blog)

Tue, 05/02/2017 - 02:21

The Economist (blog)

How St Louis became America's chess capital
The Economist (blog)
The rise of St Louis as a centre for chess dates to 2008, when Rex Sinquefield chose the promotion of chess in his home town as a retirement project after making a fortune pioneering stockmarket index funds. (Mr Sinquefield is also politically active ...

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The Economist explainsHow St Louis became America's chess capital - The Economist (blog)

Tue, 05/02/2017 - 02:21

The Economist (blog)

The Economist explainsHow St Louis became America's chess capital
The Economist (blog)
The rise of St Louis as a centre for chess dates back to 2008, when Rex Sinquefield chose the promotion of chess in his hometown as a retirement project after making a fortune pioneering stock-market index funds. (Mr Sinquefield is also politically ...

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The Economist explains How St Louis became America’s chess capital - The Economist

Tue, 05/02/2017 - 02:00
The Economist explains How St Louis became America’s chess capital  The Economist

ST LOUIS is a troubled, shrinking city in the American Midwest. Its population peaked at 850000 in the 1950s. Decades of middle-class flight have left it with only ...

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How St Louis became America's chess capital - The Economist

Tue, 05/02/2017 - 02:00
How St Louis became America's chess capital  The Economist

ST LOUIS is a troubled, shrinking city in the American Midwest. Its population peaked at 850000 in the 1950s. Decades of middle-class flight have left it with only ...

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How St Louis became America’s chess capital - The Economist

Tue, 05/02/2017 - 02:00
How St Louis became America’s chess capital  The Economist

ST LOUIS is a troubled, shrinking city in the American Midwest. Its population peaked at 850000 in the 1950s. Decades of middle-class flight have left it with only ...

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Messenger: Is St. Louis leaving the future of its airport to a coin flip? - STLtoday.com

Fri, 04/28/2017 - 16:30

STLtoday.com

Messenger: Is St. Louis leaving the future of its airport to a coin flip?
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The agreement has been presented to the public as a deal with nonprofit Grow Missouri — funded by retired investor and chess philanthropist Rex Sinquefield — and the city, with Sinquefield paying the costs of the city's attempt to investigate ...

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Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Tue, 04/18/2017 - 10:07

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis/Lennart Ootes. Rex Sinquefield, an average club player, founded the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis and has contributed tens of millions of dollars to make it one of the best-known clubs in ...

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Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Tue, 04/18/2017 - 02:00
Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players  Minneapolis Star Tribune

ST. LOUIS – For decades after World War II, the Soviet Union dominated international chess competitions. Now the center of the chess world has shifted to the ...

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Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players - Star Tribune

Tue, 04/18/2017 - 02:00
Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players  Star Tribune

ST. LOUIS – For decades after World War II, the Soviet Union dominated international chess competitions. Now the center of the chess world has shifted to the ...

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The Sublime Moves Of America's New Chess Champion - FiveThirtyEight

Tue, 04/11/2017 - 16:46

FiveThirtyEight

The Sublime Moves Of America's New Chess Champion
FiveThirtyEight
But he added: “If I ever become a world champion, I will glorify Him in that way.” After the final game, he thanked his parents, U.S. chess benefactor Rex Sinquefield and God. Chess is a lonely pursuit, he explained, and that trinity provides his ...

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