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Alternative Book Group: Birth of the Chess Queen - Webster Kirkwood Times

Wed, 03/08/2017 - 01:15

Alternative Book Group: Birth of the Chess Queen
Webster Kirkwood Times
The Alternative Book Group at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave., will discuss "Birth of the Chess Queen" by Marilyn Yalom, Wednesday, March 8, 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.), at the hall of fame. Cost: $5; free for World Chess Hall of ...

An Art Lover's Guide to St. Louis - Riverfront Times

Fri, 03/03/2017 - 15:10

Riverfront Times

An Art Lover's Guide to St. Louis
Riverfront Times
Less obvious St. Louis attractions also invite this conversation, from the fearlessly surrealistic City Museum to the eclectic World Chess Hall of Fame. Though we've recently lost some forward-thinking spaces — RIP, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts ...

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Crafts & Cocktails: Live Sewing with Tucker Pierce of Westminster Press - Webster Kirkwood Times

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 01:21

Crafts & Cocktails: Live Sewing with Tucker Pierce of Westminster Press
Webster Kirkwood Times
Crafts & Cocktails: Live Sewing with Tucker Pierce of Westminster Press will be held Wednesday, March 1, 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.), at the World Chess Hall of Fame, third floor, 4652 Maryland Ave. Cost is $10; $5 for WCHOF members. This workshop ...

Paula Kalmar-Wolf was an Austrian chess master who didn't begin playing chess until she was in her thirties. She ... - Tablet Magazine

Tue, 02/28/2017 - 14:03

Paula Kalmar-Wolf was an Austrian chess master who didn't begin playing chess until she was in her thirties. She ...
Tablet Magazine
In March, the World Chess Hall of Fame will honor four new members during a ceremony that will also kick off the U.S. Men's and Women's Championships. The 2017 inductees are: Paula Kalmar-Wolf, Alla Kushnir, Viktor Korchnoi, and Edward Lasker.

World Chess Hall of Fame to Induct Four New Jewish Members - Tablet Magazine

Tue, 02/28/2017 - 02:00
World Chess Hall of Fame to Induct Four New Jewish Members  Tablet Magazine

The next time you're in St. Louis—a wonderful city full of ribs and frozen custard and woods and blues—visit the U.S. and World Chess Halls of Fame, housed ...

Young Professionals Networking - Webster Kirkwood Times

Tue, 02/28/2017 - 01:26

Young Professionals Networking
Webster Kirkwood Times
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis and World Chess Hall of Fame would like to invite chess enthusiasts and art and culture lovers for a fun evening to learn about their newly created Young Professionals Board. The young professionals ...

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Hans Berliner, the DC boy who conquered the (postal) chess world - Washington Times

Wed, 02/22/2017 - 11:09

Hans Berliner, the DC boy who conquered the (postal) chess world
Washington Times
Postal chess great Hans Berliner, who passed away last month in Florida at the age of 87, grew up here and got his start at the fabled Washington Chess Divan. He captured five city championships in the 1940s and 1950s before going on to fame and ...

Discovering The Imagery of Chess - Webster Kirkwood Times

Wed, 02/15/2017 - 01:34

Discovering The Imagery of Chess
Webster Kirkwood Times
Discovering The Imagery of Chess featuring Larry List will be presented Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. Reception is at 6 p.m.; event at 6:30 p.m. Join independent curator Larry List as he discusses unearthing an ...

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Composer Spotlight Series: Ludwig van Beethoven - Webster Kirkwood Times

Sat, 02/11/2017 - 18:56

Composer Spotlight Series: Ludwig van Beethoven
Webster Kirkwood Times
Composer Spotlight Series: Ludwig van Beethoven will be presented Thursday, March 2, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. Cost: $10; $5 tickets available for members, seniors and military. Reservations ...

Women in Gaming: Is There a Gender Gap? - Techworm

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 09:24

Techworm

Women in Gaming: Is There a Gender Gap?
Techworm
Jennifer Shahade is a chess Grandmaster and two-time United States Champion who even rose to become the sole female member of the board of the World Chess Hall of Fame. Interestingly, Shahade also competes in another mind sport: poker. Together ...

Chess champ takes on all challengers - The Cross Timbers Gazette

Thu, 02/09/2017 - 09:03

Chess champ takes on all challengers
The Cross Timbers Gazette
Root donated her score sheets on which the players record every move of tournament games, plus those games' results to the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, Mo. The U.S. Chess Federation began computerizing records of tournament results in ...

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Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black - Webster Kirkwood Times

Wed, 02/08/2017 - 01:47

Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black
Webster Kirkwood Times
Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.), at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. Cost is $10; $5 for WCHOF members. Reservations recommended.

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Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black - West End Word

Wed, 02/08/2017 - 01:40

Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black
West End Word
Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.), at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. Cost is $10; $5 for WCHOF members. Reservations recommended.

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Jamaicans' contribution to Black History - Caribbean Life

Thu, 02/02/2017 - 06:07

Caribbean Life

Jamaicans' contribution to Black History
Caribbean Life
Associated Press / Mark Lennihan. In this April 12, 2016 photo, chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley talks during an interview at Chess Forum in New York. The Brooklyn resident has been inducted to the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis.

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