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[imagefield_assist|fid=3617|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]SAINT LOUIS, April 20, 2010--The final four spots have been filled for the 2010 U.S. Championship, which is set for May 13-25 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL)....
[imagefield_assist|fid=3496|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]Grandmaster Robert Hess took a four-way split of the first-place prize last weekend at the Bill Wright Saint louis Open. The event, which brought out seven grandmasters, was the largest ever held at...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3573|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]By John Henderson,Director of Chess Content, ICC Congratulations to IM Levon Altounian (Arizona), who beat Damir Studen (Georgia), 1.5-0.5, to win the 2010 US State Champion of Champions title hosted live on the...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3574|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=Tatev Abrahamyan|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]"Don't call my name, Alejandro".....And thus ends the greatest tournament of all time. Oops, I guess I should start at the beginning....2 score and 7 months ago a young whippersnapper, named Ben...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3564|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200] After three rounds, four titled players share the first place lead at the Bill Wright Saint Louis Open, but the heavy favorite coming into the tournament ran into a tough round-three opponent....
[imagefield_assist|fid=3565|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]SAINT LOUIS, APRIL 10, 2010 -- Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has been playing an exceptional brand of chess over the past year. Since winning the 2009 U.S. Championship, his stellar performance tournament after tournament...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3570|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200] Round four brought more excitement as GM Robert Hess managed to outlast GM Dmitry Gurevich to hang on to first place. GM Alejandro Ramirez defeated IM Irina Krush, which created a two-way...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3571|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]The Bill Wright Saint Louis Open, the strongest open tournament in the history of Missouri, has finally wrapped up here at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. After a quick,...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3561|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200] The Bill Wright Saint Louis Open is underway here at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, and the Open field saw few upsets in the first round. GMs Hikaru...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3563|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]After round two, the usual suspects are still leading the pack. In round two, GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated USCF Executive Director Bill Hall and GM Robert Hess took the victory on board two...
