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Nakamura Searches for Fischer's Record

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GM Hikaru Nakamura once again will take on the world's best at the Bazna Kings tournament in Romania June 11-22. Nakamura needs eight points to break Bobby Fischer's record as the highest FIDE-rated American chess player ever. Fischer's highest-ever published Elo rating is 2785 and Nakamura's current Elo rating is 2777.2. 

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Junior Closed Championship Set for Saint Louis

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2014 Summer Camps with Grandmaster Instructors

 

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is a non-profit, educational organization that is committed to making chess an integral part of our community. Chess is a valuable educational tool that helps teach students important lessons including problem solving, critical thinking, sportsmanship, patience, and goal setting, just to name a few!

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2nd Annual ICA Chess Challenge Championship

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By Bill Thompson

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3rd Annual Show-Me Classic

 

[imagefield_assist|fid=10136|preset=fullsize|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=696|height=247]The 2011 Show-Me Classic had a turnout of 40 players.  Overall First was split between:

Sunil Weeramantry
Mark Ferber
Alex Marler 

Torin Hylan (rated 980) had a huge day, defeating a 1323 and a 1578!

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Whirlwind Rapid Play Ends International Match

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By Ken West

Tornado warnings sent the four grandmasters in the international match to the basement more than once at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Wednesday, but the unusual had already hit the boards.

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Saint Louis GMs Prevail in First Rapid Showdown

By Ken West

The two Saint Louis grandmasters prevailed in the first day of rapid chess in the international match Tuesday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, each notching a win with white and holding with the black pieces.

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Nakamura, Robson Pull Away in Round 6

By Ken West

Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Ray Robson each won with white Sunday to take the lead going into the rapid portion of their international matches at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

Nakamura’s win gives him a 3.5-2.5 lead over Ukrainian Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov. Robson leads Finegold 4-2.

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Draws Abound in Games 4 & 5

By Ken West

The world did not end Saturday, even though Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura again played the King’s Indian Defense against GM Ruslan Ponomariov, and the fifth game in the international match ended in a draw.

Their match is tied at 2.5 each.

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