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By Brian Jerauld, special to the Beacon
Friday didn’t look so black for John Bartholomew. The 26-year-old International Master picked up chess’ hottest item before the holiday rush this year: his first Grandmaster norm, last week at the Saint Louis Classic.
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By Matt Barrett
The most recent of our quarterly Boy Scout Merit Badge workshops took place on Sunday, November 10. On this Sunday in particular, 16 members from local Boy Scout troops signed on to learn the basics of the game of chess. They rolled up their doubloons and prepared to hoist sail on their maiden voyage aboard the USS CCSCSL. Or so I thought.
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By Alex Marler
The Friday Action Quads is the most successful event held at the club on a regular basis. They’re great! I can’t think of a better way to unwind from the work week than to push the pieces in three quick games against players my own level.
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SAINT LOUIS (November 20, 2013) -- The Saint Louis Classic, featuring both an IM and a GM norm tournament, will kick off at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis on Thursday, November 21.
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The 2013 Thanksgiving Satellite featured massive mating attacks, thrilling sacrifices and tearful upsets! A total of 39 participants competed, but only three would walk away with free entries to the 2013 Thanksgiving Open scheduled to be held later this month from Nov 30th through Dec 1st.
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A total of 30 teams competed in the Chess Club’s 2-on-2 Team Championship. The field was bolstered by nine teams from a school that travelled all the way from Tennessee as well as four teams from Lindenwood University.
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By Mike Wilmering
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Week 9 brought that victory flavor to Saint Louis, though the aftertaste was bittersweet.
Needing to win out the season to keep playoff hopes alive, the Arch Bishops drummed up a win over Dallas 2.5 – 1.5 last Tuesday night, serving the Destiny only their second loss of the season.
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By Andy Primm
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By Matt Barrett
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