Blitz Showdown for Karpov, Seirawan
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By WGM Jennifer Shahade
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By WGM Jennifer Shahade
[imagefield_assist|fid=15196|preset=fullsize|lightbox=true|title=GMs Anatoly Karpov and Yasser Seirawan drew their first two games and will now move on to the two-game rapid portion of the contest.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=700|height=467]
By WGM Jennifer Shahade
[imagefield_assist|fid=15108|preset=fullsize|lightbox=true|title=GM Yasser Seirawan will take on former World Champion GM Anatloy Karpov June 10-13 at the Chess Club in Saint Louis.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=700|height=500]
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By Alex Vergilesov
[imagefield_assist|fid=15090|preset=fullsize|title=The competitors of the 2012 U.S. Championships stand in front of the world's largest chess piece, which was unveiled today in Saint Louis. The piece stands 14 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs more than 2,200 pounds.|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=700|height=467]
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[imagefield_assist|fid=15084|preset=fullsize|lightbox=true|title=IM Enrico Sevillano missed out on a GM norm by just one point at the Invitational, but he came back to finish T-1st place in the Bill Wright Saint Louis Open.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=700|height=467]
By GM Ben Finegold
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By Alex Vergilesov
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is taking chess to Illinois in a big way. One of the last Spring programs this year has begun at Annette Harris Officer Elementary School, in the East Saint Louis School District.
[imagefield_assist|fid=15078|preset=fullsize|lightbox=true|title=IMs Darwin Yang and Marc Arnold played to a draw in round eight, and both went on to secure a GM norm in the final round of the Saint Louis Invitational.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=700|height=490]
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By Mike Wilmering