Schoolhouse Rook: Unrated Beginner Tourney for Kids
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[imagefield_assist|fid=15460|preset=fullsize|title=GM Hikaru Nakamura eclipsed Bobby Fischer's rating record 40 years to the day that the final game between Fischer and Boris Spassky was adjourned to decide the 1972 World Championship.|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=700|height=560]
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SAINT LOUIS (August 24, 2012) -- Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan will arrive in Saint Louis on September 3 to serve as the acting Resident Grandmaster of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
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On July 28, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis hosted its first-ever Chess Merit Badge workshop. The CCSCSL has so far been focusing on supporting local chess merit badge counselors, but with the help of the Boy Scouts of America, we were actually able to host our own event here at the Chess Club.
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By Alex Marler
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SAINT LOUIS (July 11, 2012) -- With two players ranked in the top 15 in the world, the United States will be well represented for the upcoming 2012 World Chess Olympiad, scheduled to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, August 27 through September 10.