Saint Louis District Championship Recap
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By Mike Kummer
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By Mike Kummer
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By Alex Marler and Matt Barrett
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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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