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By Ken West
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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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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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By Bill Thompson
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Article courtesy USChess.org
[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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[imagefield_assist|fid=10120|preset=fullsize|title=GM Ben Finegold ran into a tough opponent in young up-and-comer GM Ray Robson.|desc=|link=none|origsize=|align=left|width=700|height=464]
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.
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.
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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