Celebrated chess grandmaster makes his move — to St. Louis ST. LOUIS • In a scene reminiscent of a free-agent signing ceremony, one of the world’s top chess players stood amid a small crowd at the St. Louis Chess...
Magnus Carlsen: ‘They are indeed buying Nerds’
Magnus Carlsen quips ‘they are indeed buying nerds’ as US snaps up Fabiano Caruana By Malcolm Pein, Chess correspondent 11:19AM BST 14 May 2015 World champion Magnus Carlsen says ‘So they are indeed buying nerds!’ as Fabiano Caruana signs...
Still in charge
(photo by ITAR-TASS) Results Game 1 Rapid: GM Kasparov, G. (0) 2812 ½-½ GM Short, N. D. (0) 2678 Game 2 Blitz: GM Short, N. D. (½) 2678 0-1 GM Kasparov, G. (½) 2812 Game 3 Blitz: GM Kasparov,...
Breaking News: Grand Chess Tour
INAUGURAL GRAND CHESS TOUR UNVEILED IN SAINT LOUIS SAINT LOUIS (April 24, 2015) – There is a new, gold standard for international chess competition, providing more opportunities for the world’s best chess players to compete on a grand stage....
Rex Sinquefield reveals motivations
Rex Sinquefield reveals motivations in exclusive interview POSTED 10:18 PM, OCTOBER 31, 2014, BY ELLIOT WEILER Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Caruana: “I can’t discuss if anything is going on. It’s private”.
Fabiano Caruana threatening to overtake Magnus Carlsen as world No1Leonard BardenThe Guardian, Friday 26 September 2014 12.57 EDT …the real phenomenon in Bilbao was again Fabiano Caruana. Italy’s world No2 progresses from one tournament to another with hardly a...
Grandmaster clash in STL
Grandmaster ClashBy Seth Stevenson Before any of the six entrants in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup had nudged a white pawn to e4, they’d already been hailed as the strongest collection of chess talent ever assembled. The tournament, held in...
Sinquefield Cup 2014 – Strongest Chess Tournament in History
The 2014 Sinquefield Cup will be the highest-rated tournament in the history of chess, bringing six of the world’s top-nine Grandmasters together at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Last year, the inaugural super-tournament thrilled spectators...
Checkmating Putin on the chess board
New Champions Check Russia’s Hegemony in Chess Now India and Norway have powerhouse players, and in the United States, St. Louis is turning into a hotbed. By YASSER SEIRAWANApril 27, 2014 6:46 p.m. ETSt. Louis While he has taken...
Webster U freshman to compete in the 2013 US Championship
2013 U.S. Championships Celebrate 5 Years in Saint Louis SAINT LOUIS, April 11, 2013 — The fields are set for both the 2013 U.S. Championship and 2013 U.S. Womens Championship, scheduled to be held simultaneously May 2 through May...