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On Chess: Professional players through the eyes of a grandmaster, coach and spectator  St. Louis Public Radio

From March 27 until mid-April, I had the chance to be grandmaster in residence at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Being at the “mecca”

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players
Minneapolis Star Tribune
He created the Sinquefield Cup tournament and other special invitational events that offered hundreds of thousands of dollars each in prize funds to the world's elite players. “We really take care of them,” Sinquefield said. “Everybody goes away making ...

Midwest is king of world chess as lavish St. Louis club lures top players  Star Tribune

ST. LOUIS – For decades after World War II, the Soviet Union dominated international chess competitions. Now the center of the chess world has shifted to the ...

Grenke Classic 2017: Hou Yifan is queen for the day...again!  Chessbase News

What can one say, except: wow. Of the four games in round two, three ended in decisive results, and Levon Aronian's escape from Magnus Carlsen was a small ...

Aftenposten
Magnus Carlsens nye utseende får oppmerksomhet i sjakkmiljøet: – Jeg hadde ...
Aftenposten
Senere i år blir imidlertid verdensmesteren langt mer opptatt. I juni skal Carlsen spille Norway Chess. Deretter venter prestisjetunge hurtigsjakkturneringer i Brüssel og Paris. Etter det skal han også spille Sinquefield Cup i St. Louis og London Chess ...

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Aftenposten
Magnus Carlsens nye utseende får oppmerksomhet i sjakkmiljøet: – Jeg hadde ...
Aftenposten
Senere i år blir imidlertid verdensmesteren langt mer opptatt. I juni skal Carlsen spille Norway Chess. Deretter venter prestisjetunge hurtigsjakkturneringer i Brüssel og Paris. Etter det skal han også spille Sinquefield Cup i St. Louis og London Chess ...

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So, Foisor are US chess champions  Stabroek News

Elite chess grandmaster Wesley So won the exacting 2017 US Championship recently and in so doing, extended his victories and draws to 67 tournament ...

So, Foisor are US chess champions  Stabroek News

Elite chess grandmaster Wesley So won the exacting 2017 US Championship recently and in so doing, extended his victories and draws to 67 tournament ...

Inquirer.net
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So hasn't lost a match since ruling the Sinquefield Cup. He has also bagged the board 3 gold medal in the Baku Olympiad, topped the London Classic and tamed a powerful field in the Tata Steel Championship. Clearly, it shouldn't be long before the ...

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Faces of the News
Inquirer.net
So hasn't lost a match since ruling the Sinquefield Cup. He has also bagged the board 3 gold medal in the Baku Olympiad, topped the London Classic and tamed a powerful field in the Tata Steel Championship. Clearly, it shouldn't be long before the ...

Grenke Classic 2017: Surprise, surprise!  Chessbase News

After what seemed likely to be another hiatus of super tournaments, the Grenke Chess Classic is back after skipping 2016. This year's edition has a great blend ...

American Chess Magazine stays the course  Chessbase News

The second edition of the American Chess Magazine is out, and for those wondering whether this new foray into the challenging print chess magazine market ...

KSDK
So, Foisor win US chess championships in St. Louis
KSDK
Filipino chess Grandmaster of the United States and 10th highest ranking player in the world Wesley So poses with his favourite chess piece (a King) on June 8, 2016 in Paris. The first leg of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour is set to take place from June 9 ...
2017 Chess Champions: Men's Global Rising Star, Women's Surprise Player Prove Worth, Win U.S. and U.S. Women's ...Yahoo Finance

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2017 Chess Champions: Men's Global Rising Star, Women's Surprise Player Prove Worth, Win US and US Women's ...
PR Newswire (press release)
2-rated player in the world, highest rated player in the U.S. and 2016 Grand Chess Tour Champion - even winning the Saint Louis leg of the tour, the Sinquefield Cup - GM So was presumably the favorite to win the tournament, and yet again make his mark ...

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Yahoo Finance
2017 Chess Champions: Men's Global Rising Star, Women's Surprise Player Prove Worth, Win U.S. and U.S. Women's ...
Yahoo Finance
2-rated player in the world, highest rated player in the U.S. and 2016 Grand Chess Tour Champion - even winning the Saint Louis leg of the tour, the Sinquefield Cup - GM So was presumably the favorite to win the tournament, and yet again make his mark ...

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Yahoo Finance
2017 Chess Champions: Men's Global Rising Star, Women's Surprise Player Prove Worth, Win U.S. and U.S. Women's ...
Yahoo Finance
2-rated player in the world, highest rated player in the U.S. and 2016 Grand Chess Tour Champion - even winning the Saint Louis leg of the tour, the Sinquefield Cup - GM So was presumably the favorite to win the tournament, and yet again make his mark ...

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Philippine Star
Wesley snares US Open crown
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - World No. 2 Wesley So kept his amazing run of victories in super tournaments going, beating Alexander Onischuk in their two-game playoff, 1-5.0-5, to capture the coveted US Championship crown in St. Louis, Missouri Monday. Proving ...

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Газета.Ru
В швейцарском Цюрихе состоится шахматный супертурнир с участием Владимира Крамника
Газета.Ru
В конце июля прошлого года россиянин снялся с престижного турнира Sinquefield Cup в американском Сент-Луисе из-за проблем со здоровьем. Это состязание особенно важно, потому что входит в «Мировой шахматный тур» — крупный ...

ABS-CBN News
Chess: After US Championship win, Wesley So will only get stronger
ABS-CBN News
2 in the world, is setting his sights on the top ranking, now held by Norway's Magnus Carlsen, whom So defeated at last year's Grand Chess Tour in Paris. Villar said it's only a matter of time before So replaces Carlsen at the summit. "He has beaten ...

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Chess: After US Championship win, Wesley So will only get stronger  ABS-CBN News

Wesley So captured the US Championship, defeating Alexander Onischuk 1.5-0.5 in a playoff in St. Louis, Missouri on Monday.