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12:06 pm
Mon December 17, 2012

St. Louis Scores A Checkmate For International Students

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Inside the Chess Club and Scholastic Center on Maryland Avenue. Chess boards are linked to a computer system that is reflected on television screens, allowing for games to be watched and tracked in real time.
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The Center provides lessons and tournaments for all ages and skill sets.
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The Center sits across from the World Chess Hall of Fame, where exhibits and arts events are regularly held.
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Young people from across the world are turning St. Louis into the premiere international location for chess. This academic year marks the first that Webster and Lindenwood Universities are spearheading new competitive programs and offering scholarships to students from around the world. Those are among the moves in recent years that has allowed the city to emerge as one of the best and brightest hubs for the complex board game’s talent.

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Game Changers
2:49 pm
Wed May 16, 2012

St. Louisan, chess champ Nakamura: Next Bobby Fischer?

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Hikaru Nakamura stands next to the world's largest chess piece, unveiled this week at the U.S. Chess Championships at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.
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By NPR Staff

Originally published on Fri May 11, 2012 4:32 pm

At the U.S. Chess Championships under way in St. Louis, all eyes are on America's top-ranked player, and the favorite going into the tournament, Hikaru Nakamura.

During the past decade, Nakamura has made a name for himself as the new superstar of American chess, and with it, he's become a kind of spokesperson for a game that hasn't been too popular in this country since the days of world champion Bobby Fischer.

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A Good Year St. Louis: Chess
12:00 pm
Tue December 27, 2011

A banner year for St. Louis Chess

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Tournament Hall at The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.
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2011 has been a banner year for Chess in the city of Saint Louis.

The United States Chess Federation named Saint Louis “Chess City of the Year” in 2011 for all of the hard work we’ve put in to promote the game of chess both locally and nationally.

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Chess / St. Louis
3:25 pm
Thu August 4, 2011

Checkmate! St. Louis designated, again, as "Chess City of the Year"

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St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay will travel to the Sunshine State (that's Florida) this weekend to accept the United States Chess Federation's "Chess City of the Year" award for our own Mound City.

This is the second time St. Louis has received the designation - the city also won the award in 2009.

The award, according to the the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, "recognizes the U.S. city that has done the most to promote and further the game of chess, both locally and nationally."

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