St. Louis Chess Club

The governing body of chess in the U.S. will bring its headquarters to St. Louis this year.

The world's top chess players won't have to compete virtually in this Grand Chess Tour event.

The World Chess Hall of Fame's most recent exhibition, “Masterminds: Chess Prodigies," explores the stories of chess prodigies from past to present.

St. Louis chess organizations are moving their event online to be a virtual gala to advance the game of chess through education, art and culture.

For three years, the St. Louis Chess Club's CHESS Cops program has brought police officers and students from underrepresented communities together to play chess. Research shows the program is making a difference.

The St. Louis Chess Club experimented with its first in-person tournament since the pandemic began.

Playing chess may seem like a solitary endeavor. But it actually provides a community and unique social connections.

A typical scholastic chess tournament is played over the course of six hours with more than 150 students playing about 400 games of chess. This year, the tournaments have all moved online.

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