Dan Drury plays chess with his son Gus, 6, in front of the World Chess Hall of Fame in the Central West End on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. The giant chess piece, which stands 20 feet ta ...
ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Chess Championships are taking place in the Central West End this week. “You have, in total, 24 of the nation’s best players involved in this event,” Grandmaster Anastasiya ...
Some chess rivalries are defined by championships. Others are defined by moments that forever change how the game is remembered.
Praggnanandhaa won his first Rapid & Blitz title at the 2026 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club as the first U.S. leg of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT). The Indian grandmaster ...
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis may be known as a baseball town, but the Gateway City is quickly becoming a major player in another sport: Chess. St. Louis is currently hosting the two-week tournament that ...
Inspired by the Grand Chess Tour, the FIDEC (Ivory Coast Chess Federation) teamed up with the Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF) to bring out the best of African chess. These efforts culminated in the ...
The biggest chess event in the United States will fittingly be hosted in the chess capital of the nation. The Sinquefield Cup, which is the third leg of the Grand Chess Tour, will take place Aug. 2-12 ...
The World Chess Hall of Fame and the Saint Louis Fashion Incubator want to see the grand masters of the game dressed in grand style. It’s a sport typically associated with head-scratching brooding ...