Saint Louis Chess Club To Host Clutch Chess International Tournament June 6-14, 2020
Media Contact:Rebecca BuffingtonPhone: (314) [email protected] Saint Louis Chess Club To Host Clutch Chess International Tournament June 6-14, 2020The World’s Best Grandmasters Will Compete For A $265,000 Prize Fund – The Largest Prize Fund Ever Offered For An Online Chess Event SAINT LOUIS, June 3, 2020 – Eight of the top international chess superstars are set […]
Russian Grandmaster Valentina Gunina Crowned First Cairns Cup Champion
For more information, contact: Kiley Herndon Phone: (314) 309-0799 [email protected] Russian Grandmaster Valentina Gunina Crowned First Cairns Cup Champion Inaugural Tournament Sparks Inspiration for Women’s Chess Around the World SAINT LOUIS, February 19, 2019 – Russian Chess Grandmaster Valentina Gunina was named champion on Friday of the inaugural Cairns Cup, an elite tournament for the […]
Champions Showdown Features Ten Kings of Chess
For more information, please contact: Kiley Herndon [email protected] 314-309-0799 For Immediate Release Champions Showdown Features Ten Kings of Chess Saint Louis Chess Club to host international exhibition tournament February 20-24, 2019 ST. LOUIS, February 14, 2019 – The 2019 installment of the Champions Showdown will feature five unique matchups between top world players, as […]
Saint Louis Chess Club to Host Inaugural Cairns Cup from February 5-16, 2019
For more information, contact: Kiley Herndon Phone: (314) 309-0799 [email protected] Saint Louis Chess Club to Host Inaugural Cairns Cup from February 5-16, 2019 All-Female Tournament to Provide Unparalleled Tournament Experience for Women Worldwide SAINT LOUIS, January 25, 2019 – Women the world over will descend upon the Saint Louis Chess Club to compete in the […]
U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship to be Held at the Saint Louis Chess Club
For more information, please contact:Kiley HerndonCommunications Coordinator(314) [email protected] For Immediate Release U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Championship to be Held at the Saint Louis Chess Club Tenth consecutive year for Saint Louis to host U.S.and U.S. Women’s Championships SAINT LOUIS (January 8, 2018) – For the tenth consecutive year, the Saint Louis Chess Club will […]
World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Americans Dominate at Champions Showdown in Saint Louis
For more information, please contact: Kiley Herndon Communications Coordinator (314) 309-0799 [email protected] World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Americans Dominate at Champions Showdown in Saint Louis SAINT LOUIS (November 15, 2017) – Six days of fast time controls with no increment or delay proved to be exactly what viewers were wanting to watch. Blood was literally […]
2016 Champions Showdown
For more information, please contact:Kiley HerndonChess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis(314) [email protected] For Immediate ReleaseChampions Showdown Fit for KingsFour of the world’s top players set to compete in Saint Louis SAINT LOUIS (October 31, 2016) – This November, in true holiday spirit, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will host […]
Saint Louis Invitational – Final Round Recap
The 2016 Saint Louis Invitational ended with the same fighting chess seen throughout the whole tournament. The final round found FM Gauri Shankar needing a win to secure another IM norm as he faced off against FM Kostya Kavutskiy. As for the grandmaster norm tournament, IM Steven Zierk wanted to avenge his eighth round loss […]
Saint Louis Invitational – Round 8 Recap
As the 2016 Saint Louis Invitational winds to a close, the players with hopes of gaining their norms found difficulty in Round 8. Three players still had a chance to earn GM norms going into the round. IM Steven Zierk had the Black pieces against IM Ruifeng Li and needed to win to keep his […]
Saint Louis Invitational – Round 5 Recap
The 2016 Saint Louis Invitational, featuring both a GM and IM norm 10-player round robin, is more than halfway finished. Norm seekers in both sections have traded blows with their opponents and resulted in a very tight standings list. Each field’s norm requirement sits at 6.5 total points and still a few have the chance, […]