Record Turnout for Metro Class Championship
Last weekend’s beautiful weather encouraged a record number of participants to come play in the 7th Annual Metro Class championship -- a 60-player field divided into six rating sections. The winner of...
View ArticleBasis Policy Research Literature Review of Chess Studies
Remaining at the forefront of chess in education, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis proudly introduces the Chess and Education Research Portal, a new repository of research that aims...
View ArticleUMB Bank Lends Support to Scholastic Chess Program
The Chess Club’s Scholastic Chess Initiative has been growing steadily over the past six years, delivering impactful educational programming to students across the socio-economic spectrum -- and now...
View ArticleCoryea Sweeps February Knights; March Registration Open
February’s inclement weather resulted in an unusually high number of half-point bye requests in the early rounds of February’s Wednesday Knights Tournament -- thought it wasn’t enough to stop Knights...
View ArticleMusings of a Resident GM: Yasser is a Man of Principles!
Dear members of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis,
View ArticleGM Seirawan to Host LIVE YouTube Lecture Wednesday
Hundreds of hours of FREE grandmaster lectures have given the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis one of the top-subscribing YouTube chess channels in the world!
View ArticleMusings of a Resident GM: Yasser Talks 2015 Championships
Dear Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis members,The 2015 U.S. Chess Championships, the nation’s premiere event, is less than three weeks away and everything is in a state of meticulous,...
View ArticleOur Resident Master: Aviv Friedman
One of the elements that sets the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis as one of the nation’s premier chess facilities is our constant rotation of Resident Grandmasters -- though this time,...
View ArticleThe 2015 U.S. Chess Championships Opening Ceremony at the Saint Louis Art Museum
Join us for the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 U.S. Chess Championships on Tuesday, March 31 at the Saint Louis Art Museum.The Opening Ceremony will begin Tuesday night at 6:00 p.m. with a cocktail hour,...
View ArticleRegular CCSCSL Programming Continues During U.S. Championships; April Knights...
All of the CCSCSL’s regular weekly programming will stay current during the 2015 U.S. Championships, except for the Sunday afternoon kids classes. That means another installment of our Monthly Knights...
View ArticleGarry Kasparov vs. Nigel Short, Live at the CCSCSL April 24-26
SAINT LOUIS (April 7, 2015) – World chess legends Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short will meet later this month for the first Battle of the Legends exhibition match, to be held in Saint Louis, the Chess...
View ArticleOur Resident Grandmaster: Alejandro Ramirez
As its Resident Grandmaster through May 10, the CCSCSL welcomes back GM Alejandro Ramirez -- a frequent guest to Saint Louis, not only as the Resident GM in charge of all our weekly lectures, Sunday...
View Article2015 Sinquefield Cup Dates to be Announced
On Friday, April 24 at 3:00 p.m. CDT, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will host a special press conference that announces the 2015 Sinquefield Cup as part of a new international...
View ArticleInaugural Grand Chess Tour Unveiled In Saint Louis
SAINT LOUIS (April 24, 2015) – After two editions, the Sinquefield Cup had already proved itself as the gold standard of global chess tournaments. For 2015, the Saint Louis, MO super-tournament will...
View ArticleGive to Saint Louis on May 5 and Help Spread the Game of Chess!
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is excited to be a part of Give STL Day, a 24-hour giving event that brings together nearly 800 nonprofit organizations from around the Saint Louis...
View ArticleGM Ramirez Defends the Saint Louis Open!
By Alejandro RamirezEvery tournament has its favorites. Even in tournaments as strong as the 2015 U.S. Chess Championship -- where each of its 12 participants were grandmasters -- there were clearly a...
View ArticleFrom the Broadcast Desk of GM Alejandro Ramirez: Kasparov Still Has It
By GM Alejandro Ramirez I remember it rather clearly, though it was over ten years ago. I hadn't moved yet to America, and at that point I wasn't even sure that I would. I was sitting in my bedroom...
View ArticlePaul Mechem Does it Again: Winning Knights for a Second Straight Month
Despite April featuring five Wednesdays -- and a bonus round of chess -- the monthly Knights Tournament featured a familiar winner. Paul Mechem (2000) put together back-to-back Knights Tournament...
View ArticleAfter One Round, May Knights Proves to be an Exciting Affair
The Monthly Knights tournament is a Swiss event that plays one round every Wednesday evening, and the May 2015 edition kicked off with a bang last week, featuring 17 players and fantastic excitement on...
View ArticleOur Resident Grandmaster: Ben Finegold
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is excited to have GM Ben Finegold back as its Resident Grandmaster through the rest of May! Finegold’s unique style combined with an incredible...
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