Chess

The 2019 St. Louis Norm Congress gave an opportunity to rising players to earn international master (IM) and grandmaster (GM) norms in two events. The…

The Grenke Chess Classic, one of the top chess events in the world, is underway in Germany. The tournament runs April 20-29.The event is a round-robin,…

If you’re tired of playing chess against that same friend over and over again, why not team up with them instead?Bughouse is a fast-paced variant of…

The St. Louis Arch Bishops are going back to the Professional Rapid Online (PRO) Chess League final four in San Francisco.To make it to the final rounds,…

The U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship are the marquee events of American chess and for the last 11 years, the St. Louis Chess Club has…

As a professional chess player and Ph.D. in applied mathematics, I have always been fascinated by the relationship between the two disciplines.What does…

A Webster University chess coach will today become the youngest woman to be inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame.Susan Polgár was the first woman to…

The chess season has officially kicked off at the St. Louis Chess Club with the ongoing Cairns Cup, featuring some of the top female players in the world,…

The St. Louis Chess Club is currently hosting its first international all-female chess tournament in an effort to expand opportunities for women to enter…

It is well known that if you are a big chess fan, St. Louis is a great place to be. Since 2009, the best chess players in the country have gathered at the…