Chess.com Chief Chess Officer Danny Rensch told the Journal his organization will “not be providing support for, or coverage of, any St. Louis Chess Club events.

A major online chess platform and broadcaster says it’s cutting ties with the ‘St. Louis Chess Club.’ They say it’s because the club failed to investigate allegations of sex… ...

Chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura leaves the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis' Central West End after a ceremony dedicating a 14.5-foot chess piece outside the building on Monday, May 7, 2012.

— Saint Louis Chess Club (@STLChessClub) October 17, 2024 The U.S. Championship determines the country's chess champion each year. The Saint Louis Chess Club has hosted the tournament since 2009.

Sinquefield, St. Louis Chess Club president and board chair, founded the nonprofit in 2008, recruiting top players and drawing major competitions to the state-of-the-art club in St. Louis ...

A prominent figure in U.S. chess was banned from the Saint Louis Chess Club and expelled from the 2024 U.S. Chess Championship, officials announced Wednesday.

ST. LOUIS -- Chess isn't exactly a spectator sport, but when two dozen of the nation's finest players are in St. Louis next month, Sean Trani can't wait to watch. Trani is one of the 500 or so ...

Over the past decade-plus years, the St. Louis Chess Club has built itself into the central hub of U.S. chess, backing elite players in search of the first American world champion since Bobby Fischer.

He had been the Chess Club’s top-paid employee, earning $143,524 in 2019 in his role as a chess coach with the Saint Louis Chess Club, according to tax documents for the nonprofit.