D Gukesh braved relentless rains and storms to be on time for an interview and photoshoot at the St. Louis Chess Club, the ...

The club, with more than 1,000 members, has hosted the U.S. Chess Championship, bankrolled the creation of chess teams at SLU and the University of Missouri, and established its own St. Louis ...

ST. LOUIS — A chess Grandmaster was expelled from a tournament after an incident Wednesday at the U.S. Championship in St. Louis. The Saint Louis Chess Club issued a statement saying Christopher ...

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.

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 ...

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.

ST. LOUIS -- From the World Chess Hall of Fame to Webster University's luring of the country's top collegiate squad, St. Louis has steadily staked its claim as the U.S. center of competitive chess ...

A 14-year-old chess prodigy defeated a top U.S. competitor in an elite tournament Thursday in St. Louis, becoming one of the youngest players in history to win a major title.

Video from the Saint Louis Chess Club shows the end of the round starting about 1:29. The chess club said the tournament arbiter expelled Yoo from the competition.

ST. LOUIS — A chess Grandmaster was expelled from a tournament after an incident Wednesday at the U.S. Championship in St. Louis. The Saint Louis Chess Club issued a statement saying Christopher ...