After a 4-0 start sparked whispers of a potential $64,000 Bobby Fischer Prize, Kamsky went the remaining five games with no checkmate, only draws, skidding across the finish line of the nation’s most prestigious tournament.
Somewhere along the way, I had convinced myself that a win like this was just never going to happen to me. Somewhere, I had resigned. I implore you, casual player, set a higher goal – and don’t quit on it. I am happy to report that, since I’ve rolled that insurmountable rock, my games have felt invigorated.
Around the Chess Club, the word exclam! has evolved as a way of verbalizing those points during a live game when a move literally rocks an opposing player back into his or her seat.
Many of you know St. Louis is the emerging chess capital of the country if not the world, but for those of you who don’t, this column is designed to catch you up with the rest of the class.
A college freshman explains why eaving his home country in pursuit of excellence was not an easy choice. Many factors were involved in taking this life-defining decision. One of the main reasons behind my decision to move to the United States was Lindenwood University’s newly formed chess program.
The player who finishes with the best overall result qualifies to the final Candidates match event, and the winner of that match becomes the challenger to the World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India.
The nine-person Screwed Arts Collective has taken over the first floor of the Hall of Fame and is creating a space-specific installation that draws on chess. The opening party is Thursday night, which is also when Shahade will take on Yasser Seirawan in a game of roulette chess.
The inaugural chess team at Lindenwood contains several impressive players who were expecting to be coached by the Chess Club’s Resident Grandmaster Ben Finegold. But he resigned recently. Enter Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan.
Both U.S. teams got off to a good start by winning their first round matches. The U.S. team in the open section easily dispatched Jordan, and the U.S. also scored a victory over New Zealand in the women’s section.
Like the regular Olympics, the Chess Olympiad is truly a global spectacle, and this year 164 nations will be competing, from Afghanistan to Zambia. The chief rivals for medals include global superpowers like the United States and countries small in population but large in chess prowess such as Armenia..
Hikaru Nakamura · Yasser Seirawan · Gata Kamsky · Irina Krush · Marc Arnold · Anna Zatonskih · Darwin Yang · Jennifer Shahade · Ray Robson · Anatoly Karpov
Texas · Moscow · Tal Memorial · Las Vegas
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis · Lindenwood University · GM · United States Chess Federation · Susan Polgar Institute For Chess Excellence · World Chess Hall of Fame
2012 U.S. Chess Championship · St. Louis Invitational Chess Tournament · Christmas · U.S. Chess Championship · U.S. Women's Chess Championship
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Meeting in St. Louis next week, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will have its first opportunity as an assembled group to consider what to do after the Vatican issued a mandate for change this spring. It calls on the conference to reorganize and more strictly observe church teachings.
When a family of four goes to the St. Louis Zoo, they can be forgiven for not knowing it will cost them $60, $72 if they park. If they can't pay, the alternative is to tell the kids they can't do what kids do at the zoo.
Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley gave reporters less than a half-hour’s notice today when he announced that conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh’s sculptured bust will be formally installed in the Capitol at 1 p.m.
Developers on the south side come in all shapes and sizes, with ambitions that vary from single buildings to entire city blocks. In the first of a two-part story, Jason Deem talks about building community.
Author M.M. Costantin, who has lived near the Loop for more than 40 years, compiled a photo book that shows Delmar when it was bustling, when it was dangerous and when it came back to life.
They arrived four years ago as fifth-graders, behind in their work and not used to rigorous classes, but they've advanced rapidly and have a strong academic grounding for high school.
The Beacon's Mary Delach Leonard and Rob Koenig extensively covered flooding in 2011 in Missouri. Now this coverage is compiled in an iBook. Read the stories.
This year’s 13th Shakespeare Festival production is a lucky one for local orchestra ensemble “The Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra," chosen to compose the music for "Twelfth Night."
“We speak in old language in a new witty way with contemporary feel,” Sean Curran said about the OTSL production of "Pirates of Penzance," which is set in the 1870s. Much of the Gilbert and Sullivan satire, however, focuses on still-relevant human foibles, government officials’ ineptitude and opera excesses.
The feeling is openness, with soaring, airy spaces planned for easy and logical circulation and planned to reveal art not only to its best advantage but also appropriately and respectfully. Still, the building is notable more for its architectural reticence than its audacity.
Donna Korando is the Beacon's arts and features editor. You can contact her at dkorando@stlbeacon.org.
Developers on the south side come in all shapes and sizes, with ambitions that vary from single buildings to entire city blocks. In the first of a two-part story, Jason Deem talks about building community.
Speaking to reporters at Monsanto, Howard Buffett warned that future generations would foot the bill for irresponsible soil use. He urged leaders to address thorny issues such as malnutrition and environmental destruction.
Twenty winners will split a million dollars and a wide array of professional services after this year's Arch Grants competition. Victors will also see one-on-one business mentoring in their prize package. The diverse group includes everything from biotech concerns to fashion enterprises.
Innovation and entrepreneurial activity are on the rise in St. Louis, especially in bioscience, technology and alternative energy. The Beacon's InnovationSTL section focuses on the people who are part of this wave, what they're doing and how this is shaping our future. To many St. Louisans, this wave is not yet visible. InnovationSTL aims to change that. We welcome you to share your knowledge, learn more about this vibrant trend and discuss its impact.
The Academy of Science-St. Louis hosts tours of EarthDance, an organic farm, and the Monsanto Agronomics and Breeding Facility May 21-22. The workshop is meant to prompt discussion and answer questions about these two competing philosophies of food production.
Speaking to reporters at Monsanto, Howard Buffett warned that future generations would foot the bill for irresponsible soil use. He urged leaders to address thorny issues such as malnutrition and environmental destruction.
Vernon Bowman's challenge to Monsanto Co.'s patent on its Roundup Ready soybean seeds was billed as a David vs. Goliath contest. Goliath won and won big. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that an Indiana soybean farmer had violated Monsanto's patent on its genetically engineered soybean seeds.
Sally Altman is the Beacon's Health and Science editor. You can contact her at saltman@stlbeacon.org.
Paying professors less, increasing online courses and raising class size might make the bill cheaper, but the value of the degree will be less, as well. It's not that there are no solutions, but the easy ones create their own problems.
When the Civil War broke out, Grant rejoined the military. He may not have liked it, but it was what he was good at: fighting. The battle that cemented his reputation began 150 years ago yesterday.
Democracy is our answer to perhaps our most difficult ethical problem: How do we ethically protect the social cooperation that makes our society strong, while respecting the rights of individuals to pursue vastly divergent visions of the good life and deeply conflicting moral and political beliefs?
Donna Korando is the Beacon's Voices editor. You can contact her and submit opinion pieces for possible publication at dkorando@stlbeacon.org.