ST. LOUIS — Sunday was the final day of an inaugural weekend chess tournament put on by the local Italian landmark Piazza Imo on the Hill and the Saint Louis Chess Club. It’s their first fall ...

Over the past decade, it’s safe to say that the St. Louis Chess Club and World Chess Hall of Fame have made an impact on the St. Louis region. For starters, the SLCC’s Scholastic Chess Initiative has ...

St. Louis might be known for legendary entertainers like Josephine Baker, or star athletes like Yogi Berra, but now there's something else putting the city on the map. It's known as the 'Chess Capital ...

Nakya Pearson discovered the joy of playing chess as a student in the Hazelwood, Mo., school district. But when the 14-year-old transferred to nearby Ferguson-Florissant schools three years ago, she ...

Chess Grandmaster Kayden Troff is only 18 years old, but he feels downright old at the 2016 U.S. Junior Closed Championship. “I’ve been playing for fifteen years, which is longer than some of these ...

ST. LOUIS – The Guinness World Record for the largest chess piece currently belongs to St. Louis, but there appears to be a checkmate with another challenger. A 20-foot tall chess piece stands in ...

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis may be known as a baseball town, but the Gateway City is quickly becoming a major player in another sport: Chess. St. Louis is currently hosting the two-week tournament that ...

Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana poses for a portrait at the World Chess Hall of Fame on Friday, Aug. 21, 2015 in St. Louis. Photo by Huy Mach, [email protected] When a child is found to have a ...

During his won chess match at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis on Nov. 16, 2012, Abdul Shakoor plays standing up in order to keep an eye on his daughter's game nearby. He often left ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A 19-year-old chess grandmaster is seeking $100 million in a federal lawsuit alleging a rival chess player and others destroyed his career with false accusations of cheating, ...

We're seeing headlines today about an entire college championship team moving from one school to another. And though the story's about two months old, it's still so unusual and has enough interesting ...

America is not exactly a chess-mad country, but it's hosting host a chess tournament that could redefine the landscape of competitive chess for a generation. The Sinquefield Cup kicked off on Sunday ...