In print, the Boston Globe delivers a compelling pastiche of facts, angles and questions about what will happen, and who will triumph, in the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

After just four days of intense competition at the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship, all 24 original competitors plus one alternate have officially been eliminated from consideration for $64,000 in cash for the Fischer Memorial Prize.

Jennifer Shahade and Macauley Peterson review the third round of the US Chess Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

Reported in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the US Chess Championship–held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis–shows the intersection of art and chess

The second day of the U.S. Chess Championship was a repeat of the first, with big upsets and teenagers making the biggest buzz. While it’s hardly a surprise that No. 1 ranked Gata Kamsky of Brooklyn, N.Y., is undefeated after round two, it’s shocking that one of the two other undefeated players in the 24-competitor championship is Robert Hess, a 17-year-old from New York.

A print and online story in the NY Times covering the 2008 US Chess Championship and Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Founder Rex Sinquefield

Aloha Mischeaux, a finalist in the fourth season of the popular American Idol TV show, kicked off the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship in rousing fashion with a stirring rendition of the national anthem at the opening ceremonies for the tournament at the Saint Louis University Museum of Art on Thursday, May 7.

Riverfront Times article and video on chess master Charles Lawton and the 2009 US Chess Championship, held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

24 of the strongest chess players in the world were seated at the tables of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center Saint Louis as club founder Rex Sinquefield rang a large bronze bell to signify the start of the tournament. The players varied in their poses from confident to irritated as cameras circled the room and they pushed their opening pieces forward.

The Beacon reports on the rich history of chess in the St. Louis area