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...St Louis is also the organisational centre for the Grand Chess Tour, a mix of classical, rapid and blitz tournaments staged mostly in Europe but returning to Missouri for its final event, the traditional...
...US chess strategy in recent years, masterminded by FT reader Rex Sinquefield and the globally renowned St Louis chess club, has been to encourage established star players to transfer to the US and so build...
...Next up, in October, are the US championship in St Louis and the British championship at Hull....
...then the Arab spring, Qatar’s winning bid to host the 2022 World Cup, and Gulf takeovers of western clubs have provided excellent new material....
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