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, MO – The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) unveiled a Guinness World Record today – a chess piece that stands at 14 feet, 6 inches tall and is 6 feet wide at the base ...

Long before The Queen’s Gambit caused a chess boom, St. Louis was already a hub for fans of the game. While chess historians debate an official starting point, Tony Rich, executive director of the St.

As the American Cup Tournament concludes at the World Chess Hall of Fame, International Master Carissa Yip has made her debut. But her time in St. Louis is far from over—this summer, she plans to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – The US Chess headquarters is ...