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| Formation | 2007 |
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| Type | Chess club |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Headquarters | 4657 Maryland Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°38′40″N 90°15′40″W / 38.6444°N 90.2611°W |
| Website | saintlouischessclub |
Formerly called | Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis |
The Saint Louis Chess Club (previously, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis) is a chess club in the Central West End in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It was founded in 2008 by billionaire Rex Sinquefield as part of his effort to improve U.S. chess and turn St. Louis into an international chess center,[1] an effort that also moved the World Chess Hall of Fame into a building across the street.
The club hosts the annual Sinquefield Cup tournament, the only U.S. stop on the Grand Chess Tour. Founded at the club in 2013, it is one of the world's strongest tournaments as measured by its competitors' world rankings.
The club drew national attention in 2023 when officials were accused of concealing the alleged sexual assaults of a grandmaster employee.
- ^ Barden, Leonard (April 10, 2015). "Rex Sinquefield continuing his quest to make US into a superpower". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved September 23, 2024.