![]() The revival of chess in St Louis has helped make America one of the world’s top chess nations again. This year Webster University won the national championship at the President’s Cup collegiate chess tournament in New York for the fifth time in a row. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Wesley So, the world number two, attended the city’s Webster University on one such scholarship.) Local high schools, including in and around Ferguson, promote after-school classes. Several universities in the St Louis area now offer chess scholarships. It attracts the world’s top players and by last year was watched by some 1.5m online viewers. (Before that it was held in different cities.) The Sinquefield tournament, set up by its namesake, started in 2013 with a prize fund of $170,000. The club began hosting the American championship, the nation’s top tournament, in 2009, bringing grandmasters galore to the city.
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