That’s why her resume reads like an accolade of aesthetically charged experiences from art consultancy to designing the World Chess Hall of Fame. Somehow, the latter spurred her production of A Queen Within, an exhibit that explores the plurality of personalities within a queen through fashion, photography, film, and artwork.
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Show-Me 200 years: Join the state’s bicentennial celebration
Events, celebrations and exhibits are ramping up across the state as Missouri’s birthday draws closer. The Show Me state joined the Union as the 24th state on Aug. 10, 1821.
Capital city to host bicentennial celebration next week
The celebration is set to kick off Monday with the dedication of the Bicentennial Bridge, which will provide a pedestrian and bike path from the Capitol to Adrian’s Island along the Missouri River. The bridge will connect to a 30-acre parkland north of the Union Pacific Railroad. The Bicentennial Chessboard, a collaboration with the World Chess Hall of Fame, will also be unveiled on the island.
[Midlands Business Leaders] 10-year-old chess prodigy Tani Adewumi has his sights set on becoming the greatest of all time
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ST. LOUIS — St. Louis had a special guest in town recently to visit the World Chess Hall of Fame. It just so happens this guest will likely find himself in that same hall of fame someday down the road.
“Tani is the best 10-year-old in the United States, hands-down,” Saint Louis Chess Club Executive Director Tony Rich said. “In the U.S. we probably have two a generation… Two or three kids every 20 years maybe.”
[KHOU-11] 10-year-old chess prodigy Tani Adewumi has his sights set on becoming the greatest of all time
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Adewumi’s story to get to where he’s at now puts things into an entirely different perspective. Adewumi is a Nigerian refugee who once lived in a New York City homeless shelter. Oh, and he’s also written four books already. Impressed yet?
[News19] 10-year-old chess prodigy Tani Adewumi has his sights set on becoming the greatest of all time
“Tani is the best 10-year-old in the United States, hands-down,” Saint Louis Chess Club Executive Director Tony Rich said. “In the U.S. we probably have two a generation… Two or three kids every 20 years maybe.”
10-year-old chess prodigy Tani Adewumi has his sights set on becoming the greatest of all time
“Tani is the best 10 year old in the United States, hands-down. In the U.S. we probably have two a generation. Two or three kids (this good) every 20 years maybe.”
10-year-old chess player Tanitoluwa (“Tani” for short) Adewumi is the definition of a prodigy.
“Tani is the best 10-year-old in the United States, hands-down,” Saint Louis Chess Club Executive Director Tony Rich said. “In the U.S. we probably have two a generation… Two or three kids every 20 years maybe.”
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World Chess Day: Watch the making of the largest king piece
This World Chess Day, we take a look back at how the largest chess piece ever was built. The structure also made to the Guiness World Record.
The king piece which measures 6.09 m (20 ft) tall and 2.79 m (9 ft 2 in) in diameter at its base, was achieved by World Chess Museum, Inc. DBA World Chess Hall of Fame (USA) in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, on 6 April 2018.
International Chess Day – from the Nation’s Chess Capital
This year, celebrate by making plans to visit the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis to take a ‘trip around the world’ in the Pawns & Passports: Chess Sets from Around the Globe exhibition or get inspired in the Masterminds: Chess Prodigies exhibition, which tells the stories of notable chess prodigies. Chess lovers not able to attend in-person can visit worldchesshof.org to view any of the exhibitions virtually.
