Friends of the Museum
Foundation & Corporate Giving
A Winning Move for Culture and Community
Your partnership helps us create world-class exhibitions, educational programs, and unforgettable experiences. Discover how foundation and corporate giving can leave a lasting legacy and inspire generations to come.
A Heartfelt Thank You
Your Support Makes History
We extend our deepest gratitude to our corporate and foundation sponsors, whose generous support allows the World Chess Hall of Fame to bring the art, history, and culture of chess to life. Thank you for helping us make every move count!
Celebrating Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield’s Impact on Chess and Culture in St Louis.
Honoring the Visionaries Behind the World Chess Hall of Fame
We especially recognize and thank our founders, Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield. The Sinquefields’ unwavering support has allowed the World Chess Hall of Fame’s relocation from Miami to the Central West End neighborhood in St Louis, Missouri, United States, in 2011 and allowed the WCHOF to grow into one of St Louis’ top cultural destinations.
Sponsors, Friends, and Brick Donors
With Gratitude to Our Founding Supporters
The World Chess Hall of Fame acknowledges and celebrates the generous support of the commemorative brick donors to the World Chess Hall of Fame and Sidney Samole Museum at its former location in Miami, Florida.
Thank You
Grandmaster Sponsors
- The Samole Family
- Floyd & Bernice Sarishon
- Dato Tan
- US Chess Trust
- World Chess Federation
Friends
- GM Lev Alburt
- Rodrigo Allhambra
- Atlas Packaging Incorporated
- In memory of Sidney-Saby Behar
- Phyllis Benjamin in Memory of Alan Benjamin
- Richard Benjamin
- Cyane Berning
- Ralph A. Bowsher
- Steven Brooke
- James Brotsos
- Daniel Cohen
- Gary Colvin
- David Cook
- Edward Covello
- John A. Curdo
- Jim Danbury
- Mike Donnelly
- James Donovan
- Bobby G. Dudley
- Anthony D. Eaker
- Janet & Perry Esksel
- Randi Gertier
- Paul Goldstein
- Daniel Gordon
- Roger W. Gotschall
- Eugene L. Grumer
- F. Woodrow Harris
- Frank Harvey & Joyce Harvey
- John Henn
- Randall Hough
- Neil Houston
- Roger Inglis
- James A. Kappus
- The Karabell Family
- To honor Sid-Sy Keith
- William Kelleher
- Frank A. Kempe III
- Marty Krist
- Charles & Esther Krupin
- Michael Kusen
- John L.J. A.K.A. Doctor Chess
- George Laven
- Al Lawrence
- Michael M. Leal
- David Levine
- Vernon Lewallen
- Lieberman Family
- William E. Lombard III
- Michael Carter Mason
- James Matthews
- Bruce Matzner
- Bruce Miller
- Lt. Robert Mitchell
- Martin Morrison
- Kent Nelson
- Richard Neopolitan
- New Jersey State Chess Federation
- Luke Neyndorff
- Frank Niro
- Alan Pawlow
- Steven Pawlow
- Marta Perez
- Pine Crest Chess Club
- Alan R. Plutzik & Family
- Jon Quinn, M.D.
- Joseph Regabulto Family
- Tim Redman
- Roderick J. Rowland
- Roger G. Ruckert
- Kogan & Salomon
- Dave Schloss
- Stephen D. Shut
- Marilyn and Mordy Siegel
- Ira Silver & Family
- Kenneth Robert Sloan
- A.J. Steigman
- Robert & Elizabeth Tanner
- Nathan A. Tarler
- Jacob Taylor
- Jane Taylor
- Benjamin Tessier
- Rodney Thomas
- Frankie Torregrosa
- Robert H. Trone
- Virginia Chess Federation
- Margaret Walker
- W.E. Webbert
- Thomas E. White Family
- J. Lawton Wiggins, Jr.
- Harold Winston
Founders
- John Douglass Boyle, Palo Alto, California
- Kenneth Carr
- Daxon Orion Chapman
- Colonial Bank
- Bill Cornwall
- Johnathan B. Crumiller
- Dennis M. Doren
- Familia Escotet
- Lynne Foster-Chapman
- Paul Glass, Washington DC
- Steven & Nancy Goins
- K. Michael Goodall
- Robert J. Kolvick
- Benjamin Levene
- R.F. Montague
- Bernice Newmark
- Jon Nicodemus
- Lawrence G. Percival
- Robert Potter & Family
- Ari Samole
- Nobert I. Soltysiak
- A.J. Steigman
- Frank Tortorice, M.D.
- R.W. Twomby-Ttee
Display Sponsors
- Khalifa M. Al Hitmi
- American Chess Equipment Dwain Barber
- Asfil Corporation
- Dewain Barber
- Fred C. Bristol
- Frank Camaratta and the House of Staunton
- Chess Collectors International
- Arnold Denker
- E. Steven Doyle
- Jim Eade
- John McCrary
- Robert McCrary
- Stanley & Bernice Mestel
- John Mingos
- La Familia Nunez
- R. Palacios & Company
- Ari Samole
- Shane Samole
- Stan Samole
- Floyd & Bernice Sarisohn
- Robin Steigman
- L. Totaro
- Bill & Lois Wall
- Jim & Helen Warre, APCT
Commemorative Brick Donors
- Alan, Steven, Adriana, and Bradley
- GM Lev Alburt
- Rod Alhambra
- American Chess Equipment
- Atlas Packaging Incorporated
- George Edward Bailey
- Richard Benjamin
- Ralph Gloria Bowsher
- Fred Bristol
- James A. Brotsos
- Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Buckert
- Frank Camaratta
- Kenneth Carr
- Daxon Orion Chapman
- Avram Lazar Cherkasky
- Daniel I.A. Cohen
- Colonial Bank
- Gary Colvin, Kent Nelson, Al Lawrence
- Bill Cornwall
- Ed H. Covello and E. Covello, Jr.
- J. Crumiller
- Cyclone
- Jim Danbury
- Arnold Denker
- Mike Donnelly
- James M. Donovan
- E. Steven Doyle
- Doyle Family – Steve, Bernadette, Matt, and Mark
- Bobby Dudley
- Jim Eade
- Ad Eaker
- Perry and Janet Ecksel
- Escotet Family
- Friends of Syosset, Chess Mates
- Paul Goldstein
- Daniel M. Gordon
- Woodrow and Carla Harris
- Frank Harvey and Joyce Harvey
- John Henn
- Len, Ginny, Jacob, and Laura Karabell
- Frank Arthur Kempe, III
- Johnathan Sterling Kogan
- Robert J. Kolvick
- Marty Krist
- Charles Krupin
- Laven
- Daphne and Al Lawrence
- Billy and Hope Levene
- Vernon Lewallen
- Myron and Rachel Lieberman
- John L. J.
- Michael Carter Mason
- James, Ramona, Marissa, and Maura Matthews
- Matthew Mestel, Beloved Son
- Bruce Miller
- John, Kay, Mary, Diana McCrary
- Bob Montague
- Martin Morrison
- Richard C. Neopolitan
- New Jersey State Chess Federation
- Bernice Newmark
- Jon Nicodemus
- Frank Niro
- NMPD Chess Club Lt. Mitchell
- On Behalf of Waco Chess
- Ramiro Ortiz
- The Pawlow Family – Martin and Anita
- Lawrence G. Percival
- Marta Perez
- Pine Crest Chess Club, Fort Lauderdale
- Alan Plutzik, In Memory of Marvin Cooper
- Jon Edward Quinn, M.D.
- Tim Redman
- Joseph Regalbuto Family
- Rod Rowland
- Roger Ruckert
- Ari Samole
- Stan Samole
- Dave Schloss
- Stephen D. Shutt
- Sid, Nephew and Pal, Marilyn – Mordy Siegel
- Ira, Ana, Stephen Silver
- Kenneth Robert Sloan
- Norbert Soltysiak, USCF
- A. J. Steigman
- Nathan A. Tarler
- L. Totaro, In Memory of Norm Harvey
- Jacob Taylor
- Benjamin Tessler
- Rodney Thomas
- Frankie Torregrosa
- Frank Tortorice, M.D.
- Robert Trone
- R.W. Twombly
- U.S. Chess Federation
- Richard Verber
- Bill and Lois Wall
- Jim Warren and Helen Warren
- WM E. Webbert
- Tom White
- The Winston-Weinberg Family
- World Chess Federation (FIDE)
- For Bernard, My Teacher – Love David
- In Memory of Alan Benjamin
- In Memory of Charlie Drafts
- In Memory of My Father, Jr. Capablanca
- In Memory of Ken and Rachel Goodall
- In Memory of Don M. Goins
- In Loving Memory of Neil Houston
- In Memory of My Guiding Light, My Dad
- In Memory of Tim Pellant
- May the Forks Be With You
- To My Beloved, With Love, Dennis Doren
- To Remember Sid Sy Keith
- To Sarah K. With Love, Allen K.
- To Sidney from Friend Asfil Corp.
