Press

December 2016

12/28/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Behind the scenes—and cameras—of the Grand Chess Tour 2017

12/28/16: Art Daily — New exhibition at the World Chess Hall of Fame offers a glimpse into historic exhibit

12/15/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: At times, there is a need for speed

12/8/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Reigning world champion, Magnus Carlsen, defends in tie breaks

12/1/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: How a little faith and a move to St. Louis created a Grandmaster

November 2016

11/23/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Life in the trenches, earning an IM/GM Norm

11/10/16: The Brain Scoop — 2 Extinctions, 1 New Species, and… chess? (video)

11/3/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: The brightest minds in the chess world showdown in St. Louis

October 2016

10/27/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Saint Louis University team ready for battle

10/25/16: Forbes — In the Esports Era, Chess Is Alive and Thriving

10/20/16: ArtDaily.org — Exhibition at World Chess Hall of Fame Showcases World-Class Chess Collection

10/19/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Caruana thrives in St. Louis

10/12/16: St. Louis Public Radio — A Millionaire Chess Champion is a student at Saint Louis University

10/10/16: Fox 2 — The World Chess Hall of Fame is celebrating five years in St. Louis (video) 

10/7/16: Mental Floss — Show & Tell: Postal Chess Set for Wounded WWII Vets

10/6/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: World Youth Championships showcase the future of chess on an international stage

September 2016

9/28/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: New exhibit at the World Chess Hall of Fame draws inspiration from ‘Systema Naturae’

9/22/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: An ordinary set, an extraordinary rivalry

9/20/16: Webster-Kirkwood Times — World Chess Hall of Fame Celebrates 5th Anniversary

9/20/16: Chess Base — Three new exhibitions at the World Chess Hall of Fame

9/18/16: Chessdom — World Chess Hall of Fame celebrates five years in Saint Louis

9/16/16: Press Release — World Chess Hall of Fame Celebrates Five Years in Saint Louis, Debuts Three New Exhibitions Spanning Nearly Five Centuries of Chess & Art (download)

9/14/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: USA wins gold at Baku Chess Olympiad

9/7/16: All the Arts — Tom Hackney: Corresponding Squares: Painting the Chess Games of Marcel Duchamp Review (download)

9/7/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: U.S. team poised for possible gold at the chess Olympiad

9/6/16: STL Parent — 15 Fun Family Events Happening in St. Louis This Weekend

9/5/16: Wall Street Journal — America’s Young Chess Champs

9/1/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Bringing the game to the classroom

August 2016

8/27/16: St. Louis Post Dispatch — Fall arts preview: Performances and programs promise to educate, entertain kids

8/27/16: The Boston Globe — Chess notes

8/25/16: The Vital Voice — Saint Louis Fashion Incubator Announces Inaugural Six Designers

8/25/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. Chess

8/19/16: 1st Move — Cups, Crowns & Anniversaries

8/18/16: Huffington Post — Greatest Chess Triumph of Wesley So

8/15/16: The Standard — So wins Sinquefield Cup in US

8/11/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: St. Louis’ reputation as chess capital grows as another grand master makes the city home

8/5/16: Chess 24 — 7 Sinquefield Cup 2016 Questions

8/4/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Sinquefield Cup brings the best in chess to the Midwest

8/1/16: St. Louis Public Radio — Why has the ‘immortal game’ of chess withstood the test of time?

July 2016

7/21/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Junior Closed Championship had unexpected excitement

7/14/16: St. Louis Public Radio —Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank

7/8/16: Peter Gill — Tom Hackney: Corresponding Squares: Painting the Chess Games of Marcel Duchamp (download)

7/7/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: 2016 U.S. Junior Closed Championship set to start

June 2016

6/29/16: St. Louis Public Radio — Is there an expiration date for learning about chess?

6/24/16: Lost On Time — Hackney Seen in St. Louis, Etc.

6/22/16: The Eagle Post — Scholastic chess making big moves this summer

6/22/16: St. Louis Public Radio — 2 Americans lead at halfway point of Grand Chess Tour

6/21/16: Fox 2 — Chess is for women too!

6/11/16: Play St. Louis — World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis City

6/9/16: Wall Street Journal — Bughouse: A Crazy, Addictive Variation on Chess

6/8/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Second annual Grand Chess Tour kicks off in Paris, France

6/2/16: The St. Louis American — Grandmaster Maurice Ashley on chess and mentoring: ‘It matters that I’m black’

6/1/16: Chess Base — Schachpartien als Gemälde (Chess Games as Paintings)

May 2016

5/26/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Young guns get ready to be tomorrow’s stars

5/26/16: Art Daily — The Best Photos of the Day

5/25/16: Riverfront Times — 12 Summer Festivals to Put on Your Calendar Now

5/23/16: U.S. Chess — US Chess Annual Awards Announced

5/22/16: News 12 Brooklyn — BK man inducted into US Chess Hall of Fame

5/21/16: The Ex Expat — The Art In Chess

5/20/16: TGN Review — Gateway To The West Is The Gateway To Chess

5/20/16: Art Daily — Tom Hackney debuts new exhibit of paintings at the World Chess Hall of Fame

5/19/16: For The Win — How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids’ lives

5/19/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: GM? IM? What do the titles mean? How are they earned?

5/19/16: Have Snacks Will Travel — World Chess Hall of Fame Toddler Time

5/16/16: St. Louis Business Journal — Creating the world’s new chess capital

5/13/16: St. Louis Post Dispatch — Psst: In world chess, St. Louis has the championship team

5/13/16: Belleville News-Democrat — Redbird rook(ies): Chess takes hold in St. Louis Cardinals clubhouse

5/13/16: Chess Base — Tom Hackney exhibits in World Chess Hall of Fame

5/12/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Tom Hackney exhibit opens in the chess capital of the U.S.

5/12/16: BBC News — Creating the world’s new chess capital

5/10/16: Commerical Appeal — Chess ‘superstar’ offers lesson for Douglass school students

5/9/16: MLB News — Chess has brought Cardinals closer together

5/6/16: St. Louis Post Dispatch — Editorial: Short takes on secret chess championships…

5/5/16: News About Chess — New Exhibition: Tom Hackney at the World Chess Hall of Fame

5/5/16: Press Release — British Artist Tom Hackney Debuts New Exhibit of Paintings at the World Chess Hall of Fame (download)

5/2/16: Huffington Post — Immortal Chess Blitz Game

5/2/16: Yahoo! Finance — Inside the ultra-competitive world of professional chess

April 2016

4/29/16: The Guardian — Magnus Carlsen wins at Stavanger but Garry Kasparov draws more interest

4/29/16: St. Louis Business Journal — St. Louisan crowned U.S. chess champion

4/28/16: Manila Times — So finishes 2nd overall in U.S. Chess Championship

4/28/16: The New Yorker — A Chess Renaissance in the Midwest

4/27/16: Riverfront Times — New U.S. Chess Champion Is Proud to Call St. Louis Home

4/27/16: PR Newswire — Newcomers Take Top Honors at U.S. & U.S. Women’s Championship in Saint Louis

4/23/16: Business Insider — One of the biggest comebacks in chess is happening right now in St. Louis

4/23/16: NPR — Chess For Progress: How A Grandmaster Is Using The Game To Teach Life Skills

4/21/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Music and chess harmonize at Hall of Fame

4/21/16: NBC News  — Surviving & Thriving: Meet First Black Chess Hall of Famer Maurice Ashley

4/21/16: The Voice — Jamaican-Born Chess Player Makes Hall of Fame History

4/21/16: St. Louis Post Dispatch — Maddon’s T-shirt an issue at Busch Stadium

4/20/16: Goddess Chess — “The Eight” Book Discussion at the World Chess Hall of Fame

4/20/16: Atlanta Black Star — Jamaican-Born Chess Grandmaster Becomes First Black Person to be Inducted into U.S. Chess Hall of Fame

4/20/16: Sports Max — Jamaica’s Maurice Ashley inducted into Chess Hall of Fame

4/19/16: STL Magazine — As the U.S. Chess Championship Comes to St. Louis, It’s a Great Time to Introduce children to the Game

4/19/16: Antigua tribune — Jamaican Inducted Into U.S. Chess Hall of Fame

4/18/16: Daily Toast — First African-American Grandmaster Inducted Into Hall of Fame

4/17/16: Denver Post — Chess master breaks old rules

4/17/16: News Americas — Jamaican Inducted Into U.S. Chess Hall of Fame

4/17/16: ABC News — Chess’ 1st African-American Grandmaster Enters Hall of Fame

4/17/16: Kansas City Star — Chess’ 1st African-American Grandmaster Enters Hall of Fame

4/17/16: Inquirer — Chess’ 1st African-American Grandmaster Enters Hall of Fame

4/17/16: The Chess Drum — Maurice Ashley formally inducted into U.S. Hall of Fame

4/16/16: The Bellingham Herald — First African-American grandmaster enters U.S. Chess Hall of Fame

4/16/16: STL Today — Chess’ 1st black grandmaster enters Hall of Fame in St. Louis

4/16/16: Cumberland Times-News — Chess’ 1st black grandmaster enters Hall of Fame

4/15/16: Virginian-Pilot — First African-American in Chess Hall of Fame

4/15/16: World News — First African-American in Chess Hall of Fame

4/14/16: PR Newswire — Historic Chess Hall of Fame Inductions Set Stage for 2016 U.S. & U.S. Women’s Championship in Saint Louis

4/14/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: The American Chess family reunites in St. Louis

4/14/16: FOX 2 — St. Louis chess grandmaster inducted into the Chess Hall of Fame (video)

4/13/16: Huffington Post — How This Chess Grandmaster Uses The Game To Transform Young Lives

4/7/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: U.S. and World Chess Halls of Fame honor the legends

4/6/16: Webster-Kirkwood Times — Central West End Hosts U.S. Chess Championships

March 2016

3/31/16: Riverfront Times — First Friday: It’s All Fun and Games

3/31/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Heartbreak of the year at the Candidates Tournament

3/22/16: The Art Newspaper — Meticulously charting Marcel’s chess moves

3/21/16: Alive Magazine — How to Spend a Day in North CWE

3/19/16: Dallas Art Dealers Association — Exhibition of paintings by Tom Hackney on view at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

3/19/16: Art Daily — Exhibition of paintings by Tom Hackney on view at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

3/17/16: St. Louis Public Radio —On Chess: World focuses on St. Louis and U.S. chess championships

3/14/16: American Towns — Exhibition – Kings, Queens, And Castles

3/12/16: Only A Game — International Chess, A Family Pub, And The History Of Brackets

3/10/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Women’s champion plays top ranked superstar in Ukraine

3/8/16: Gazelle STL — World Chess Hall of Fame Hosts Special Ladies’ Knight

3/8/16: American Towns — Exhibition – Ladies’ Knight: A Female Perspective On Chess

3/7/16: My Informs — U.S. Chess Hall of Fame Inducts Jamaican Maurice Ashley, First Black International Grandmaster

3/7/16: First Move — Her Turn

3/3/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Boy Scouts learn the merit of chess

3/2/16: St. Louis Jewish Light — News & Schmooze, March 2, 2016

3/1/16: About — World Chess Hall of Fame Announces 2016 Class

February 2016

2/29/16: Tablet — Grandmaster David Bronstein Selected to World Chess Hall of Fame

2/26/16: L’Orient Le Jour — Échec et mat, une victoire au féminin (Checkmate, a feminine victory)

2/25/16: Schach Nachrichten (Chess Base, Germany) — Sonja Graf in der World Chess Hall of Fame

2/25/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Women and the power of the queen

2/24/16: US Chess — 2016 Inductees to U.S. and World Chess Hall of Fame Announced

2/24/16: Press Release — 2016 Inductees to U.S. and World Chess Hall of Fame Announced (download)

2/18/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: After-school programs seem to be a crowning success

2/17/16: CHESS Magazine — Chess Editorial (download)

2/16/16: Explore St. Louis — 

5 in 5 Podcast for February 16, 2016

2/15/16: Fun Things To Do — 150+ Fun Things to Do in Saint Louis, MO

2/11/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: New resident grandmaster at the chess club revels in her introduction to play here

2/11/16: The Chess Drum — Kamsky, Ashley…2016 Hall of Fame Inductees!

2/10/16: NormalBlog — Slideshow: World Chess Hall of Fame 

2/10/16: Art Daily — Photo of the Day

2/9/16: Tablet — St. Louis Exhibit Highlights the Legendary Women of Chess

2/8/16: Smithsonian Magazine — Board of Sexism in Chess? Check Out These New Exhibitions

2/5/16: Art Daily — Pivotal moments in women’s chess highlighted in exhibit at the World Chess Hall of Fame

2/4/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chess

2/2/16: Alive Magazine — Arts + Culture Events To Attend This Week: Feb. 2-8

2/1/16: St. Louis Post Dispatch — New Exhibit at World Chess Hall of Fame Features Female Trailblazers

2/1/16: Where Magazine — St. Louis Your Way (download)

2/1/16: Press Release — Pivotal Moments in Women’s Chess Highlighted in New Exhibit, Her Turn: Revolutionary Women of Chess, at the World Chess Hall of Fame (download)

January 2016

1/21/16: The Intelligencer — Goddard teaching chess to youngsters

1/14/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Price of a chess set in time of war – 20 packs of cigarettes

1/7/16: St. Louis Public Radio — On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015