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The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis 4657 Maryland Avenue ![]()
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, which was founded by retired investment fund manager Rex Sinquefield is located at 4657 Maryland Avenue in St. Louis’ fashionable and historic Central West End neighborhood. The three-level, 6,000-square-foot facility possesses an array of customized features, including electronic chess boards, hand-made wooden chess tables, LCD-screen televisions, video installation art, overhead paging and an adjustable lighting system. The primary colors of the club are black and white, the colors of a traditional chessboard.
Accommodations
Chase Park Plaza Hotel Presented by the Central West End Association
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And for the chess-player the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named "combination."
-Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941)