The city in Missouri is like a young upstart trying to displace the latter as the Chess capital of the World. St. Louis has rapidly risen as one of the top destinations for promoting the game, thanks to Rex Senquefield - a financial wizard and a philanthropist. Moscow is still far ahead when it comes to grooming chess talent – after all the long history and tradition of the game is imbibed in their culture. Going by the history between the two nations and the current political climate, it seems like there is something more than just the game of chess, and more like chess imitating politics.
Below is the official trailer of the movie any chess fan would not want to miss at any cost. For anyone who would like to watch the movie, there will be a special screeing at the Sinquefield cup in St. Louis.
The second tournament of the Grand Chess Tour - Sinquefield Cup, kicks off on the 22nd of August 2015; the field looks mouth-watering, and we can expect an enthralling display of tactics and strategy from the crème de la crème in St. Louis – the new age home of chess. In a field comprising of eight players among the top 10 in the rating list, to pick the winner of the event is a tough task.
Magnus Carlsen will surely be hungry to win the event to erase the memories of his debacle in Norway. Viswanathan Anand at 46 is the oldest participant – the dinasaur, as Garry Kasparov called him once – and will need the reflexes of a Raptor to keep the youngsters at bay.
Veselin Topalov seems to have regained his touch and form of 2005 and if he is able to maintain it, then the Bulgarian Express will be unstoppable. Alexander Grishuk, the only Russian in the fray will renew his rivalry against the American Hikaru Nakamura. Last but not the least, the question on everybody’s mind is that if the bespectacled, Fabiano Caruana be able to steamroll his opposition?
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