Preview St. Louis
End of August our members Michael Negele and Bob van de Velde had travelled to Saint Louis to combine a visit of this year’s Sinquefield Cup (held in the CC&SC = Chess Club and Scholastic Center) with some research on Emanuel Lasker in the WCHoF = World Chess Hall of Fame, in preparation for the English three-volume edition of the Lasker monograph.
We give only a short preview with a few photos, a more detailed pictorial report will follow in a few weeks.
Altogether 7 members of the KWF&A were present in Saint Louis, besides Michael Negele and Bob van de Velde only one European member, the well-known NIC editor-in-chief Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, as well as the four US members John Donaldson, Larry List, Tony Rich (director of the CC&SC) and Michael Utt (from Dallas/Fort Worth).
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The strongest tournament ever in the history of chess! -
Fabulous Fabiano has everything under control. -
Bob van de Velde, John Donaldson and Michael Negele standing behind the Lasker boxes -
Chess reporters roving around ... (Photo courtesy of Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam) -
Carlsen, Topalov and Aronian looking forward to a very special event - more about that in our next pictorial report.