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Chess as a Sport Submitted by strani on December 15, 2011 10:53am.
Hey everybody! Our local chess enthusiast and chess supporter Rex Sinquefield, founder of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center Saint Louis and recently the World Chess Hall of Fame has pushed the debate on Chess as a sport to our state! Rex will ...Read more »
posted in Push it! - Sean in Saint Louis	4624 reads \| 49 comments

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Chess as a Sport

Submitted by strani on December 15, 2011 10:53am.

Hey everybody! Our local chess enthusiast and chess supporter Rex Sinquefield, founder of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center Saint Louis and recently the World Chess Hall of Fame has pushed the debate on Chess as a sport to our state! Rex will ...Read more »

posted in Push it! - Sean in Saint Louis

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1428

Highest:	1611 (Feb 21, 2011)
Best Win:	1916 (marshall1)
Avg. Opp.:	1438
Total Games:	4,794 (2,209 W/ 2,436 L / 149 D)

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1504

Highest:	1577 (Jul 18, 2010)
Best Win:	1688 (Bluewolf)
Avg. Opp.:	1545
Total Games:	144 (67 W/ 73 L / 4 D)

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1323

Highest:	1461 (Jan 29, 2010)
Best Win:	1393 (facilisimoomar)
Avg. Opp.:	1278
Total Games:	19 (12 W/ 7 L / 0 D)

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1596

Highest:	1868 (Sep 26, 2009)
Avg. Opp.:	1385
Best Win:	2368 (Mackus)
Today‘s Rank:	#36,912 of 257,449 (85.7%)
Timeouts:	0% (last 90 days)
Time/Move:	2 hr 15 min
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Avg. Opp.:	1397
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Today‘s Rank:	#29,316 of 41,266 (28.9%)
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Member Since: Aug 3, 2008
Last Login: May 27, 2012
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Homepage: seantrani.com
Birthday: May 15, 1980
USCF Rating: 1100

Check out my video diaries from the 2009 Chess Championship in Saint Louis Missouri. Interviews were conducted by myself, John Henderson from the ICC and most of the photos appear courtesy of official tournament photographer Betsky Danko.

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strani (1596)	forgotmepawn (1635)	0-1 (lost)	31	05/26/2012	View
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strani (1610)	zyrtek75 (1219)	1-0 (won)	32	05/24/2012	View
bobbydollesin (1434)	strani (1427)	0-1 (won)	46	05/23/2012	View
junkieblues (1384)	strani (1418)	1-0 (lost)	22	05/23/2012	View
mattmma22 (1356)	strani (1427)	0-1 (won)	14	05/23/2012	View
tully22 (1571)	strani (1607)	0-1 (won)	60	05/19/2012	View
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