Saint Louis Chess Timeline

Year Event Winner Source
1884
1885
18861st World Chess ChampionshipWilhelm SteinitzWorld Championship
1887
1888
1889
1890U.S. Championship MatchMax JuddMatch
1891-2U.S. Championship MatchJackson ShowalterRematch
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904U.S. ChampionshipFrank MarshallU.S. Championship
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909Capablanca Simulchessgames.com
1910
1911
1912
1913Jacob and Natalie Wender, Bobby Fischer's grandparents, move to St. Louis with infant daughter Regina Bobby Fischer Goes To War p. 313
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924Alekhine Blindfold Simulchessgames.com
1925
1926St. Louis District ChampionshipEugene J. RoeschDistrict Champions
1927St. Louis District ChampionshipLewis W. HallerDistrict Champions
1928St. Louis District ChampionshipJ.A. AndersonDistrict Champions
1929St. Louis District ChampionshipJ.A. AndersonDistrict Champions
Alekhine Simulchesscafe.com
1930St. Louis District ChampionshipLewis W. HallerDistrict Champions
1931St. Louis District ChampionshipJ.A. AndersonDistrict Champions
1932St. Louis District ChampionshipHyman GordonDistrict Champions
1933
1934St. Louis District ChampionshipHyman GordonDistrict Champions
1935St. Louis District ChampionshipHyman GordonDistrict Champions
1936St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert S. ScrivenerDistrict Champions
1937St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert S. ScrivenerDistrict Champions
1938St. Louis District ChampionshipJ. Edwin WoodyDistrict Champions
1939St. Louis District ChampionshipErich W. MarchandDistrict Champions
1940St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert S. ScrivenerDistrict Champions
1941St. Louis District ChampionshipErich W. MarchandDistrict Champions
1942St. Louis District ChampionshipErich W. MarchandDistrict Champions
1943St. Louis District ChampionshipJulius ZinnerDistrict Champions
1944St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1945St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1946St. Louis District ChampionshipJulius ZinnerDistrict Champions
1947St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1948St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1949St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1950St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1951St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1952St. Louis District ChampionshipEugene J. Roesch
Willima H.C. Newberry
Charles M. Burton
District Champions
1953St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1954St. Louis District ChampionshipJohn V. RaganDistrict Champions
1955St. Louis District ChampionshipFrederic S. AndersonDistrict Champions
1956St. Louis District ChampionshipJohn V. RaganDistrict Champions
1957St. Louis District ChampionshipHarold F. BranchDistrict Champions
1958St. Louis District ChampionshipHarold F. BranchDistrict Champions
1959St. Louis District ChampionshipHarold F. BranchDistrict Champions
1960St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1961St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1962St. Louis District ChampionshipJohn V. RaganDistrict Champions
1963St. Louis District ChampionshipHarold F. BranchDistrict Champions
1964St. Louis District ChampionshipJohn V. RaganDistrict Champions
1965St. Louis District ChampionshipJohn Freeman
Carl Spies
District Champions
1966St. Louis District ChampionshipLeroy MuhammadDistrict Champions
1967St. Louis District ChampionshipLeroy MuhammadDistrict Champions
1968St. Louis District ChampionshipLeroy Muhammad
Robert Enders
District Champions
1969St. Louis District ChampionshipLeroy MuhammadDistrict Champions
1970St. Louis District ChampionshipMichael Ellis
James McLaughlin
District Champions
1971St. Louis District ChampionshipJohn V. Ragan
Douglas McClintock
District Champions
1972St. Louis District ChampionshipJohn V. RaganDistrict Champions
1973St. Louis District ChampionshipJames A. DaviesDistrict Champions
1974St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert H. SteinmeyerDistrict Champions
1975St. Louis District ChampionshipEvan MichaelidesDistrict Champions
1976St. Louis District ChampionshipEvan Michaelides
Robert M. Jacobs
District Champions
1st USCF Correspondence Absolute ChampionshipRobert M. Jacobs
1977
1978
1979
1980St. Louis District ChampionshipElliott WinslowDistrict Champions
1981St. Louis District ChampionshipTerence NiehoffDistrict Champions
1982St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert M. Jacobs
Charles A. Lawton, Jr.
District Champions
Yasser Seirawan simul
1983St. Louis District ChampionshipCharles A. Lawton
John L. Readey
District Champions
1984U.S. Junior OpenDoug Eckert
Dennis Younglove
Chess Life article
St. Louis District ChampionshipJames McLaughlinDistrict Champions
1985St. Louis District ChampionshipDennis Younglove
Terence W. Niehoff
District Champions
1986St. Louis District ChampionshipDouglas D. EckertDistrict Champions
1987St. Louis District ChampionshipDouglas D. EckertDistrict Champions
1988St. Louis District ChampionshipRobert F. Sutter, Jr.District Champions
George Koltanowski Exhibition
1989St. Louis District ChampionshipJames McLaughlinDistrict Champions
1990
1991
1992Mid-America OpenGregory Kaidanov, Maxim Dlugy, Angelo Young, Curt Jones
1993Mid-America OpenFM Andrew Karklins
1994Mid-America OpenGM Semon Palatnik, IM Michael Brooks
1995Mid-America OpenGM Semon Palatnik, IM Michael Brooks

Region VII ChampionshipGM Semon Palatnik, Jim Voelker
1996
1997
1998U.S. Class ChampionshipsIM Michael Brooks
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008Chess Club and Scholastic Center
of Saint Louis founded
CCSCSL

12th Mid-America OpenGM Alejandro Ramirez
200913th Mid-America OpenGM Alejandro Ramirez

Invitational U.S. ChampionshipGM Hikaru Nakamura

Invitational U.S. Women's ChampionshipIM Anna Zatonskih
201014th Mid-America OpenGM Alejandro Ramirez, Conrad Holt, Jake Kleiman

Bill Wright Saint Louis OpenGMs Hikaru Nakamura, Robert Hess, Alejandro Ramirez, and Josh Friedel

Invitational U.S. Championship?

Invitational U.S. Women's Championship?

Invitational U.S. Junior Championship?


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