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Levon Aronian grabbed a 25-move win over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to catch Wesley So in the lead of the Superbet Chess Classic. Aronian and So have a full-point lead over a 4-player chasing pack with three rounds to go at the inaugural event of this year’s Grand Chess Tour. In the other decisive game of round 6, Leinier Dominguez defeated local rising star Bogdan-Daniel Deac. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

The Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame provides an annual reminder that heroes walk among us daily in the area in and around Fort Knox and Hardin County.

/PRNewswire/ -- The Grand Chess Tour returns in 2022 in magnificent fashion with $1.4 million total prize fund allocated between five events across Europe and...

Five Larkin High School seniors are being honored by the Elgin Hispanic Network. Javier Samaniego, Alejandro Ramirez, Giselle Aguilera, Julissa Navarro, and Ariana Mattos-Cruz will be awarded scholarships ranging from $1,200 to $2,000 that they can use for college or a trade school.

The Superbet Chess Classic Romania will be held in Bucharest, Romania at the Sheraton Hotel from May 5 to May 14. It will include all nine full tour players and one wildcard player, Romanian Grandmaster Bogdan-Daniel Deac. A star-studded field has Alireza Firouzja, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana as the top seeds. | Photo: Lennart Ootes (2021)

GM Fabiano Caruana clinched clear 1st place in the inaugural 2022 American Cup, after defeating GM Levon Aronian in the second classical game of the final. In the Women’s Field, GM Irina Krush completed her campaign for the title as well, securing the victory after drawing the second game in her match against FM Alice Lee. | Photo Courtesy of Saint Louis Chess Club, Lennart Ootes

/PRNewswire/ -- Sixteen of Americas best chess players gathered at the Saint Louis Chess Club to battle over the board from April 18 - April 29, 2022 in the...

/PRNewswire/ -- Sixteen of Americas best chess players gathered at the Saint Louis Chess Club to battle over the board from April 18 - April 29, 2022 in the...

The finals of the American Cup kicked off with the first of two classical games in the matches between Aronian - Caruana and Krush - Lee. In the Open, Aronian (pictured) managed to build up a winning endgame advantage but faltered at the last moment, allowing Caruana to escape with a draw. Meanwhile in the Women’s Field, Krush displayed her strategic skill once again, outplaying Lee in the early opening and middlegame to take a 1-0 lead in the match. | Photo Courtesy of Saint Louis Chess Club,...

After defeating GM Leinier Dominguez in a dramatic playoff, GM Levon Aronian (pictured) qualified for the finals of the 2022 American Cup, where he will face GM Fabiano Caruana for the 1st place prize of $50,000. In the women’s field, FM Alice Lee earned herself a rematch in the $25,000 final against GM Irina Krush, after winning an incredibly close match against WGM Tatev Abrahamyan that went all the way to Armageddon. | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club / Bryan Adams