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Published April 23, 2021 at 11:15 AM CDT Jesse Rubenfeld Illustrations Devin Thomas O’Shea’s chess-themed essay for Current Affairs details “how ‘the king’ of St. Louis was defeated — for now — and how you too can topple your local hometown billionaire.” This interview will be on “St. Louis on the Air” over the noon hour Monday. This story will be updated after the show. You can For well over a decade, ever since he returned to his hometown in 2009, Rex Sinquefield has had an outsized influence on the St. Louis region — whether he’s pushing a city-county mer...

Voters in Kansas City easily approve renewal of 1% earnings tax for five more years Kevin Hardy, The Kansas City Star Apr. 7—Kansas City voters easily approved the city's 1% earnings tax in Tuesday's municipal election. Unofficial election results show the 1% tax won overwhelming support in the three largest jurisdictions voting on the matter. In the Jackson County portion of Kansas City, about 84% of voters approved the ballot question, according to the Kansas City Election Board. In Clay and Platte counties, more than 65% of voters approved the 1% earnings tax. In Cass Cou...

Kansas City voters decide: Keep tax that's big source of city funds or get rid of it? Steve Vockrodt, The Kansas City Star Apr. 1—Kansas City voters get yet another opportunity to either renew or eliminate the earnings tax — a 1% tax on earnings for anyone who lives or works in Kansas City, as well as on profits of companies that operate in the city. The April 6 special election is the latest in a five-year cycle for the earnings tax, which has been in place since the 1960s. If you live in Kansas City, you pay the earnings tax. If you live elsewhere but work in Kansas City...

British Chess Magazine interviews FIDE President The March issue of British Chess Magazine includes an interview with the FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, by its Editor Milan Dinic. Courtesy of British Chess Magazine, we offer you an advance and some excerpts from this interview.  BCM: What do you think will be the long-lasting effect of coronavirus on chess, if any?  Arkady Dvorkovich: Hopefully, we’re not going to have any long-lasting effect of the coronavirus on chess. We are hopeful that strict lockdown measures won’t be around for much longer, as the vaccination will improve the...

In the 21st century, which country has won more international chess Olympiads than any other? Russia? USA? China? None of the above — it’s Armenia, which won gold three times (2006, 2008 and 2012). Despite a population of just 3 million, the country has a healthy number of top flight grandmasters, and Levon Aronian (the current world no. 5, and former world no. 2) has been its pre-eminent player for many years. So Aronian’s announcement that he will switch federations, representing the USA in future events, is significant. He will relocate to St Louis, which has become a major chess cen...