World Chess Museum Inc

TO EDUCATE OUR VISITORS BY EXHIBITING AND INTERPRETING THE GAME OF CHESS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE.

SEE SCHEDULE O.THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME (WCHOF) CREATES ENGAGING EXHIBITIONS CELEBRATING THE GAME OF CHESS, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS IMPACT ON ART AND CULTURE. THROUGH THESE EXHIBITIONS AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, THE WCHOF HOPES TO POPULARIZE CHESS AMONG A NEW AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE. THE WCHOF ALSO SEEKS TO SERVE AS A REPOSITORY FOR ARTIFACTS RELATED TO THE RICH HISTORY OF THE GAME OF CHESS.1972 FISCHER/SPASSKY: THE MATCH, ITS ORIGIN, AND INFLUENCE - 8/18/2022 - 4/30/2023 1972 FISCHER/SPASSKY: THE MATCH, ITS ORIGIN, AND INFLUENCE CELEBRATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN ROBERT "BOBBY" FISCHER'S HISTORIC WIN OVER THE RUSSIAN BORIS SPASSKY IN THE LEGENDARY 1972 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, ENDING 24 YEARS OF SOVIET DOMINANCE IN THE SPORT. THE SHOW FEATURES MORE THAN 500 ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING CHESS PIECES USED IN PIVOTAL GAME THREE OF THE "MATCH OF THE CENTURY," A REPLICA OF THE TOURNAMENT TABLE CREATED BY THE MAKERS OF THE ORIGINAL AND NEVER-BEFORE-EXHIBITED BOOKS FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF BOBBY FISCHER. THE EXHIBITION ALSO HIGHLIGHTS PIECES FROM THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME COLLECTION, LOANS FROM THE FISCHER LIBRARY OF U.S. CHESS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES DR. JEANNE CAIRNS SINQUEFIELD & REX SINQUEFIELD AND FROM PHOTOJOURNALIST AND FISCHER CONFIDANT HARRY BENSON CBE AND RECENTLY-DONATED ARTWORK BY THE LEROY NEIMAN & JANET BYRNE NEIMAN FOUNDATION. MIND, ART, EXPERIENCE: 10 YEARS OF CHESS & CULTURE IN SAINT LOUIS - 1/27/2022 - 7/17/2023MIND, ART, EXPERIENCE: 10 YEARS OF CHESS & CULTURE IN SAINT LOUIS CELEBRATES THE BEST CHESS, ART AND CULTURE FROM ALL 50 EXHIBITIONS HELD AT THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME SINCE ITS 2011 RELOCATION TO SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. THE THREE-FLOOR SHOW FEATURES MORE THAN 120 ARTWORKS AND ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING PIECES RELATED TO LEGENDARY WORLD CHAMPIONS BOBBY FISCHER, GARRY KASPAROV, AND BORIS SPASSKY; WORKS BY RENOWNED PHOTOJOURNALIST HARRY BENSON CBE AND INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED ARTISTS M.C. ESCHER, TOM FRIEDMAN, BARBARA KRUGER AND YOKO ONO; CHESS-INSPIRED PIECES BY SAINT LOUIS-BASED CREATIVES MICHAEL DRUMMOND, PETER MANION AND AUDRA DANIELLE NOYES; AND LOANS FROM NOTABLE COLLECTORS AND INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING JON CRUMILLER, DR. GEORGE AND VIVIAN DEAN, THE MILDRED LANE KEMPER ART MUSEUM, LUHRING AUGUSTINE GALLERY AND DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY.FEATURED CHESS SETS - 1/1/22-12/31/2022THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME SHOWCASES A VARIETY OF CHESS SETS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THESE INCLUDE HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR OWN COLLECTION AS WELL AS CHESS SETS OWNED BY FRIENDS AND CHESS LOVERS WHO HAVE SPECIAL STORIES TO ACCOMPANY THEIR SETS.

SEE SCHEDULE O.CULTURAL EDUCATION OUTREACH:EDUCATION AND ADULT PROGRAMMING: IN KEEPING WITH ITS MISSION OF INTERPRETING THE GAME OF CHESS AND ITS CONTINUING CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE, THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME OFFERS LOW-COST EDUCATIONAL AND MUSICAL PROGRAMMING. IN THE EVENING, THE ORGANIZATION HELD OVER FIFTY PROGRAMMING EVENTS WITH VISITING ARTISTS, COMPOSERS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS, CURATORS, AND CHESS PROFESSIONALS.

SEE SCHEDULE O.RETAIL STORE:SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME BY OFFERING CHESS AND CHESS RELATED MERCHANDISE AND MERCHANDISE RELATED TO OR SUPPORTING THE ITEMS ON DISPLAY IN THE HALL OF FAME AND IN THE EXHIBITION HALLS AS WELL AS MERCHANDISE INTENDED TO ATTRACT VISITORS TO THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME.