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Chess Life Online 2011 May World Chess Hall of Fame and HBO Co-Host St. Louis Bobby Fischer Against the World Premiere
Chess Life Online 2011 May World Chess Hall of Fame and HBO Co-Host St. Louis Bobby Fischer Against the World Premiere | World Chess Hall of Fame and HBO Co-Host St. Louis Bobby Fischer Against the World Premiere |
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Assistant Director of the World Chess HOF Shannon Bailey, Bobby Fischer Against the World director Liz Garbus and World Chess HOF director Susan Barrett
 Director Liz Garbus appeared at the event, and participated in a panel
discussion with IM John Donaldson and GM Hikaru Nakamura, moderated by
CLO editor WGM Jennifer Shahade. Also in attendance were Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis founders Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, GM Ray Robson and CCSCSL GM-in-residence Ben Finegold. Earlier the same week on May 24th, HBO hosted a star-studded New York City premiere (you can find Henry Kissinger, Malcolm Gladwell, Cheryl Hines and Sofia Coppola on the online photo album.) The NYC event also featured partnerships with the World Chess Hall of Fame as well as the Marshall Chess Club at Bryant Park. Look for a US Chess Scoop video on that event later this week. Stay posted on the movie via facebook and see GM Joel Benjamin's review of the film, intertwined with his report on the Sundance Film Festival. Also add the World Chess Museum and Hall of Fame on facebook and twitter. Photo gallery below by Saint Louis-based photographer Suzy Gorman. 
Post film panel discussion: CLO editor Jennifer Shahade, GM Hikaru Nakamura, Director Liz Garbus and IM and author John Donaldson
GM Ben Finegold, CCSCSL Executive Director Tony Rich, Club manager Joy Bray and GM Hikaru Nakamura
GM Ray Robson with Chess HOF Director Susan Barrett in the background
 
Liz Garbus and Jennifer Shahade
GM Hikaru Nakamura, currently #6 in the World
Jeanne Sinquefield with Hikaru Nakamura
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis president Rex Sinquefield
IM John Donaldson, Susan Barrett and Macauley Peterson, producer for the Ponomariov-Nakamura live show.
Jennifer Shahade
After-party chess
Team-members behind the World Chess Hall of Fame and Museum celebrate a successful event.
Liz Garbus, the film-maker behind Bobby Fischer Against the World
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