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Oct 20, 2026
Ep 504- John Hartmann on the U.S. Championships, Chess Books, and the Future of Chess Technology
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Ben JohnsonHOST
Other people might have had the idea, but they're like, "Look, we don't have an extra $5,000 laying around to give as a prize." But, but to have the idea and to execute it, I think it will make a huge difference in the competitive nature of the second half of this and any other tournaments that are able to implement it.
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7:25John HartmannGUEST
I, I think this is where, you know, once again we're remind- we're reminded of how, how important St. Louis is to the American chess landscape.
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7:33John HartmannGUEST
Um, you know, I, I, I went to the club for the first time, I think, since before COVID, really, um, last year for the US Championship, and they had just finished most of the renovations to the chess club at that point.
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7:51John HartmannGUEST
So for people who have not been to St. Louis, uh, when it first opened, it was roughly...
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7:59John HartmannGUEST
The, the playing hall and the sort of club atmosphere was about two row houses worth of a block in, in, in the, on the Central West End of St. Louis.
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8:09John HartmannGUEST
Um, they had a little restaurant attached to it, so that took up part of the third block of the, the third row house.
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