

These materials formed the basis for the WCHOF’s 2013 exhibition Jacqueline Piatigorsky: Patron, Player, Pioneer.

Along with his sister Jephta Drachman, he donated his mother’s archives, an incredible resource for American chess history, to the World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) in 2014. Chess Hall of Fame inductee Jacqueline Piatigorsky.

Joram Piatigorsky is a scientist, author, and the son of 2014 U.S. Emily Allred, Assistant Curator, World Chess Hall of Fame Chess Hall of Fame inductee Yasser Seirawan, and staff at the WCHOF and the CCSCSL. In this brochure, we share stories about a small selection of the artifacts on view from International Master John Donaldson, Joram Piatigorsky, 2006 U.S. Through protecting and exhibiting these artifacts, we hope to educate and inspire visitors. Junior Closed Chess Championship as they happen on the Saint Louis Chess Campus. The WCHOF’s relationship with its sister organization, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, also offers us a unique opportunity to collect artifacts related to elite tournaments like the Sinquefield Cup, U.S. Chess Hall of Fame inductee Jacqueline Piatigorsky, enhance or shape our exhibition program.
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The institution acquires some in anticipation of upcoming exhibitions, while other donations, like that of the archive of 2014 U.S.

The WCHOF accessions artifacts as varied as pop culture chess sets and chess-themed advertisements, pins and posters commemorating important competitions, and archives belonging to members of the U.S. After a brief hiatus in seeking new acquisitions following its opening, the WCHOF’s collection has grown by leaps and bounds. Once reopened, the WCHOF adopted a collecting philosophy that reflected this exhibitions strategy and its mission to educate visitors, fans, players, and scholars by collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting the game of chess and its continuing cultural and artistic significance. Staff in Saint Louis developed a new strategy of staging rotating exhibitions that both honor the best players in the game as well as highlighting the intersections between chess and popular culture. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, who had founded the not-for-profit Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) the previous year, provided the funding to move the WCHOF to Saint Louis and along with it, the collection. and World Chess Halls of Fame.Īfter the Miami museum’s 2009 closing, the fate of the collection hung in limbo, as artifacts were put in storage. There, many artifacts from the collection were included in permanent displays illustrating the history of chess across the globe and honoring the accomplishments of inductees to the U.S. In Miami, the museum became known as the World Chess Hall of Fame and Sidney Samole Museum, and featured an expanded mission to honor international as well as national chess luminaries. Later locations in Washington, D.C., and Miami, Florida, expanded both the mission and the scope of collecting. Chess Hall of Fame, along with artifacts related to their accomplishments. The first items from the collection displayed in this location were plaques honoring the new inductees to the U.S. Two years later its first physical location opened in the then-headquarters of the United States Chess Federation (now U.S. Founded in 1986, the institution was first known as the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame, chess set collectors, enthusiasts, and WCHOF staff-donated to and shaped the collection. During these years, varied individuals-inductees to the U.S. The World Chess Hall of Fame has a 30-year history spanning four locations throughout the United States. Open Files revisits this concept, honoring some of the donors from the past five years as well as illustrating the diversity of its collection. One of the first exhibitions presented at the World Chess Hall of Fame’s (WCHOF) Saint Louis location was a survey of highlights from the permanent collection and loans from other institutions. Open Files: Celebrating 5 Years of Collecting highlights just a small portion of the numerous artifacts the World Chess Hall of Fame has obtained during its first five years in Saint Louis.
