2025-11-14T15:15:20-06:00 2024-12-31 430765316 RUBINBROWN LLP 7676 FORSYTH BLVD SUITE 2100 SAINT LOUIS MO 63105 990 2024-01-01 271280023 WORLD CHESS MUSEUM INC WORL 3143679243 4652 MARYLAND AVENUE ST LOUIS MO 63108 CELESTE VOSSMEYER SECRETARY 3143679243 2025-11-14 1 1 MINDY G KRUEGER P01290370 3142903300 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME AND GALLERIES SHEILA MANION 4652 MARYLAND AVENUE ST LOUIS MO 63108 3673724 0 X WWW.WORLDCHESSHOF.ORG X 2009 MO TO EDUCATE OUR VISITORS BY EXHIBITING AND INTERPRETING THE GAME OF CHESS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE. 6 5 34 6 0 0 3825368 3342458 39421 28724 1110 30020 92322 64076 3958221 3465278 20000 51000 0 0 1258235 1660132 34410 43410 222485 1851221 2094484 3163866 3849026 794355 -383748 5758599 5287226 3398596 3310971 2360003 1976255 X THE MISSION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES OF THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME AND GALLERIES IS TO EDUCATE VISITORS, FANS, PLAYERS, AND SCHOLARS BY COLLECTING, PRESERVING, EXHIBITING, AND INTERPRETING THE GAME OF CHESS AND ITS CONTINUING CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE. 0 0 1861711 7057 SEE SCHEDULE O.THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME AND GALLERIES (WCHOFG) 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 WCHOFG HOPES TO POPULARIZE CHESS AMONG A NEW AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE. THE WCHOFG ALSO SEEKS TO SERVE AS A REPOSITORY FOR ARTIFACTS RELATED TO THE RICH HISTORY OF THE GAME OF CHESS. SOUND MOVES: WHERE MUSIC MEETS CHESSMAY 17, 2023 - JANUARY 28, 2024WITH EXTRAORDINARILY RICH HISTORIES IN COMMON, IT IS NO WONDER THAT THERE ARE INNUMERABLE POINTS OF INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE STORIES OF CHESS AND MUSIC. FROM MASTER CHESS PLAYERS WHO ARE DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT WRITING, PLAYING, AND EXPERIENCING MUSIC TO WORLD-RENOWNED MUSICIANS WITH INSATIABLE APPETITES FOR BOTH THE COMPETITIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ASPECTS OF CHESS, THE ART OF MUSIC AND THE SPORT OF CHESS HAVE ENJOYED AN ENORMOUSLY PRODUCTIVE AND MUTUALLY INFLUENTIAL PARTNERSHIP OVER THE CENTURIES. BUT THE PLAYERS OF CHESS AND THE PERFORMERS AND PRODUCERS OF MUSIC WHO SHARE AN INTEREST IN EACH OTHER'S DISCIPLINE ARE ONLY ONE FACET OF THE MANY DIMENSIONS THAT COMPRISE THE LARGER PICTURE OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ART AND CHESS.WITH COMPELLING, EYE-CATCHING OBJECTS, A DIVERSE SOUND PALETTE, AND VIDEOS THAT WILL ENTERTAIN AND INFORM, SOUND MOVES WILL APPEAL TO CHESS ENTHUSIASTS OF ALL LEVELS, WRITERS, PERFORMERS, AND LOVERS OF DIVERSE GENRES OF MUSIC, AND NOVICES OF BOTH ACTIVITIES WITH AN INTEREST IN POPULAR CULTURE AND A DESIRE TO BE EXPOSED TO A FASCINATING STORY FEATURING A THOUGHTFUL AND DYNAMIC PRESENTATION.T.S. ELIOT: A GAME OF CHESSMAY 17, 2023 - MARCH 24, 2024T. S. ELIOT: A GAME OF CHESS EXPLORES ELIOT'S FAMOUS POEM, THE WASTE LAND, THROUGH THE THEME OF CHESS. AFTER WORLD WAR I, THE SPANISH FLU, AND HIS FATHER'S DEATH, ELIOT WROTE THE WASTE LAND, A POEM EXPRESSING GRIEF AND FEELINGS OF ALIENATION IN A RAPIDLY MODERNIZING SOCIETY. SITUATED JUST STEPS FROM HIS PARENT'S HOME IN SAINT LOUIS' CENTRAL WEST END, THIS EXHIBIT FEATURES ARTIFACTS AND MULTIMEDIA DISPLAYS RELATING TO ELIOT'S POEM, HIS CHESS METAPHORS, AND THE MANY STRANDS OF HIS LIFE THAT HE WOVE INTO HIS WRITING.BORN IN MIDTOWN SAINT LOUIS IN 1888, T. S. ELIOT WENT ON TO BECOME AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED POET, BRITISH CITIZEN, AND NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. IN 1922, HE PUBLISHED WHAT BECAME HIS MOST FAMOUS POEM, THE WASTE LAND, INCLUDING A SECTION ENTITLED "A GAME OF CHESS." THIS EXHIBIT WILL CENTER ON ELIOT'S USE OF CHESS IN THIS POEM AND CIRCLE OUTWARD TO WAYS IN WHICH THE WASTE LAND REFLECTS HIS SAINT LOUIS CHILDHOOD, HIS PERSONAL AND FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE CULTURAL WOUND OF WORLD WAR I, AND THE POET'S DEEP READING IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY.CHESS WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE POET'S LIFE AS A FORM OF CONNECTION TO HIS FATHER, WITH WHOM HE PLAYED TRANSATLANTIC CHESS BY LETTER BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1919, AND AS A PASTIME WITH HIS WIFE WHEN COMMUNICATION FAILED. ELIOT WORKED CHESS INTO THE WASTE LAND THROUGH THE THEME OF ROYALTY, SPECIFICALLY THE FISHER KING WHOSE ILLNESS PARALLELS THE "WASTING" OF THE LAND, ECHOED BY REFERENCES TO OTHER KINGS AND QUEENS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS, AND THROUGH CHESS AS A METAPHOR FOR SEXUAL INTRIGUE, DRAWING ON TWO RENAISSANCE PLAYS BY THOMAS MIDDLETON, A GAME AT CHESS AND WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN. IN ELIOT'S POEM, AN UNHAPPY COUPLE SPARS VERBALLY, THE WIFE REPRESENTED AS A QUEEN ON "A BURNISHED THRONE." THEY MAKE CONVERSATIONAL MOVES BUT DO NOT CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER. ULTIMATELY, THE HUSBAND SILENTLY ENVISIONS THE ENDGAME OF THEIR DAY: AND WE SHALL PLAY A GAME OF CHESS, / PRESSING LIDLESS EYES AND WAITING FOR A KNOCK UPON THE DOOR." IN A POEM CONCERNED WITH CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION ("I CAN CONNECT / NOTHING WITH NOTHING"), HIS CHESS IMAGERY SUGGESTS PEOPLE SEEKING UNION AND UNDERSTANDING BUT INSTEAD BETRAYING AND DISAPPOINTING ONE ANOTHER. WOVEN INTO THE THEME OF ROYALTY ARE GESTURES OF GRIEF FOR THE PASSING OF HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A KIND OF "KING" IN SAINT LOUIS AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK COMPANY.DONNA DODSON: MATCH OF THE MATRIARCHS AND OTHER AMAZONOMACHIESFEBRUARY 15, 2024 - SEPTEMBER 15, 2024DONNA DODSON: MATCH OF THE MATRIARCHS AND OTHER AMAZONOMACHIES IS THE FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION BY A FEMALE ARTIST HOSTED BY THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME AND GALLERIES. THE SHOW, WHICH CENTERS ON WOMEN'S STORIES, WOMEN'S LIVES, AND THEIR PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF CHESS, INCLUDES DODSON'S MONUMENTAL, LIFE-SIZED CHESS SET MATCH OF THE MATRIARCHS, WHICH CONTAINS 32-LARGE SCALE WOODEN SCULPTURES REPRESENTING ALL-FEMALE REPRESENTATIONS OF CEPHALOPODS BATTLING CETACEANS.THE EXHIBITION ALSO SHOWCASES EIGHT ADDITIONAL "AMAZON" SCULPTURES DEPICTING HISTORICAL, LITERARY, AND MYTHOLOGICAL FEMALE HEROES, INCLUDING FIGURES FROM MULAN AND BLACK PANTHER; A MINOTAUR; TOMYRIS, A QUEEN OF TURKEY; REFERENCES TO AN AUNT; CYBELE; AND LAKSHMIBAI, A QUEEN OF INDIA.DEBUTING IN THE EXHIBITION IS THE MADWOMAN OF CHESS OR AUTONOMOUS WAS A WOMAN, COMMISSIONED BY THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME AND GALLERIES. SHE WILL BE PART OF THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION. THIS DYNAMIC AND POWERFUL SCULPTURE HARKENS BACK TO THE BACKLASH RECEIVED WHEN THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE RULES OF CHESS THE QUEEN TRANSFORMED FROM A PIECE WITH LIMITED MOVEMENT TO ONE THAT COMBINED THE POWERS OF THE BISHOP AND THE ROOK. SOME CALLED THIS NEW VERSION OF THE ANCIENT GAME "MADWOMAN'S CHESS."DONNA DODSON, A BOSTON AREA SCULPTOR, HAS BEEN CARVING IMAGES OUT OF WOOD FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. HER SCULPTURES EXPLORE FEMININE BEAUTY AND EVOKE HUMOR, PLAYFULNESS, GRACE, POWER, AND EMOTIONAL STRENGTH. HER UNIQUE VISION RESPONDS TO THE RELATIONSHIPS OF ANIMALS TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT THAT HAVE EXISTED SINCE ANCIENT TIMES. HER FIGURES ARE ALMOST ALWAYS FEMALE AND RANGE IN SIZE FROM THE INTIMATE TO THE MONUMENTAL.THE EXHIBITION CENTERS ON WOMEN'S STORIES AND LIVES AND WOMEN'S HISTORY IN CHESS. SUPPLEMENTING THE DISPLAYS OF DODSON'S ARTWORK ARE MARINE-RELATED CHESS SETS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE WCHOFG AND LOANS FROM THE DISTINGUISHED GROUP CHESS COLLECTORS INTERNATIONAL, WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY AS AN ORGANIZATION IN 2024. ALSO INCLUDED ARE VIDEOS OF UNDERWATER SEA CREATURES AND PLACES TO PLAY CHESS WHILE LEARNING ABOUT VARIANTS OF THE GAME OF CHESS RELATED TO MARINE LIFE AND AMAZONS.CLASH FOR THE CROWN: CELEBRATING CHESS CHAMPIONSAPRIL 11, 2024 - JANUARY 12, 2025CLASH FOR THE CROWN: CELEBRATING CHESS CHAMPIONS EXPLORES THE HISTORIES OF THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP AND WOMEN'S WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP THROUGH A DISPLAY OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME AND GALLERIES, THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FEDERATION (FIDE); AND LOANS FROM WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS AND PRIVATE LENDERS. THE EXHIBITION WILL BEGIN WITH THE 1886 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, HELD IN NEW YORK CITY, SAINT LOUIS, AND NEW ORLEANS, WON BY WILHELM STEINITZ, AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE PRESENT WORLD CHESS CHAMPION, DING LIREN. IT WILL ALSO TRACK THE HISTORY OF THE WOMEN'S WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FROM ITS FIRST WINNER, THE LEGENDARY VERA MENCHIK, TO JU WENJUN, THE REIGNING WOMEN'S WORLD CHESS CHAMPION. THIS EXHIBITION IS BEING HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF FIDE.DISPLAYS IN THE EXHIBITION WILL INCLUDE AN AREA WHERE VISITORS CAN VIEW VIDEOS OF MANY OF THE PAST WORLD CHAMPIONS AND WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONS AND INTERACTIVE STATIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT PAST CHAMPIONS. PROGRAMMING WILL INCLUDE LECTURES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, COLLABORATIONS WITH FIDE CELEBRATING THEIR GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY, AND POSSIBLE COLLABORATIONS WITH CURRENT AND PAST CHAMPIONS.CROWN JEWELS: DONATION HIGHLIGHTSOCTOBER 4, 2024 - APRIL 20, 2025CROWN JEWELS: DONATION HIGHLIGHTS SHOWCASES 75 STUNNING CHESS SETS, ARTWORKS, MEMORABILIA, AND MORE, GIFTED FROM 50 DONORS TO THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME AND GALLERIES. BENEFACTORS INCLUDE CHESS COLLECTORS INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS FRANK CAMARATTA, JON CRUMILLER, DR. GEORGE AND VIVIAN DEAN, AND THE LATE BERNICE AND FLOYD SARISOHN. SEE THE INTRICATE METALWORK ON A HUNGARIAN CHESS SET, A BESPOKE CHESS SET CREATED FOR THE SHAH OF IRAN, AND MANY NEVER-BEFORE-EXHIBITED ARTIFACTS. 787122 51000 28724 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 AND GALLERIES OFFERS LOW-COST EDUCATIONAL AND MUSICAL PROGRAMMING. IN THE EVENING, THE ORGANIZATION HELD PROGRAMMING EVENTS WITH VISITING ARTISTS, COMPOSERS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS, CURATORS, AND CHESS PROFESSIONALS. 430020 84433 RETAIL STORE:SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME AND GALLERIES 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 AND GALLERIES. 3078853 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 60 0 1 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X NORAH FRIEL 3143679243 4652 MARYLAND AVENUE SAINT LOUIS MO 63108 ANDREW WALKER CHAIRMAN 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SHELIA MANION TREASURER 0.30 X X 0 0 0 CELESTE VOSSMEYER SECRETARY 0.30 X X 0 0 0 JOHN BECKSTEAD DIRECTOR 0.30 X 0 0 0 MARK RAWLINS DIRECTOR 0.30 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER SHAHADE DIRECTOR 0.30 X 600 0 0 SHANNON BAILEY CHIEF CURATOR 40.00 X 126322 0 14215 REX SINQUEFIELD PRESIDENT 8.00 16.00 X 0 0 0 126922 0 14215 1 0 0 0 CHI-CHI LLC 212 N KINGSHIGHWAY SUITE 1029 ST LOUIS MO 63108 MANAGEMENT 170000 US ART COMPANY INC 78 PACELLA PARK DRIVE RANDOLPH MA 02368 SHIPPING FEES & ARTWORK STORAGE 141483 2 10000 6467 152861 3173130 3342458 CULTURAL EDU. OUTREACH 611710 28724 28724 28724 30020 30020 3400 662 2738 2738 2738 34538 152861 61952 -27414 -27414 230265 145832 84433 84433 4319 4319 4319 3465278 120214 0 2606 51000 51000 140537 112430 21080 7027 1264128 979878 187812 96438 23635 18288 3510 1837 140122 108696 20822 10604 91710 71296 13637 6777 170000 51000 68000 51000 6762 6762 55942 55942 43410 43410 360228 347056 13172 90312 84410 5902 132358 109254 20019 3085 82630 69611 13019 465711 392090 72673 948 31426 26153 4892 381 53268 44874 8394 67613 56959 10654 EXHIBITIONS 441449 441449 MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT 101061 84313 15770 978 35724 30096 5628 3849026 3078853 547688 222485 682103 468871 21759 21759 27091 40 159439 152512 62698 62794 1782907 1445559 292540 337348 25319 14067 4487650 4229835 5758599 5287226 110659 261282 3396 10815 3284541 3038874 3398596 3310971 X 2230857 1791592 129146 184663 2360003 1976255 5758599 5287226 -383748 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X X X 1 CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CENTER OF SAINT LOUIS 260844268 2 1 3078853 0 1 3078853 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 823667 X 0 896597 667387 229210 812125 744036 68089 74185 34136 40049 337348 WORLD'S LARGEST CHESS PIECE 299231 PERMANENT COLLECTION 524436 EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT RECEIVABLE 359419 OPERATING LEASE - RIGHT-OF-USE, NET 3046749 4229835 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY 3038874 3038874 3673908 184 184 3673724 -208446 -208446 3465278 4057656 184 208446 208630 3849026 0 3849026 PART III, LINE 4: THE COLLECTION INCLUDES: WORLD'S LARGEST CHESS PIECE - ART PIECE DISPLAYED OUTSIDE THE HALL OF FAME TO ATTRACT VISITORS TO THE HALL OF FAME AND BRING INTEREST TO THE GAME OF CHESS. MUSEUM EXHIBIT ITEMS - VARIOUS CHESS SETS AND CHESS THEMED ART DISPLAYED TO CELEBRATE THE GAME OF CHESS, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS IMPACT ON ART AND CULTURE. PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF GOODS SOLD -145,832. SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES -61,952. RENTAL EXPENSES -662. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF GOODS SOLD 61,952. SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES 145,832. RENTAL EXPENSES 662. 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