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How chess is putting sagging grades in checkmate - The Educator

Chess Research - Sun, 05/10/2015 - 18:46

The Educator

How chess is putting sagging grades in checkmate
The Educator
John Adams, government relations director with the Australian Chess Federation (ACF), recently announced plans to conduct a research project drawing on a large international body of work into the positive impacts of the game on brain development.

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Researchers identify promising combination strategy for treating glioblastomas - News-Medical.net

Chess Research - Sun, 05/10/2015 - 11:08

News-Medical.net

Researchers identify promising combination strategy for treating glioblastomas
News-Medical.net
To address this, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center identified a promising combinatorial approach to treating glioblastomas, the most common form of primary brain cancer. The study, published ...
New combination treatment strategy to 'checkmate' glioblastomaMedical Xpress
Anti-cancer drugs: New combination treatment strategy to 'checkmate' glioblastomaScience Codex
New Combination Treatment Strategy to "Checkmate" GlioblastomaNewswise (press release)
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The overbooked generation - Christian Science Monitor

Chess Research - Sun, 05/10/2015 - 10:55

Christian Science Monitor

The overbooked generation
Christian Science Monitor
Studies repeatedly show that if kids are going to derail – whether by joining gangs; trying drugs, alcohol, or sex; or committing crimes – it is most likely to happen between 3 and 6 p.m. At the same time, a large and growing body of research ...

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6 effective ways to fight absent-mindedness - Times of India

Chess Research - Sun, 05/10/2015 - 06:51

Times of India

6 effective ways to fight absent-mindedness
Times of India
A better and cheaper alternative are games like chess or Scrabble, which is great for improving your vocabulary. Abstract or rare words are stored separately from common words in the brain, and without regular use, these areas can wither away in older ...
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Youth on the Go: May 10, 2015 - The Daily Freeman

Chess Research - Sun, 05/10/2015 - 06:08

Youth on the Go: May 10, 2015
The Daily Freeman
(Standalone) The Mighty Pawns chess team from St. Joseph School in Kingston competed at the New York State Chess Championships in Saratoga Springs. In the Primary Division, featuring students in grade K-3, St. Joseph came in seventh place. In the ...

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2015 honors: Carbondale Community High School - The Southern

Chess Research - Sun, 05/10/2015 - 04:14

The Southern

2015 honors: Carbondale Community High School
The Southern
He is a member of African American History Club, Key Club, and French and chess clubs. The son of ... Xiao, 17, maintained a class rank of number one all four years, maintained a maximum GPA of 4.3405, achieved a perfect score of 36 on the ACT and was ...

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Andrea Sachs: Could a mask maker's quest to see the Dalai Lama bring about ... - Tulsa World

Chess Research - Sun, 05/10/2015 - 00:11

Andrea Sachs: Could a mask maker's quest to see the Dalai Lama bring about ...
Tulsa World
Gankhuyag "Ganna" Natsag's journey, or at least one leg of it, started after midnight in New Delhi. Under a dark December sky, the Mongolian-American artist boarded a minibus with six other passengers and several large boxes. The one labeled "fragile" ...

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My Saved articles - Mumbai Mirror

Chess Research - Sat, 05/09/2015 - 16:14

Mumbai Mirror

My Saved articles
Mumbai Mirror
Are you always forgetting where you left your keys? Do you remember to send important birthday greetings? Every day the human brain loses thousands of cells, and as we reach our late 50s, the rate of loss begins to speed up. But there's plenty you can ...

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John Urschel - New York Times

Chess Research - Sat, 05/09/2015 - 13:30

New York Times

John Urschel
New York Times
John Urschel is an offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens as well as a mathematician who has had his research published in peer-reviewed academic journals in his free time. ... COMPETING I competed in my first-ever chess tournament not long ago.

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Can a computer beat one of the world's best poker players? - CBS News

Chess Research - Sat, 05/09/2015 - 12:50

CBS News

Can a computer beat one of the world's best poker players?
CBS News
Strategy games such as chess have long been considered important ways to measure artificial intelligence. But A.I. researchers at Carnegie Mellon University chose a different, and in some ways, more challenging game: poker. Susan Koeppen of CBS ...
First-Ever Computer Versus Human Poker Competition Ends in Statistical Tie90.5 WESA
Poker Pros Rake In More Chips Than Carnegie Mellon's Artificial Intelligence ...Virtual Press Office (press release)

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The Inhuman Failure of "Austerity" - Truth-Out

Chess Research - Sat, 05/09/2015 - 09:31

The Inhuman Failure of "Austerity"
Truth-Out
Cultivates the arts and research to discover beauty and the unknown. An affluent society that .... Teens could have tutoring, learn to play chess, take music lessons, cooking classes, creative writing, languages, and have supervised sports. The ...

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Club Notes: May 10 - News & Observer

Chess Research - Sat, 05/09/2015 - 09:20

Club Notes: May 10
News & Observer
The Wake County Democratic Men's Club will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 11, at the Holiday Inn Downtown, 320 Hillsborough St., Raleigh. Patsy Keever, chairwoman of the North Carolina Democratic Party, will be the guest speaker. The group will ...

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Faces of '15: High stakes, high rewards - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Chess Research - Sat, 05/09/2015 - 07:12

Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Faces of '15: High stakes, high rewards
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
But it's no sweat for Mahomet-Seymour graduate Evan Millan, who served as the captain of his high school chess team for two years and has been training to become an air traffic controller for the past four at Lewis University. With plans to graduate ...

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Scheske~Wharmby - Gonzales Inquirer

Chess Research - Sat, 05/09/2015 - 02:37

Gonzales Inquirer

Scheske~Wharmby
Gonzales Inquirer
The brunch menu of eggs benedict casserole, a waffle bar and Juan in a Million tacos was followed by lemon chess and fudge pie from Wimberley Pie Company. The bride's parents are Robert Scheske and TJ Newberry Scheske of Gonzales and Lynn Silver ...

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Always Win These Popular Games With Help From Data Visualisations - Lifehacker Australia

Chess Research - Fri, 05/08/2015 - 23:07

Always Win These Popular Games With Help From Data Visualisations
Lifehacker Australia
There's even data that suggests you can get an advantage in a regular old coin toss (there's about a 51 % chance of it landing on the same face it was launched). So if you like to be the winner, you might want to start doing some research at the link ...

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Pro: Public Lands Need Cattle to Meet Conservation Goals - Bay Nature

Chess Research - Fri, 05/08/2015 - 20:53

Bay Nature

Pro: Public Lands Need Cattle to Meet Conservation Goals
Bay Nature
They include grasses, such as wild oats, Italian rye grass and soft chess as well as forbs (broad-leaf plants), such as filarees and black mustard. Unless reduced by ... Watershed research examines rangeland management effects on water quality ...

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New combination treatment strategy to 'checkmate' glioblastoma - Medical Xpress

Chess Research - Fri, 05/08/2015 - 18:22

Medical Xpress

New combination treatment strategy to 'checkmate' glioblastoma
Medical Xpress
... a person's cancer have been much-heralded in recent years, yet cancer cells often find a way around them. To address this, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center identified a promising ...
New Combination Treatment Strategy to “Checkmate” GlioblastomaUCSD Medical Center
Anti-cancer drugs: New combination treatment strategy to 'checkmate' glioblastomaScience Codex

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Always Win These Popular Games with Help from Data Visualizations - Lifehacker

Chess Research - Fri, 05/08/2015 - 18:13

Lifehacker

Always Win These Popular Games with Help from Data Visualizations
Lifehacker
Over at The Washington Post, Ana Swanson gathered up all the game-based data visualizations she could find. From simple games like Tic-Tac-Toe to more complicated games like Chess, there's data to learn from. There's even data that suggests you can ...

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He Rose to the Challenge - Wall Street Journal

Chess Research - Fri, 05/08/2015 - 15:27

Wall Street Journal

He Rose to the Challenge
Wall Street Journal
On the day Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency, the United States faced challenges as daunting as any in its history. The country's globally dominant economy was like an all-but-beaten prizefighter, a giant on wobbly legs, eyes glassed over, swaying ...

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How to Rapidly Accelerate Your Learning in 4 Easy Steps - New York Observer

Chess Research - Fri, 05/08/2015 - 14:33

New York Observer

How to Rapidly Accelerate Your Learning in 4 Easy Steps
New York Observer
Research shows that IQ isn't all that valuable without a little discipline behind it. So what's going to really ... In the various episodes Tim tackles all kinds of skills from poker to rally car racing to chess — and then puts his new talents to the ...

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