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5 Sophisticated AI Robots - BOSS Magazine

Chess Research - Thu, 11/30/2017 - 15:50

BOSS Magazine

5 Sophisticated AI Robots
BOSS Magazine
This AI robot didn't impress for its ability to win at chess, but for its ability to identify and pick up chess pieces. “It can recognize the shape of a small chess pawn, notify its brain, execute AI movements and interact with its opponent,” said ...

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Video games can act as a substitute for IQ tests - Johns Hopkins News-Letter

Chess Research - Thu, 11/30/2017 - 14:39

Johns Hopkins News-Letter

Video games can act as a substitute for IQ tests
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
Researchers found that a link between intelligence and being good at action-based video games. Those who enjoyed Orson Scott Card's science-fiction classic Ender's Game may remember how the governments in Card's futuristic world used computer ...

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This is how charities are helping the homeless when it freezes - Essex Live

Chess Research - Thu, 11/30/2017 - 12:48

Essex Live

This is how charities are helping the homeless when it freezes
Essex Live
Rob Sagg, executive director for CHESS, said: "We are a team of people who help people who have lost control of their lives and come into difficulties. "We are almost going back to our roots by offering accommodation and helping rough sleepers in the ...

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At the Library: Nov. 30-Dec. 6 - The Herald-Times

Chess Research - Wed, 11/29/2017 - 23:02

The Herald-Times

At the Library: Nov. 30-Dec. 6
The Herald-Times
Courtesy photoWitness International Chess Grandmaster Fidel Corrales taking on 25 challengers — at the same time — this Saturday at the main library. Facebook · Twitter · Email; Print; Save. Facebook · Twitter · Email; Print; Save. Monroe County ...

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Themed Chess Set Manufacturer, The House of Staunton, Explains the Value of a Collector's Chess Set - Markets Insider

Chess Research - Wed, 11/29/2017 - 04:03

Themed Chess Set Manufacturer, The House of Staunton, Explains the Value of a Collector's Chess Set
Markets Insider
A collector's chess set offers an opening to learn more about your passion. Discover new facts about history, politics, society, and more as you research your collector's chess set. The more you learn about your set, the more valuable it will become to ...

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Pivot Points of Chess Supersite Corp (CHZPD) in Focus - Nelson Research

Chess Research - Tue, 11/28/2017 - 12:21

Pivot Points of Chess Supersite Corp (CHZPD) in Focus
Nelson Research
A “pivot point” is a technical analysis indicator used to understand the overall trend of the market over different time periods. The pivot point is the average of the high, low and closing prices from the previous day. On the following trading day ...

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Blockchain will boost company value: Research - Financial Standard

Chess Research - Mon, 11/27/2017 - 19:55

Blockchain will boost company value: Research
Financial Standard
Using blockchain technology to allow e-voting at annual general meetings would likely increase overall company value, latest research from the University of Wollongong shows. Research conducted by University of Wollongong deputy vice chancellor Alex ...

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Indian American high school seniors start Chess for a Cause initiative in Georgia - newsindiatimes.com

Chess Research - Mon, 11/27/2017 - 13:12

Indian American high school seniors start Chess for a Cause initiative in Georgia
newsindiatimes.com
... them decided to think of something they could do to help alleviate the discomfort caused to elderly people who suffer from Alzheimer's and other symptoms of dementia and according to the research, mental stimulation provided by chess could help ...

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4 Quick Techniques to Help You Think Straight in an Argument - Mediate.com

Chess Research - Mon, 11/27/2017 - 13:02

4 Quick Techniques to Help You Think Straight in an Argument
Mediate.com
Robinson later said that it was only when he quieted his conscious mind that he could hear his unconscious mind and what it already knew from his extensive study of chess. The noise in our heads during conflict is probably not unlike the noise that ...

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4 Quick Techniques to Help You Think Straight in an Argument - Mediate.com

Chess Research - Mon, 11/27/2017 - 11:29

Mediate.com

4 Quick Techniques to Help You Think Straight in an Argument
Mediate.com
Robinson later said that it was only when he quieted his conscious mind that he could hear his unconscious mind and what it already knew from his extensive study of chess. The noise in our heads during conflict is probably not unlike the noise that ...

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Tweeting the Medieval - Penn Current

Chess Research - Mon, 11/27/2017 - 09:17

Penn Current

Tweeting the Medieval
Penn Current
But late that night nearly three years ago as she struggled with research for a book, her husband, also a professor, suggested she tweet out a few quotes from the manuscript and review them in the morning, saying he suspected there was a scholarly ...

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Chess for a Cause founded by Indian American high school girls helping seniors with dementia - The American Bazaar

Chess Research - Fri, 11/24/2017 - 22:11

The American Bazaar

Chess for a Cause founded by Indian American high school girls helping seniors with dementia
The American Bazaar
Anuhya Tadepalli and Poojita Chinmay, as part of the initiative, are also doing research on different types of dementias caused to elders including Alzheimer's. “We formed Chess for a Cause in order to bring the benefits of chess to the doorsteps of ...

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Chess, memory training and music just make you better at chess, memory training and music - The British Psychological Society

Chess Research - Fri, 11/24/2017 - 05:14

The British Psychological Society

Chess, memory training and music just make you better at chess, memory training and music
The British Psychological Society
... “working memory” exercise that's found in many brain training programmes led to improvements in problem-solving abilities or what's known as “fluid intelligence”. However, it can be risky to read too much into single studies, so Sala and Gobet ...

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Chess, memory training and music just make you better at chess, memory training and music - The British Psychological Society

Chess Research - Fri, 11/24/2017 - 05:14

The British Psychological Society

Chess, memory training and music just make you better at chess, memory training and music
The British Psychological Society
... involving three activities that are strong candidates for far transfer: chess, music and working memory training. The research was all focused on children, because you would expect any far-reaching benefits to be greater in those whose cognitive ...

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Chess, memory training and music just make you better at chess, memory training and music - The British Psychological Society

Chess Research - Fri, 11/24/2017 - 05:14

The British Psychological Society

Chess, memory training and music just make you better at chess, memory training and music
The British Psychological Society
... involving three activities that are strong candidates for far transfer: chess, music and working memory training. The research was all focused on children, because you would expect any far-reaching benefits to be greater in those whose cognitive ...

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Chess, memory training and music just make you better at chess, memory training and music - The British Psychological Society

Chess Research - Fri, 11/24/2017 - 05:14

The British Psychological Society

Chess, memory training and music just make you better at chess, memory training and music
The British Psychological Society
... involving three activities that are strong candidates for far transfer: chess, music and working memory training. The research was all focused on children, because you would expect any far-reaching benefits to be greater in those whose cognitive ...

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Perpetual Prosperity and the 'Strategy of Tension' - Center for Research on Globalization

Chess Research - Thu, 11/23/2017 - 09:06

Perpetual Prosperity and the 'Strategy of Tension'
Center for Research on Globalization
To rid the world of its debt's, kick-start the world economy and take advantage of the shifting global chess board, some believe conflict is the only consequential route left. NATO's threats to Russia supported by mass media hysteria only adds to the ...

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Google brain connects his StarCraft past with AI future - Financial Times

Chess Research - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 23:02

Financial Times

Google brain connects his StarCraft past with AI future
Financial Times
Google's DeepMind unit is teaming up with Blizzard Entertainment, StarCraft's developer, to allow AI researchers to learn from millions of replays of previous battles. One objective is to create an AI system good enough to beat the best human players ...

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State helping Cornell with $80 million CHESS facility upgrade - The Central New York Business Journal

Chess Research - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 22:00

State helping Cornell with $80 million CHESS facility upgrade
The Central New York Business Journal
CHESS, which is short for Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, is a scientific research facility in Ithaca that has plans for more than $80 million in improvements, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Nov. 15. Cornell will use the state grant ...

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Good Video Game Players Are More Intelligent, Study Says - CBS St. Louis

Chess Research - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 14:23

Good Video Game Players Are More Intelligent, Study Says
CBS St. Louis
Research in the past has pointed to the fact that people who are good at strategy games such as chess tend to score highly at IQ tests. Our research has extended this to games that millions of people across the planet play every day,” Professor Alex ...

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