Chess Research
Computer Plays Chess without Brute-Forcing Solutions - Big Think (blog)
Big Think (blog)
Until recently, conventional chess-playing computers have won chess match after chess match merely through brute force—that is, considering all possible moves to find which one would most optimal. ... the potential of porting this AI to other games ...
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'Pawn Sacrifice' Actor Michael Stuhlbarg On Appearing In Every Biopic Ever - Bustle
Bustle
Bustle
The character is actually an amalgam of several figures who were close to Fischer during his meteoric ascent to chess stardom. But a real Paul Marshall existed, and that was the man Stuhlbarg focused his research on. He unearthed the website of ...
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, September 21, 2015 - Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin (Roaring Brook) - Sheinkin has done again what he does so well: condense mountains of research into a concise, accessible, and riveting account of history. This ...
A Guide to Berlin review: Gail Jones and the influence of Vladimir Nabokov - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Yukio loves chess, Cass wants to see the Ulysses butterfly, Marco shares Nabokov's birthday, a red fire engine is described as having "fled past, a pale fire, into the frosty distance". The novel's ... Melinda Harvey is a research associate at Bard ...
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Follow the Bouncing Ball - Cornell Chronicle
Cornell Chronicle
Cornell Chronicle
... do with competitive table tennis? Not a lot. And that's one reason why Dr. Matthew Simon loves the game. "Ping-pong is so totally different from what I do as a doctor," says Dr. Simon, an assistant professor of medicine and of healthcare policy and ...
Video and interviews: Inaugural Oklahoma Hip Hop Festival showcasing full ... - NewsOK.com
NewsOK.com
“An “educational tutorial of a festival,” it will celebrate the four core elements of hip-hop culture -- MCs, DJs, break dancers and graffiti artists -- with musical performances, breaking battles and showcases, artist demonstrations, poetry readings ...
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Is 'Pawn Sacrifice' Based On A True Story? Discover The Remarkable Tale Of ... - Bustle
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Bustle
For a moment in the midst of the Cold War, it looked a little bit like chess would take over the world — or at least politics. In 1972, an emblematic Soviet and underdog American battled it out on an eight-by-eight grid with the brunt of their nations ...
Pawn Sacrifice Star Tobey Maguire on Bobby Fischer, Celebrity, and the ...Vanity Fair
'Pawn Sacrifice' News: Tobey Maguire Dishes On One Of The Darkest Roles Of His ...Enstarz
WAMG Interview: PAWN SACRIFICE Producer Gail Katz and Chess Grandmaster Maxim ...We Are Movie Geeks
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Figurines in Dachau - Edmund de Waal on the Nazis' love of porcelain - The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian
A glass case stretched along the whole wall containing models of deer and dogs and figurines, 18th-century soldiers, a shelf of vessels, vases and bowls, a chess set. They were made ..... There is a long table, a library of research books and files. A ...
Obama's government mind-control team issues annual report - Vox
Vox
In a classic bit of Chicago-style Alinsky-esque twelve-dimensional chess, President Obama waited until the eyes of the nation were trained on the Republican primary debate to unveil the first annual report of his new committee on mind control. ... for ...
Waldowski running for supervisor in Stafford's Rock Hill district - Inside NoVA
Inside NoVA
Inside NoVA
As a former Optimist Club member while attending graduate school under Air Force Institute of Technology at the University of Missouri-Rolla, he received a M.S. in computer science with an emphasis in operations research. His master's degree thesis was ...
REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, from beginners to experts. Chess boards and pieces are provided. Information: 909-798-7572.
Russia behind cyberespionage campaign dating back to 2008: report - Washington Times
Washington Times
Washington Times
Activists of oppositional United Civil Front led by former chess champion Garry Kasparov, work with their party Web site, Moscow, Thursday, June 14, 2007. Through phone lines, blinking routers and on spinning hard drives, a cyber civil war ...
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Russia behind cyberespionage campaign dating back to 2008: report - Washington Times
Washington Times
Washington Times
Activists of oppositional United Civil Front led by former chess champion Garry Kasparov, work with their party Web site, Moscow, Thursday, June 14, 2007. Through phone lines, blinking routers and on spinning hard drives, a cyber civil war ...
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Lost in translation? Alibaba's hot deals leave investors cold - Reuters
Reuters
Reuters
Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai painted the acquisitions strategy as a coordinated game of chess in an interview with Reuters last week. Still, Alibaba's transition to mobile shopping from more-lucrative PCs has been slower than expected and ...
Alibaba's hot deals leave investors coldIndependent Online
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There's always room for Pie Cloud - Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
It's not hard convincing friends to come and eatSwerve pie with you in the guise of research. “You might want to skip breakfast ... Based on a chess pie, a staple of the Southern States, the latter is loaded with brown sugar and butter. DD described it ...
Elementary, Watson? The next era of computing - The Mandarin (registration)
The Mandarin (registration)
“What we had built was a computer that was exclusively designed to play chess … it did very, very well.” The next challenge was to create a computer that could emulate how a person thinks. So IBM set a new challenge: pitting its cognitive computer ...
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Improving ship self-defence [DSEi15D3] - IHS Jane's 360
IHS Jane's 360
IHS Jane's 360
UK-based research and technology group QinetiQ has revealed the development of a modular integrated Compact Combat System (C2S) designed to improve situational awareness and force protection for 'disadvantaged' naval units such as afloat support ...
DC community calendar, Sept. 17-24, 2015 - Washington Post
Washington Post
Play chess All experience levels may learn how to play or improve their game. Thursdays and Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Through Oct. 29, Deanwood Library, 1350 49th St. NE. 202-698-1175. Free. ... Jurassic period at the Botanical Gardens Volunteers discuss the ...
Lost in translation? Alibaba's hot deals leave investors cold - Reuters
Reuters
Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai painted the acquisitions strategy as a coordinated game of chess in an interview with Reuters last week. Still, Alibaba's transition to mobile shopping from more-lucrative PCs has been slower than expected and ...
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What's happening Thursday in the north valley - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Air Museum: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Aircraft, aviation, space artifacts and documents; outdoor museum with jet and propeller driven aircraft; research library, gift shop, speaker series, events by arrangements. Learn about aerospace history of Chico and ...
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