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Top 10 Benefits of Chess - Chess.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 08/29/2018 - 20:13

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Top 10 Benefits of Chess
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The scholastic chess boom around the world has been on a steady rise over the last decade. More important than these children becoming great chess players or getting high ratings is that chess teaches children from an early age that their choices have ...

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Sinquefields donate $50 million to St. Louis University - Herald-Whig

Chess Research - Wed, 08/29/2018 - 19:52

Sinquefields donate $50 million to St. Louis University
Herald-Whig
Part of the donation will be used to start the Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research. Another portion will go to the university's chess program. Sinquefield is a staunch supporter of chess and has played a key role in making St. Louis one of ...

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New Malawi chess VP Mtumbuka shares Namangale's vision to increase schools participation - Nyasa Times

Chess Research - Wed, 08/29/2018 - 13:40

Nyasa Times

New Malawi chess VP Mtumbuka shares Namangale's vision to increase schools participation
Nyasa Times
For chess to develop further in the bid to produce a Malawian Grandmaster, there is need to increase schools participation by training many students and providing them with regular tournaments as a platform for exposure and experience. ... They have to ...

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Pronounce Artist's Names Correctly – An Artlyst How To Guide - ArtLyst

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Wed, 08/29/2018 - 06:52

ArtLyst

Pronounce Artist's Names Correctly – An Artlyst How To Guide
ArtLyst
All of us here at Artlyst find it daunting at times to correctly pronounce the names of the artists that appear daily on the Artlyst website. If you think you're out of your depth, how do you think we feel when actually speaking to the artists in the ...

Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot - Chess.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 08/29/2018 - 02:00
Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot  Chess.com

London calling, again. This time, it's a double chess "clash" for Fabiano Caruana. Earlier this year he won the Candidates' Tournament to qualify for November's ...

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Sinquefields donate $50 million for St. Louis University research, largest gift in school's history - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 08/29/2018 - 02:00
Sinquefields donate $50 million for St. Louis University research, largest gift in school's history  STLtoday.com

A $50 million donation to St. Louis University — the largest gift in the school's 200-year history — from area philanthropists Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield will ...

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Saint Louis: Caruana bests So in GCT playoff - Chessbase News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 08/29/2018 - 02:00
Saint Louis: Caruana bests So in GCT playoff  Chessbase News

Following the Sinquefield Cup 2018 in Saint Louis, Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana were working overtime: they played a tiebreak to determine who would ...

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Pronounce Artists' Names Correctly - An Artlyst How To Guide - ArtLyst

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Wed, 08/29/2018 - 02:00
Pronounce Artists' Names Correctly - An Artlyst How To Guide  ArtLyst

All of us here at Artlyst find it daunting at times to correctly pronounce the names of the artists that appear daily on the Artlyst website. If you think you're out of ...

Saint Louis: Caruana bests So in GCT playoff - Chessbase News

In the News - Wed, 08/29/2018 - 02:00
Saint Louis: Caruana bests So in GCT playoff  Chessbase News

Following the Sinquefield Cup 2018 in Saint Louis, Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana were working overtime: they played a tiebreak to determine who would ...

SLU gets record gift of $50 million to boost research | St. Louis ... - St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 18:25

St. Louis Public Radio

SLU gets record gift of $50 million to boost research | St. Louis ...
St. Louis Public Radio
Local philanthropists Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield are donating $50 million to Saint Louis University to help bolster the school's research efforts. The gift.

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SLU gets record gift of $50 million to boost research | St. Louis ... - St. Louis Public Radio

Chess Research - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 18:25

St. Louis Public Radio

SLU gets record gift of $50 million to boost research | St. Louis ...
St. Louis Public Radio
Local philanthropists Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield are donating $50 million to Saint Louis University to help bolster the school's research efforts. The gift.

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Donation to St. Louis University is Largest in School's History - KBIA

Chess Research - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 17:23

Donation to St. Louis University is Largest in School's History
KBIA
Part of the donation will be used to start the Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research. Another portion will go to the university's chess program. Sinquefield is a staunch supporter of chess and has played a key role in making St. Louis one of ...

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Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot - Chess.com

Chess Research - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 17:07

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Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot
Chess.com
Photo: Mike Klein/Chess.com. After nine rapid games, 18 blitz games, nine classical games, and a playoff negotiation, here's the second rapid game today that finally gave Caruana the break he's been wanting. Even the final game went the full term—both ...

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Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot - Chess.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 17:06

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Caruana Wins Playoff, Earns Grand Chess Tour Finals Spot
Chess.com
Here she chats with Saint Louis Chess Club founder Rex Sinquefield. | Photo: Mike Klein/Chess.com. Why was this playoff so much more meaningful to Caruana? Well, the nixed Sinquefield Cup playoff was just for posterity, but this one was for a lot of coin.

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'Survival of the laziest': Finally, a scientific reason to stay on the couch - Virginian-Pilot

Chess Research - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 15:26

'Survival of the laziest': Finally, a scientific reason to stay on the couch
Virginian-Pilot
But consider this: All that exercise may be a selfish act - a shortsighted game of checkers in an evolutionary chess match that's been going on for eons. And by not stepping off ... He said more research is necessary, including on other species. Strotz ...

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Online Smartphone & Tablet Games Market Supply-Demand, Industry Research and End User Analysis, Outlook 2023 - IDA Report

Chess Research - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 14:29

Online Smartphone & Tablet Games Market Supply-Demand, Industry Research and End User Analysis, Outlook 2023
IDA Report
RPG ,Action type ,Sports competition ,Racing ,Chess type ,Other. North America Online Smartphone Tablet Games Market: Application Segment Analysis (Consumption Volume and Market Share 2013-2023; Downstream Customers and Market Analysis).

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Worldwide gun death tally now above 250000 per year: study - CTV News

Chess Research - Tue, 08/28/2018 - 12:41

CTV News

Worldwide gun death tally now above 250000 per year: study
CTV News
Researchers counted about 209,000 gun deaths in 1990 compared to 251,000 in 2016. The average rate, about 4 per 100,000 people, was mostly unchanged. Two-thirds of the deaths in 2016 were homicides, although the U.S. is among wealthy countries ...

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