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St. Louis Proud: How St. Louis became a chess capital - KMOV.com

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 08/23/2018 - 02:00
St. Louis Proud: How St. Louis became a chess capital  KMOV.com

St. Louis is known for so much, but one thing few know is that St. Louis is famous for chess.

Suspensions really do hurt students academically, new studies confirm, but maybe less than previously thought - Chalkbeat Colorado

Chess Research - Thu, 08/23/2018 - 02:00
Suspensions really do hurt students academically, new studies confirm, but maybe less than previously thought  Chalkbeat Colorado

A student who gets suspended does worse in school. That connection worries many policymakers, and it's driven a wave of changes meant to cut down on the ...

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St. Louis Proud: How St. Louis became a chess capital - KMOV.com

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 08/23/2018 - 02:00
St. Louis Proud: How St. Louis became a chess capital  KMOV.com

St. Louis is known for so much, but one thing few know is that St. Louis is famous for chess.

Sinquefield Cup: Draws, some short, some hard-fought - Chessbase News

In the News - Thu, 08/23/2018 - 02:00
Sinquefield Cup: Draws, some short, some hard-fought  Chessbase News

In this year's Sinquefield Cup it is completely banned to sign agreed draws. After three rounds with one decisive result per day, the fifth day of play finished with ...

Meet the Artist: Nette Robinson - South County Times

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 08/23/2018 - 01:59

South County Times

Meet the Artist: Nette Robinson
South County Times
Meet artist Nette Robinson on Thursday, Aug. 23, 5:30 p.m., at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End. Learn more about Robinson's artwork in the current exhibition "Painted Pieces: Art Chess from Purling London.

Meet the Artist: Nette Robinson - Webster Kirkwood Times

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 08/23/2018 - 01:25

Meet the Artist: Nette Robinson
Webster Kirkwood Times
Meet artist Nette Robinson on Thursday, Aug. 23, 5:30 p.m., at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End. Learn more about Robinson's artwork in the current exhibition "Painted Pieces: Art Chess from Purling London.

Pro Gamers Fend off Elon Musk's AI Bots—for Now - WIRED

Chess Research - Wed, 08/22/2018 - 23:02

WIRED

Pro Gamers Fend off Elon Musk's AI Bots—for Now
WIRED
The five bots that lost Wednesday were created by OpenAI, a research institute cofounded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk to work towards human-level artificial intelligence, and make the technology safe. The match suggests that the best pro gamers maintain an ...

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Pro Gamers Fend off Elon Musk's AI Bots—for Now - WIRED

Chess Research - Wed, 08/22/2018 - 23:02

WIRED

Pro Gamers Fend off Elon Musk's AI Bots—for Now
WIRED
The five bots that lost Wednesday were created by OpenAI, a research institute cofounded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk to work towards human-level artificial intelligence, and make the technology safe. The match suggests that the best pro gamers maintain an ...

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What's News: September Women's 2018 - Wall Street Journal

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Wed, 08/22/2018 - 10:04

Wall Street Journal

What's News: September Women's 2018
Wall Street Journal
... Make Ink, a guide to foraging for materials and extracting their pigments. Logan's artful test sheets (above) hold their own alongside works by Marcel Dzama, Margaret Atwood, Leanne Shapton and others, all made with his inks. $30; abramsbooks.com.

QR code 'clouds' protect 3D printing from piracy - Futurity: Research News

Chess Research - Wed, 08/22/2018 - 09:59

Futurity: Research News

QR code 'clouds' protect 3D printing from piracy
Futurity: Research News
In the paper, the researchers detail how they exploited the layer-by-layer AM printing process to turn QR codes into a game of 3D chess. Gupta's team developed a scheme that “explodes” a QR code within a computer-assisted design (CAD) file so that it ...

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The Bergman of the Breastaurant: How Andrew Bujalski Made a Sophisticated Hooters Comedy - The Ringer (blog)

Chess Research - Wed, 08/22/2018 - 07:37

The Ringer (blog)

The Bergman of the Breastaurant: How Andrew Bujalski Made a Sophisticated Hooters Comedy
The Ringer (blog)
The science does check out, sort of: Research conducted by Pornhub last summer found that among younger visitors, “large breasts are waning in popularity relative to small breasts, and that millennial porn viewers are relatively uninterested in breasts ...

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Monthly Music Series: The Mighty Pines - South County Times

World Chess Hall of Fame - Wed, 08/22/2018 - 02:57

Monthly Music Series: The Mighty Pines
South County Times
The Mighty Pines roots band will perform Wednesday, Aug. 22, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End. Part of WCHOF's monthly music series. Tickets are $20; $10 for members, senior ...

Monthly Music Series: The Mighty Pines - Webster Kirkwood Times

World Chess Hall of Fame - Wed, 08/22/2018 - 02:50

Monthly Music Series: The Mighty Pines
Webster Kirkwood Times
The Mighty Pines roots band will perform Wednesday, Aug. 22, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End. Part of WCHOF's monthly music series. Tickets are $20; $10 for members, senior ...

Monthly Music Series: The Mighty Pines - West End Word

World Chess Hall of Fame - Wed, 08/22/2018 - 02:46

West End Word

Monthly Music Series: The Mighty Pines
West End Word
The Mighty Pines roots band will perform Wednesday, Aug. 22, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End. Part of WCHOF's monthly music series. Tickets are $20; $10 for members, senior ...

Sinquefield Cup: Five leaders - Chessbase News

In the News - Wed, 08/22/2018 - 02:00
Sinquefield Cup: Five leaders  Chessbase News

Fabiano Caruana joined the leading pack at the fourth round of the Sinquefield Cup after using a daring novelty against Hikaru Nakamura. With this result, no ...

STRANGESIGHTS: THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CHESS PIECE; THREE-YEAR-OLD AIMS FOR WORLD RECORD; AND ... - Sight Magazine

World Chess Hall of Fame - Wed, 08/22/2018 - 00:34

STRANGESIGHTS: THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CHESS PIECE; THREE-YEAR-OLD AIMS FOR WORLD RECORD; AND ...
Sight Magazine
A chess piece which stands more than six metres tall - 53 times the standard size - in the US city of St Louis has been officially declared the world's largest. Members of the World Chess Hall of Fame crafted the chess piece - a king - from African ...

With Heroz, Japanese chess champion Hayashi proves to be tech start-up master - The National

Chess Research - Tue, 08/21/2018 - 21:07

The National

With Heroz, Japanese chess champion Hayashi proves to be tech start-up master
The National
Takahiro Hayashi won his first nationwide title in shogi - Japanese chess - while still in high school, and by the age of 22, he was the world amateur champion. His coaches were urging him to turn pro. But Mr Hayashi wanted to be an entrepreneur, not a ...

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With Heroz, Japanese chess champion Hayashiproves to be tech start-up master - The National

Chess Research - Tue, 08/21/2018 - 21:02

The National

With Heroz, Japanese chess champion Hayashiproves to be tech start-up master
The National
Takahiro Hayashi won his first nationwide title in shogi - Japanese chess - while still in high school, and by the age of 22, he was the world amateur champion. His coaches were urging him to turn pro. But Mr Hayashi wanted to be an entrepreneur, not a ...

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Esports coming to Northern California schools - Paradise Post

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 08/21/2018 - 18:06

Paradise Post

Esports coming to Northern California schools
Paradise Post
The Northern California Esports League has teamed up with The North America Scholastic Esports Federation to bring competitive Esports to high schools in Northern California. NCEL and NASEF are both funded in-part by the Samueli Foundation. The Butte ...

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Esports coming to Northern California schools - Paradise Post

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 08/21/2018 - 18:06

Paradise Post

Esports coming to Northern California schools
Paradise Post
The Northern California Esports League has teamed up with The North America Scholastic Esports Federation to bring competitive Esports to high schools in Northern California. NCEL and NASEF are both funded in-part by the Samueli Foundation. The Butte ...

Categories: Scholastic Chess

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