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Grandmaster chess players live longer - Better Homes and Gardens

Chess Research - Mon, 05/07/2018 - 00:28

Better Homes and Gardens

Grandmaster chess players live longer
Better Homes and Gardens
While it's thought that intelligence is linked with longevity, "the evidence of the link between IQ and one's ability at board games such as chess is inconclusive." The fact that grandmaster chess players experience the same longevity as an Olympian is ...

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Grandmaster chess players live longer - Better Homes and Gardens

Chess Research - Mon, 05/07/2018 - 00:28

Better Homes and Gardens

Grandmaster chess players live longer
Better Homes and Gardens
The fact that grandmaster chess players experience the same longevity as an Olympian is surprising, but researchers believe other factors might be at play, such as the type of lifestyle that comes with each of these professions. "Attaining the exalted ...

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Chess can teach us how to implement AI in healthcare - TNW

Chess Research - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 11:33

TNW

Chess can teach us how to implement AI in healthcare
TNW
It's been more than 20 years since Garry Kasparov lost his famous chess match against IBM's Deep Blue, which heralded much anxious commentary about how humanity was soon to be subjugated by the superior processing power of supercomputers. Two decades ...

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Education ministry pledges support to schools co-curricular activities - The Star, Kenya

Chess Research - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 04:56

Education ministry pledges support to schools co-curricular activities
The Star, Kenya
The University Education and Research PS Ntiba Japheth Micheni said the new curriculum which is competency-based aims at ensuring learners with special talents and skills are allowed to apply it within the national curriculum at an early stage. “We in ...

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How to write anything - OUPblog (blog)

Chess Research - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 04:35

How to write anything
OUPblog (blog)
“Rhetorical moves” is a term introduced by linguist John Swales, and it refers to the different steps that a writer makes in constructing a text in a given genre—a bit like the standard opening strategies of a chess game. Swales originally pursued the ...

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A tribute to UAF graduates - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Chess Research - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 04:14

A tribute to UAF graduates
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The slogan 'press on' has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race”. In a New York Times column David Brooks wrote: “The latest research that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It ...

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State High Student Wins Chess Championship - State College News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 04:03

State College News

State High Student Wins Chess Championship
State College News
State College Area High School saw a state champion crowned in March. In March, Emily Hu, a 10th-grade student at State College Area High School, became the high school champion during the Pennsylvania State Chess Federation's scholastic championships ...

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Play chess with the mayor in Pembroke Pines - Sun Sentinel

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 02:41

Sun Sentinel

Play chess with the mayor in Pembroke Pines
Sun Sentinel
Chess players of all ages and skills are welcome to play chess with Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank C. Ortis and other local officials. Instructors are on hand to help those new to the game. The chess challenges support Scholastic Chess, which has been ...

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Play chess with the mayor in Pembroke Pines - Sun Sentinel

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 02:41

Sun Sentinel

Play chess with the mayor in Pembroke Pines
Sun Sentinel
This is the last chess challenge being held throughout Broward County as part of a free and friendly series of chess meet-ups created to draw attention to the benefits of chess in both the academic environment and in our community. Chess players of all ...

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Checkmate: top chess players live longer - The Conversation AU

Chess Research - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 02:00
Checkmate: top chess players live longer  The Conversation AU

Deaths of chess players led to alarm the game could cause fatal stress. Some researchers have tested that theory.

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Checkmate: top chess players live longer - The Conversation AU

Chess Research - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 02:00
Checkmate: top chess players live longer  The Conversation AU

Deaths of chess players led to alarm the game could cause fatal stress. Some researchers have tested that theory.

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State High Student Wins Chess Championship - - State College News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 02:00
State High Student Wins Chess Championship -  State College News

Emily Hu, a 10th-grade student at State College Area High School, became the high school champion during the Pennsylvania State Chess Federation's ...

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Checkmate: top chess players live longer - The Conversation AU

Chess Research - Sun, 05/06/2018 - 02:00
Checkmate: top chess players live longer  The Conversation AU

In 2014, a chess competitor collapsed during his final match of the Chess Olympiad in Norway. Within hours, another was found dead in his hotel room. Earlier ...

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John Risk - Tulsa World

Chess Research - Sat, 05/05/2018 - 23:07

Tulsa World

John Risk
Tulsa World
John was an avid chess player, a member of the Asheboro Chess Club, participating in regional tournaments and playing matches over the Internet. He was rated by the U.S. Chess Federation. He and Gayle were longtime active parishioners of Chapel of the ...

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The 10 best books on AI - Big Think (blog)

Chess Research - Sat, 05/05/2018 - 19:18

Big Think (blog)

The 10 best books on AI
Big Think (blog)
In recent history, we've used AI for common tasks, such as playing against the computer in chess matches and other game play behaviors. Thanks to advances in computer technology, however, AI is advancing now 10 times faster than it had before. AI can ...

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Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Director Robert Chess Sells 25000 Shares of Stock - Macon Daily

Chess Research - Sat, 05/05/2018 - 11:38

Macon Daily

Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Director Robert Chess Sells 25000 Shares of Stock
Macon Daily
NKTR has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Mizuho set a $89.00 target price on shares of Nektar Therapeutics and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 29th. Zacks Investment Research lowered ...

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In Other News: Do Women Play Better Than Their Rating Against Men? - Chess.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 05/05/2018 - 10:12

Chess.com

In Other News: Do Women Play Better Than Their Rating Against Men?
Chess.com
Whew. Candidates' took almost a month but is now done. Ditto Shamkir and the U.S. Championships. The Women's World Championship is only one game a day, so how can we quench your insatiable thirst for chess news this next week? Here's 10 chess-themed ...

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In Other News: Do Women Play Better Than Their Rating Against Men? - Chess.com

Chess Research - Sat, 05/05/2018 - 10:12

Chess.com

In Other News: Do Women Play Better Than Their Rating Against Men?
Chess.com
Whew. Candidates' took almost a month but is now done. Ditto Shamkir and the U.S. Championships. The Women's World Championship is only one game a day, so how can we quench your insatiable thirst for chess news this next week? Here's 10 chess-themed ...

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In Other News: Do Women Play Better Than Their Rating Against Men? - Chess.com

In the News - Sat, 05/05/2018 - 10:12

Chess.com

In Other News: Do Women Play Better Than Their Rating Against Men?
Chess.com
Whew. Candidates' took almost a month but is now done. Ditto Shamkir and the U.S. Championships. The Women's World Championship is only one game a day, so how can we quench your insatiable thirst for chess news this next week? Here's 10 chess-themed ...

Cultural Center announces the Great American Think-Off debate finalists - Wadena Pioneer Journal

Chess Research - Sat, 05/05/2018 - 08:25

Cultural Center announces the Great American Think-Off debate finalists
Wadena Pioneer Journal
Anthony Berryhill is a Learning and Development Manager for GLG, a learning platform which helps investment and corporate institutions with their research needs. He is an alumnus of Breakthrough New Orleans, Isidore Newman High School, Stanford ...

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