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Stanford University Researchers: Artificial Intelligence is dumber than a 5-year-old and no smarter than a rat - TechStartups.com (blog)

Chess Research - Mon, 12/25/2017 - 21:26

TechStartups.com (blog)

Stanford University Researchers: Artificial Intelligence is dumber than a 5-year-old and no smarter than a rat
TechStartups.com (blog)
We've all heard or read about how robots are going to take away jobs. Saudi Arabia even went as far as granting citizenship to “Sophia the robot” back in October (See the video below). With crytocurrency at the top of news headlines, 2017 may be ...

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Ukraine's chess grandmaster Hanna Muzychuk confirms decision to skip Saudi blitz tournament - UNIAN

Chess Research - Mon, 12/25/2017 - 11:01

UNIAN

Ukraine's chess grandmaster Hanna Muzychuk confirms decision to skip Saudi blitz tournament
UNIAN
This means we will never have the beams back, although they themselves are an object of cultural heritage – they should have been preserved. And according to the UkrNIIrestoration [Ukrainian Research Institute for Restoration], it was necessary to ...
Qatar, Iran players to get visas to play in Riyadh: World chess bodySaudi Gazette
Chess federation says Israel excluded from Saudi-hosted matchTODAYonline
Qatar Grand Masters to skip Saudi chess event10,000 Couples
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Cal Ripken's favorite baseball movie, and 24 others on the best film about their profession - Washington Post

Chess Research - Mon, 12/25/2017 - 10:46

Washington Post

Cal Ripken's favorite baseball movie, and 24 others on the best film about their profession
Washington Post
First, I insist on distinguishing between movies that are really about chess, of which there are very few, and the countless films that use chess as a prop. For real chess movies, I'd recommend the recent “Queen of Katwe,” about the girl Phiona Mutesi ...

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Qatar, Iran players to get visas to play in Riyadh: World chess body - Saudi Gazette

Chess Research - Mon, 12/25/2017 - 09:36

Saudi Gazette

Qatar, Iran players to get visas to play in Riyadh: World chess body
Saudi Gazette
The King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship will be held at the iconic Apex Convention Center in at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh. Awarded for its state of the art architecture, it has been designed by ...
Saudi ban on Israeli chess players underscores limits of Gulf relationsThe Times of Israel

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Qatar, Iran players to get visas to play in Riyadh: World chess body - Saudi Gazette

Chess Research - Mon, 12/25/2017 - 09:36

Saudi Gazette

Qatar, Iran players to get visas to play in Riyadh: World chess body
Saudi Gazette
The King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship will be held at the iconic Apex Convention Center in at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh. Awarded for its state of the art architecture, it has been designed by ...
Chess federation says Israel excluded from Saudi-hosted matchTODAYonline
Qatar Grand Masters to skip Saudi chess event10,000 Couples
Saudi Arabia denies Israeli chess players visas for worldwide competition in RiyadhGkMen

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Artificial Intelligence: Dumber Than a 5-Year-Old, No Smarter Than a Rat, Researchers Say - PJ Media

Chess Research - Sun, 12/24/2017 - 18:16

PJ Media

Artificial Intelligence: Dumber Than a 5-Year-Old, No Smarter Than a Rat, Researchers Say
PJ Media
Artificial intelligence may be smart enough to learn the game of chess or flip hamburgers in a fast-food restaurant. But when it comes to common sense and decision-making skills, AI is way below the bar compared to adult human beings. The “AI Index ...

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World's 'strongest open chess events' start in Riyadh tomorrow - Saudi Gazette

Chess Research - Sun, 12/24/2017 - 12:42

Saudi Gazette

World's 'strongest open chess events' start in Riyadh tomorrow
Saudi Gazette
The events are being organized by General Sports Authority in cooperation with the World Chess Federation (FIDE) at the iconic Apex Convention Center at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center. Notable entries include World ranked No. 2 ...

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World's 'strongest open chess events' start in Riyadh tomorrow - Saudi Gazette

Chess Research - Sun, 12/24/2017 - 12:42

Saudi Gazette

World's 'strongest open chess events' start in Riyadh tomorrow
Saudi Gazette
The events are being organized by General Sports Authority in cooperation with the World Chess Federation (FIDE) at the iconic Apex Convention Center at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center. Notable entries include World ranked No. 2 ...

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Chess federation says Israel excluded from Saudi-hosted match - TODAYonline

Chess Research - Sun, 12/24/2017 - 07:42

TODAYonline

Chess federation says Israel excluded from Saudi-hosted match
TODAYonline
ATHENS - Israeli players have been denied visas to participate in a speed chess championship hosted by Saudi Arabia this week, a vice president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) said on Sunday. Seven Israeli players had requested visas for the ...

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Father and son look to jump-start East Kings Chess Club with tournament in Wolfville - The Spectator

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 12/23/2017 - 13:35

The Spectator

Father and son look to jump-start East Kings Chess Club with tournament in Wolfville
The Spectator
In Switzerland, he won the equivalent of provincials in 2012. Last year, he won provincials here and went to the scholastic nationals in Toronto, Ontario, in May. He also competed in an open national tournament in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, this year ...

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Father and son look to jump-start East Kings Chess Club with tournament in Wolfville - The Register/Advertiser

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 12/23/2017 - 12:58

The Register/Advertiser

Father and son look to jump-start East Kings Chess Club with tournament in Wolfville
The Register/Advertiser
In Switzerland, he won the equivalent of provincials in 2012. Last year, he won provincials here and went to the scholastic nationals in Toronto, Ontario, in May. He also competed in an open national tournament in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, this year ...

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Father and son look to jump-start East Kings Chess Club with ... - The Hants Journal

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 12/23/2017 - 12:53

The Hants Journal

Father and son look to jump-start East Kings Chess Club with ...
The Hants Journal
After several years without a club, the sport of chess is about to make a comeback in Kings County.

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Father and son look to jump-start East Kings Chess Club with ... - The Spectator

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 12/23/2017 - 12:51

The Spectator

Father and son look to jump-start East Kings Chess Club with ...
The Spectator
After several years without a club, the sport of chess is about to make a comeback in Kings County.

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Scholastic checss winners.JPG - Crossville Chronicle

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 12/23/2017 - 09:44

Crossville Chronicle

Scholastic checss winners.JPG
Crossville Chronicle
18, 31 scholastic players from Cumberland County met to compete for the county chess scholastic championships. The champions were Jonathan Bailey, high school; Robert Brown, junior high; Logan Cross, elementary; and Lyric Authier, primary. The ...

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Columbus Hosts Chess Competition - Talk of the Sound

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 12/22/2017 - 09:55

Talk of the Sound

Columbus Hosts Chess Competition
Talk of the Sound
NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- Five inches of snow did not deter the more than 100 chess players who gathered at Columbus Elementary School on Saturday, Dec. 9, to participate in the National Scholastic Chess Foundation Columbus Winter Scholastic. The City School ...

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Novel computational approach launches new paradigm in electronic structure theory - Phys.Org

Chess Research - Fri, 12/22/2017 - 06:31

Novel computational approach launches new paradigm in electronic structure theory
Phys.Org
... the University of Cambridge and director of Electronic Structure Theory Group in the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart; George H. Booth, Royal Society Research Fellow in King's College London; and Alex J. W. Thom, Royal ...

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Top female grandmaster takes on man's world of chess - CNN

Chess Research - Fri, 12/22/2017 - 03:12

CNN

Top female grandmaster takes on man's world of chess
CNN
At 16 Hou became the youngest-ever female world champion, on account of her winning the Women's World Chess Championship. She held on to the tile from 2010 to 2011, and won it again in 2013 and 2016. While Hou is currently the highest-ranking female ...

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Top female grandmaster takes on man's world of chess - CNN

Chess Research - Fri, 12/22/2017 - 03:12

CNN

Top female grandmaster takes on man's world of chess
CNN
The video player encountered an error. Rapid vs Blitz: The world of speed chess 00:30. For standard games she says there is time to research your opponent and devise a strategy to win, draw or simply play. When it comes to speed chess formats, there is ...

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Checkmate humanity: In four hours, a robot taught itself chess, then beat a grandmaster with moves never devised in ... - Daily Mail

Chess Research - Thu, 12/21/2017 - 20:16

Daily Mail

Checkmate humanity: In four hours, a robot taught itself chess, then beat a grandmaster with moves never devised in ...
Daily Mail
And the programs can develop distinctly worrying ideas. A system developed in America for probation services to predict the risk of parole-seekers reoffending was recently discovered to have quickly become unfairly racially biased. DeepMind certainly ...

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