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The Prolific North Tech 100: Research shows that the North is in prime position to harness the tech opportunity - Prolific North

Chess Research - Mon, 12/04/2017 - 04:21

Prolific North

The Prolific North Tech 100: Research shows that the North is in prime position to harness the tech opportunity
Prolific North
We're delighted to be supporting the Prolific North Tech 100, a new initiative launched last week showcasing the North's biggest tech companies, as well as our Top 30 'ones to watch' and the Top 20 big employers of tech talent in the North. The ...

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Coalinga High School students again show the way at state chess championships - Fresno Bee

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 12/04/2017 - 02:00
Coalinga High School students again show the way at state chess championships  Fresno Bee

Coalinga High School students brought home awards after placing in the Northern California Scholastic State Chess Championships at the Santa Clara ...

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Superchunk at NADA Miami Art Basel December 7 - Miami New Times

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Mon, 12/04/2017 - 02:00
Superchunk at NADA Miami Art Basel December 7  Miami New Times

NADA Miami announced that Mac McCaughan and Jim Wilbur of North Carolina cult favorite Superchunk will play an acoustic set at the fair Thursday, ...

Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 12/03/2017 - 17:18

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The always energetic Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis recently organized the St. Louis Invitational, which ran in two sections: the Grandmaster Norm and the International Master groups. The idea of the event was to give American players ...

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What to See This Week at Duke - Duke Today

Chess Research - Sun, 12/03/2017 - 13:02

Duke Today

What to See This Week at Duke
Duke Today
Despite a remarkable life, Sammie Chess Jr. is one of North Carolina's little-known civil rights pioneers. His life began in a dirt-floored tenant dwelling during the Great Depression in rural South Carolina. From there, Chess rose to become an ...

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Gallerirunda i hallucinatoriskt myller som en feberdröm - Svenska Dagbladet

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Sun, 12/03/2017 - 04:00

Svenska Dagbladet

Gallerirunda i hallucinatoriskt myller som en feberdröm
Svenska Dagbladet
I Köhlers överbefolkade värld verkar allt kunna hända men huruvida det är historier med en början och ett slut låter jag vara osagt. Lättare är att se dem som frysta bilder av ett pågående inre och yttre liv. Det går att hitta förbindelser med andra ...

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DeMiguel hosts 13 schools at chess tournament - Arizona Daily Sun

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 12/02/2017 - 15:33

Arizona Daily Sun

DeMiguel hosts 13 schools at chess tournament
Arizona Daily Sun
On Saturday, Nov. 18, for the fourth year in a row, DeMiguel School in Flagstaff was proud to host a major scholastic, USCF, chess tournament. Thirteen local schools were represented as well as homeschool students. Noteworthy is Pinon, whose school ...

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Used wine bottles get new lease of life as plates, tuna cans double as giant chess pieces at 'upcycling' market - The Straits Times

Chess Research - Sat, 12/02/2017 - 07:30

Used wine bottles get new lease of life as plates, tuna cans double as giant chess pieces at 'upcycling' market
The Straits Times
A lot of research went into engineering the glass-flattening process, including heating up the glass and the chemicals that went into it, said the second-year Ngee Ann Polytechnic student. The plates, costing around $30 each, "challenge environmental ...

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League of Legends skill and IQ are linked, says study - TweakTown

Chess Research - Fri, 12/01/2017 - 15:33

League of Legends skill and IQ are linked, says study
TweakTown
"The only surprise here really is that there are some videogames now that are as complicated as chess and people play them all the time. Unlike first-person shooter games where speed and target accuracy are a priority, MOBAs rely more on memory and the ...

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London confirmed as venue for Magnus Carlsen's world title defence in 2018 - The Guardian

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 12/01/2017 - 13:54

The Guardian

London confirmed as venue for Magnus Carlsen's world title defence in 2018
The Guardian
In that case the billionaire Rex Sinquefield, who has made his home city of St Louis into a global chess capital and who could easily fund a much larger purse, may try to have the match switched to the US. Marketing the challenger in London will not be ...

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A Tale of Two Cities: A report from the first Art Düsseldorf - Ocula Magazine

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Fri, 12/01/2017 - 11:17

Ocula Magazine

A Tale of Two Cities: A report from the first Art Düsseldorf
Ocula Magazine
Bismarck's desert images were also shown at Sies + Höke, alongside excellent pieces by Marcel Dzama, Talia Chetrit and Claudia Wieser. Bismarck was also represented, alongside Fabian Knecht, at alexander levy, showing in the fair's Post-Lehman sector ...

The better you are at League of Legends the higher your IQ is likely to be - PCGamesN

Chess Research - Fri, 12/01/2017 - 05:57

PCGamesN

The better you are at League of Legends the higher your IQ is likely to be
PCGamesN
“If this was chess, no-one would be surprised by this at all,” Alex Wade, Professor of Psychology at the University of York, and the study's co-author says. The only surprise here really is that there are some videogames now that are as complicated as ...

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Chess moves, Sarasota style - Business Observer

Chess Research - Fri, 12/01/2017 - 04:01

Chess moves, Sarasota style
Business Observer
The company's planned $10 million headquarters in the 265-acre Collaboration Opportunities for Research and Exploration park will contain 55,000 square feet. Mercedes Medical will relocate to its new quarters, from a trio of Manatee buildings, in late ...

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London confirmed as venue for Magnus Carlsen’s world title defence in 2018 - The Guardian

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 12/01/2017 - 02:00
London confirmed as venue for Magnus Carlsen’s world title defence in 2018  The Guardian

The world champion will play a 12-game series in November next year against the winner of the candidates series.

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Satyajit Ray: The historian's craft - Livemint

Chess Research - Fri, 12/01/2017 - 01:28

Livemint

Satyajit Ray: The historian's craft
Livemint
An important part of this is research. Bengal he knew well, less so Lucknow, and the meticulous and uncompromising research treatment the late director gave his subject becomes evident in My Adventures With Satyajit Ray: The Making Of Shatranj Ke ...

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5 Sophisticated AI Robots - BOSS Magazine

Chess Research - Thu, 11/30/2017 - 15:50

BOSS Magazine

5 Sophisticated AI Robots
BOSS Magazine
This AI robot didn't impress for its ability to win at chess, but for its ability to identify and pick up chess pieces. “It can recognize the shape of a small chess pawn, notify its brain, execute AI movements and interact with its opponent,” said ...

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Video games can act as a substitute for IQ tests - Johns Hopkins News-Letter

Chess Research - Thu, 11/30/2017 - 14:39

Johns Hopkins News-Letter

Video games can act as a substitute for IQ tests
Johns Hopkins News-Letter
Researchers found that a link between intelligence and being good at action-based video games. Those who enjoyed Orson Scott Card's science-fiction classic Ender's Game may remember how the governments in Card's futuristic world used computer ...

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This is how charities are helping the homeless when it freezes - Essex Live

Chess Research - Thu, 11/30/2017 - 12:48

Essex Live

This is how charities are helping the homeless when it freezes
Essex Live
Rob Sagg, executive director for CHESS, said: "We are a team of people who help people who have lost control of their lives and come into difficulties. "We are almost going back to our roots by offering accommodation and helping rough sleepers in the ...

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