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Specific Brain Wave Patterns for Different Learning Styles - PsychCentral.com

Chess Research - Mon, 10/16/2017 - 07:00

Specific Brain Wave Patterns for Different Learning Styles
PsychCentral.com
Investigators explain that learning how to pedal a bike and memorize the rules of chess require two different types of learning. The new research now shows, for the first time, that different types of learning can be distinguished by the brain-wave ...

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When allies fight: Kurdish-Iraqi clashes put US troops in a tough spot - Washington Examiner

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 10/16/2017 - 06:16

When allies fight: Kurdish-Iraqi clashes put US troops in a tough spot
Washington Examiner
He became irritated in the 4th grade when his brother won a trophy at a chess tournament and he didn't. He turned his frustration into action, spending an entire summer studying and learning chess. Bryan then dominated scholastic chess in Washington ...

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There are no winners in Dreamers debate - Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

Chess Research - Sun, 10/15/2017 - 23:03

There are no winners in Dreamers debate
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Nothing that has come out of the White House in the past eight months smacks of the cunning necessary to actually play a chess game, let alone win it. What Weingarten hit on the nose is that people despise D.C. ... Public confidence in government is ...

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Richard Thaler Receives Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics - CMU The Tartan Online

Chess Research - Sun, 10/15/2017 - 18:26

Richard Thaler Receives Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
CMU The Tartan Online
“Standard economics thinks that people are completely rational — they behave like computers, perfectly predict all their moves in the game of chess and win, or they can calculate infinitely many rounds.” According to Prof. Kushnir, Dr. Thaler's ...

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4 Pasco schools lag behind on test scores. WSU Tri-Cities plans to fix that - Tri-City Herald

Chess Research - Sun, 10/15/2017 - 16:46

Tri-City Herald

4 Pasco schools lag behind on test scores. WSU Tri-Cities plans to fix that
Tri-City Herald
The four Pasco schools — Emerson, Longfellow, Rowena Chess and Virgie Robinson — lag behind other schools in the district and the state in their state assessment test scores. They also have a high number of students from low-income families and are ...

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Western Illinois hosts chess tourney - Quad City Times

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 10/15/2017 - 16:35

Quad City Times

Western Illinois hosts chess tourney
Quad City Times
Chess pieces wait for their next players Saturday during the scholastic chess tournament held at Rivermont Collegiate in Bettendorf. John Schultz, QUAD-CITY TIMES. The Western Illinois Leatherneck Chess Club in conjunction with the Illowa Bi-State ...

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Strategy, Love & Politics: UCI Drama presents a Concert Staging of CHESS - Broadway World

Chess Research - Sun, 10/15/2017 - 16:11

Strategy, Love & Politics: UCI Drama presents a Concert Staging of CHESS
Broadway World
UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama opens its 2017 - 18 season with a concert staging of the musical Chess, a complex exploration of strategy and love set at the intersection of US - Russia political relations. With music ...

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Engineering Design Pod: The Newest Innovation Center - Duke Today (blog)

Chess Research - Sun, 10/15/2017 - 13:00

Engineering Design Pod: The Newest Innovation Center
Duke Today (blog)
The “Design Pod” was created alongside Duke's new engineering design course in order to to foster learning through hands-on experience. Students have tested out the 3D printer to create items such as a skull and even chess pieces. There's a massive ...

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Cepeda: There are no winners in Dreamers debate - Danville Commercial News

Chess Research - Sat, 10/14/2017 - 22:12

Cepeda: There are no winners in Dreamers debate
Danville Commercial News
Nothing that has come out of the White House in the past eight months smacks of the cunning necessary to actually play a chess game, let alone win it. What Weingarten hit on the nose is that people despise D.C. ... Public confidence in government is ...

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William Lombardy, Chess Grandmaster Turned Priest, Dies at 79 - New York Times

World Chess Hall of Fame - Sat, 10/14/2017 - 21:30

New York Times

William Lombardy, Chess Grandmaster Turned Priest, Dies at 79
New York Times
William J. Lombardy, who was one of the most talented and promising chess players of his generation, winning titles and accolades while he was still a teenager, but who all but gave up the game at the height of his career to become a priest, died on ...

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Columbus Chess Teacher Honored with NSCF 2017 Scholastic Service Award - Talk of the Sound

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 10/14/2017 - 08:17

Talk of the Sound

Columbus Chess Teacher Honored with NSCF 2017 Scholastic Service Award
Talk of the Sound
NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- Despite persistent rain and gusty breezes, over 150 children and parents came out for an afternoon of chess on Columbus Day at the New Rochelle Public Library. The event, produced by the National Scholastic Chess Foundation, ...

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UI hosting new K-12 chess tournament on Oct. 22 - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 10/13/2017 - 19:45

UI hosting new K-12 chess tournament on Oct. 22
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
The event, called the Treasure Chess K-12 Scholastic Tournament, runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 22. The five-round tournament includes four sections rated by the U.S. Chess Federation for high-quality chess players and five unrated sections. All ...

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Composer Spotlight Series: Tchaikovsky - South County Times

World Chess Hall of Fame - Fri, 10/13/2017 - 04:56

Composer Spotlight Series: Tchaikovsky
South County Times
Composer Spotlight Series: Tchaikovsky will be presented Thursday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m., at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End. Tickets are $10; $5 tickets available for members, seniors and military. Admission includes ...

Composer Spotlight Series: Tchaikovsky - West End Word

World Chess Hall of Fame - Fri, 10/13/2017 - 04:56

Composer Spotlight Series: Tchaikovsky
West End Word
Composer Spotlight Series: Tchaikovsky will be presented Thursday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m., at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End. Tickets are $10; $5 tickets available for members, seniors and military. Admission includes ...

Kenneth R. Fountain Jr., PhD - Columbia Daily Tribune

Chess Research - Thu, 10/12/2017 - 20:28

Kenneth R. Fountain Jr., PhD
Columbia Daily Tribune
He wrote many published scientific and evidence based education theory papers, as well as several successful grants, and was a pioneer in mentoring undergraduates to perform chemical research. Having loved chemistry from the age of eight, he was ...

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Bryan Christopher Black, Aug. 3, 1982 - Oct. 4, 2017 - Tehachapi News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 10/12/2017 - 18:40

Tehachapi News

Bryan Christopher Black, Aug. 3, 1982 - Oct. 4, 2017
Tehachapi News
He became irritated in the fourth grade when his brother won a trophy at a chess tournament and he didn't. He turned his frustration into action, spending an entire summer studying and learning chess. Bryan then dominated scholastic chess in Washington ...

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