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Check mated by Irishmen in Yorkshire chess tournament - Craven Herald

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Tue, 09/05/2017 - 07:33

Craven Herald

Check mated by Irishmen in Yorkshire chess tournament
Craven Herald
Unable to make it from his home in Princeton, USA, was the winner of the three previous tournaments, Jon Crumiller, a leading chess piece collector. In a message to his fellow "tykes", Jon said: "My congratulations to Colm for his strong performance ...

Check mated by Irishmen in Yorkshire chess tournament - Craven Herald

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Tue, 09/05/2017 - 07:33

Craven Herald

Check mated by Irishmen in Yorkshire chess tournament
Craven Herald
Unable to make it from his home in Princeton, USA, was the winner of the three previous tournaments, Jon Crumiller, a leading chess piece collector. In a message to his fellow "tykes", Jon said: "My congratulations to Colm for his strong performance ...

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Eight queens puzzle: Solving this challenge can win you a million dollars - Hindustan Times

Chess Research - Tue, 09/05/2017 - 03:27

Hindustan Times

Eight queens puzzle: Solving this challenge can win you a million dollars
Hindustan Times
Building a computer programme that can solve a chess problem called the 'queens puzzle' could win you a prize of USD one million, say scientists who have thrown open a challenge that they claim is impossible to crack. Devised in 1850, the queens puzzle ...

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Artists Talk: The Imagery of Chess - West End Word

World Chess Hall of Fame - Tue, 09/05/2017 - 01:22

Artists Talk: The Imagery of Chess
West End Word
An artists talk will be held Wednesday, Sept. 13, 6:30 p.m., at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End. This will be an informal talk with artists from The Imagery of Chess: Saint Louis Artists. Each artist will ...

Lunch & Learn Curator Led Tour - West End Word

World Chess Hall of Fame - Tue, 09/05/2017 - 01:22

Lunch & Learn Curator Led Tour
West End Word
Lunch and Learn, a curator led tour, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 12, noon to 1 p.m., at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End. Enjoy a behind the scenes look at the current exhibitions: The Imagery of Chess: Saint ...

11-year-old Kazakh grabs bronze at World Cadets Chess Championship - http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release)

Chess Research - Tue, 09/05/2017 - 00:41

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11-year-old Kazakh grabs bronze at World Cadets Chess Championship
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ASTANA. KAZINFORM Amina Kairbekova, an 11-year-old girl from Astana has won a bronze medal at the World Cadets Chess Championship 2017, Kazinform reports with reference to the Yessenov Research and Education Foundation. The tournament was ...

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Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated? Experts Weigh In - HuffPost

Chess Research - Mon, 09/04/2017 - 10:01

HuffPost

Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated? Experts Weigh In
HuffPost
If you take a look at the research being carried out at Elon Musk's Future of Life Institute on the topic, you will realize that all projects are researchy in nature (e.g. see this one about how to better estimate probabilities for self-driving cars ...

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A lover of chess, 49ers' Robert Saleh now playing with bigger board - Sacramento Bee

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 09/04/2017 - 09:00

Sacramento Bee

A lover of chess, 49ers' Robert Saleh now playing with bigger board
Sacramento Bee
They started with the type of plastic chess set you can find in any drugstore. If they were missing a piece they'd use a checker as a substitute or simply write “rook” on a scrap of paper. Robert Saleh, the 49ers' new defensive coordinator, used to ...

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A lover of chess, 49ers' Robert Saleh now playing with bigger board - Sacramento Bee

In the News - Mon, 09/04/2017 - 09:00

Sacramento Bee

A lover of chess, 49ers' Robert Saleh now playing with bigger board
Sacramento Bee
They started with the type of plastic chess set you can find in any drugstore. If they were missing a piece they'd use a checker as a substitute or simply write “rook” on a scrap of paper. Robert Saleh, the 49ers' new defensive coordinator, used to ...

Virginia Tech team develops novel 3-D printed high-performance polymer that could be used in space - Augusta Free Press

Chess Research - Mon, 09/04/2017 - 06:37

Augusta Free Press

Virginia Tech team develops novel 3-D printed high-performance polymer that could be used in space
Augusta Free Press
The high-performance polymer now could theoretically be used in any shape, size, or structure, with small chess pieces and lattice bricks already produced inside Virginia Tech labs. ... processing routes have limited engineers to make only thin films ...

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Solving this chess puzzle could net you a $1 mn prize - CanIndia News

Chess Research - Mon, 09/04/2017 - 06:03

Solving this chess puzzle could net you a $1 mn prize
CanIndia News
In a paper published in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, the team said the rewards to be reaped by such a programme would be immense, not least in financial terms with firms rushing to use it to offer technological solutions, and also a ...

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Solve 'simple' chess puzzle to win one million dollars - Economic Times

Chess Research - Mon, 09/04/2017 - 04:26

Economic Times

Solve 'simple' chess puzzle to win one million dollars
Economic Times
LONDON: Building a computer programme that can solve a chess problem called the 'Queens Puzzle' could win you a prize of USD one million, say scientists who have thrown open a challenge that they claim is impossible to crack. Devised in 1850, the ...
Researchers announce $1 mn prize to build computer programme to solve Queens PuzzleThe Indian Express
Solving this chess puzzle could win you a million dollarsMoneycontrol.com
Solving This Chess Puzzle Could Net You a $1Million PrizeNews18
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Men really ARE better at Scrabble because they play to win while women only take part to have fun, claims study - Daily Mail

Chess Research - Mon, 09/04/2017 - 04:24

Daily Mail

Men really ARE better at Scrabble because they play to win while women only take part to have fun, claims study
Daily Mail
Research found men are much better than women at Scrabble because they're more willing to focus their energies on winning rather than having fun. Unlike male dominated games such as chess, there are generally more women at Scrabble competitions, ...
Scientists discover why men are better than women at ScrabbleThe Australian

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Researchers announce $1 mn prize to build computer programme to solve Queens Puzzle - The Indian Express

Chess Research - Mon, 09/04/2017 - 01:20

Moneycontrol.com

Researchers announce $1 mn prize to build computer programme to solve Queens Puzzle
The Indian Express
Building a computer programme to solve a chess problem called the Queens Puzzle could win you a prize of million dollars, say scientists who have thrown open a challenge that they claim is impossible to crack. Devised in 1850, the Queens Puzzle ...
Solving this chess puzzle could win you a million dollarsMoneycontrol.com
Anyone Can Win $1 Million by Solving This Wildly Complex Mathematical Chess PuzzleScienceAlert
Want to be a millionaire? Decode this Queens puzzleFinancial Express
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AI news: University of St Andrews offers $1m prize to crack chess challenge - IT PRO

Chess Research - Mon, 09/04/2017 - 01:05

IT PRO

AI news: University of St Andrews offers $1m prize to crack chess challenge
IT PRO
IBM Research has beaten Microsoft's AI image recognition accuracy, correctly identifying a picture one-third of the time. IBM achieved a new image recognition accuracy of 33.8% for a neural network trained on a large data set of 7.5 million images.

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Solving this chess puzzle could win you a million dollars - Moneycontrol.com

Chess Research - Sun, 09/03/2017 - 22:20

Moneycontrol.com

Solving this chess puzzle could win you a million dollars
Moneycontrol.com
Building a computer programme to solve a chess problem called the Queens Puzzle could win you a prize of million dollars, say scientists who have thrown open a challenge that they claim is impossible to crack. Devised in 1850, the Queens Puzzle ...

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Scientists discover why men are better than women at Scrabble - The Australian

Chess Research - Sun, 09/03/2017 - 21:20

The Australian

Scientists discover why men are better than women at Scrabble
The Australian
Unlike with games such as chess where male dominance could be argued to be a result of extremely low female participation, in Scrabble competitions there are generally slightly more women than men. Despite this, the upper divisions are dominated by men ...

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Qatar crisis shakes East Africa - The Detroit News

Chess Research - Sun, 09/03/2017 - 07:18

The Detroit News

Qatar crisis shakes East Africa
The Detroit News
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Though far-removed from the Gulf, East Africa has been shaken by the Arab diplomatic crisis gripping Qatar. In recent years both Qatar and the other energy-rich nations arrayed against it have made inroads in the Horn of ...

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Keeping an eye on the ball while enjoying the company - Impartial Reporter

Chess Research - Sun, 09/03/2017 - 05:06

Impartial Reporter

Keeping an eye on the ball while enjoying the company
Impartial Reporter
The Summer Scheme is open to any older person aged 60 and over and includes a range of games and activities, such as Boccia, New Age Kurling, chess, Jenga, walks and basic first aid awareness. Each weekly session ends with a cup of tea and a chat ...

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