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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion - PR Newswire (press release)
PR Newswire (press release)
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine intense days of competition against the most elite chess players in the world, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as the champion of the ...
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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion - PR Newswire (press release)
PR Newswire (press release)
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine intense days of competition against the most elite chess players in the world, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) crowned Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as the champion of the ...
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'It knew what you were going to do next': AI learns from pro gamers — then crushes them - Washington Post
Washington Post
Washington Post
For decades, the world's smartest game-playing humans have been racking up losses to increasingly sophisticated forms of artificial intelligence. The defeats began in the 1990s when Deep Blue conquered chess master Garry Kasparov. In May, Ke Jie ...
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Chess legend Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return - The Times of Israel
The Times of Israel
The Times of Israel
Grandmaster chess player Garry Kasparov, left, makes the first move as he plays grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the opening round of the Grand Chess Tour at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis, August 14, 2017. (AFP/BILL ...
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All eyes on Garry Kasparov as former champion returns to chess after 12 yearsFirstpost
Chess: Kasparov ties Karjakin in first comeback matchChannel NewsAsia
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Maxime Maximus — Vachier-Lagrave bests elite field at Sinquefield - Washington Times
Washington Times
With the best result of his career, French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave topped a world-class field to win the 5th Sinquefield Cup, with an undefeated score of 6-3 at the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center. A half-point back in the 10-grandmaster ...
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Chess legend Garry Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return - Hindustan Times
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Hindustan Times
The 54-year-old Kasparov, whose genius has left a wide mark on the history of chess, has briefly come out of retirement “kicking and fighting” to compete this week at the Rapid and Blitz tournament in St. Louis. It remains to be seen whether he can ...
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: All eyes on Garry Kasparov as former champion returns to chess after 12 yearsFirstpost
Chess: Kasparov ties Karjakin in first comeback matchChannel NewsAsia
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Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion - PR Newswire
Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Named 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion - PR Newswire
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The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament - Markets Insider
Markets Insider
Last year, the Executive Director of the CCSCSL introduced The House of Staunton owner and founder, Frank Camaratta, at the tournament, praising The House of Staunton chess sets as "quite possibly, the most beautiful chess sets I've ever seen.
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The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament - Markets Insider
Markets Insider
This year, the world's top ten players met at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis in early August to compete in nine grueling rounds of chess. This year's tournament ended on the 12th of August, and the winner will receive $75,000 and ...
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The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament - Markets Insider
Markets Insider
Last year, the Executive Director of the CCSCSL introduced The House of Staunton owner and founder, Frank Camaratta, at the tournament, praising The House of Staunton chess sets as "quite possibly, the most beautiful chess sets I've ever seen.
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Nick's English Hut honored by Mayor Hamilton - Indiana Daily Student
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana Daily Student
Cristian Medina, president of the Bloomington Indiana Scholastic Chess Club, said he asked Nick's if he could set up a few tables for the chess club at the block party and was pleased when they said yes. “I've been in Bloomington for 12 years,” Medina ...
The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament - Broadway World
Broadway World
This year, the world's top ten players met at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis in early August to compete in nine grueling rounds of chess. This year's tournament ended on the 12th of August, and the winner will receive $75,000 and ...
The House of Staunton Debuted New Commemorative Chess Set at Sinquefield Cup Chess Tournament - Broadway World
Broadway World
Last year, the Executive Director of the CCSCSL introduced The House of Staunton owner and founder, Frank Camaratta, at the tournament, praising The House of Staunton chess sets as "quite possibly, the most beautiful chess sets I've ever seen.
Elisa Cooper: A gifted intellectual and a Berkeley activist - Berkeleyside
Berkeleyside
Despite the setbacks of her early life, she became a local chess champion and took the initiative to apply for a scholarship to a private school for a year of college preparation. Out of her class at her ... Elisa entered the University of California ...
Did Elon Musk's AI champ destroy humans at video games? It's complicated - The Verge
The Verge
The Verge
First, we need to look at Musk's claim that Dota is “vastly more complex than traditional board games like chess & Go.” This is ... Brockman's response is that this sort of skill is trivial for an AI to learn, and was never the focus of OpenAI's ...
A bot just defeated one of the world's best video gamersCNNMoney
Elon Musk's $1 billion AI startup made a surprise appearance at a $24 million video game tournament — and crushed ...Business Insider
Elon Musk heralds the future of AI as a Dota 2 bot beats a human champPC Gamer
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