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Life skills beyond the classroom can boost children's school performance - Greeley Tribune

Chess Research - Sun, 08/06/2017 - 01:21

Greeley Tribune

Life skills beyond the classroom can boost children's school performance
Greeley Tribune
Playing an instrument, pulling out the chess board or practicing martial arts may not directly make children smarter, but such activities — all fun on their own — can enhance a child's academic and long-term social success. For decades, some ...

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Chess Notes - The Boston Globe

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 08/05/2017 - 13:30

The Boston Globe

Chess Notes
The Boston Globe
The next stop on the Grand Chess Tour, the Sinquefield Cup, has begun at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (www.SaintLouisChessClub.org). This year's version features the return of world champion and chess's one true rock star, ...

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Chess Notes - The Boston Globe

In the News - Sat, 08/05/2017 - 13:30

The Boston Globe

Chess Notes
The Boston Globe
The next stop on the Grand Chess Tour, the Sinquefield Cup, has begun at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (www.SaintLouisChessClub.org). This year's version features the return of world champion and chess's one true rock star, ...

13 Artists to Follow on Instagram - MutualArt.com

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Sat, 08/05/2017 - 02:04

13 Artists to Follow on Instagram
MutualArt.com
Marcel Dzama's Instagram is a visual delight, offering a regularly-updated stream of the intricate ink and watercolor drawings for which the Canadian artist has become renowned, alongside regular glimpses inside his New York City studio. Nature, and ...

David Lowery and Casey Affleck on walk-outs, ghosts in bedsheets and 2017's strangest film - Telegraph.co.uk

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Sat, 08/05/2017 - 01:03

Telegraph.co.uk

David Lowery and Casey Affleck on walk-outs, ghosts in bedsheets and 2017's strangest film
Telegraph.co.uk
As an adult, he'd thrilled at the phantasmagorical menageries of Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animator, the Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and the Canadian cult artist Marcel Dzama. “You can trace it back to Halloween, E.T. and Charlie ...

Pawns Don't Equal Points In Sinquefield Rd. 3 - Chess.com

In the News - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 20:12

Pawns Don't Equal Points In Sinquefield Rd. 3
Chess.com
Austin Fuller, Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. "I was thinking the game is effectively over, but you don't like to resign on move 20," Svidler said. He was particularly perturbed that he was getting outplayed in an opening that he's ...

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Pawns Don't Equal Points In Sinquefield Rd. 3 - Chess.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 20:12

Chess.com

Pawns Don't Equal Points In Sinquefield Rd. 3
Chess.com
Austin Fuller, Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. "I was thinking the game is effectively over, but you don't like to resign on move 20," Svidler said. He was particularly perturbed that he was getting outplayed in an opening that he's ...

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Swallow-tailed kite named 'Apopka' migrates with virtual companionship - Orlando Sentinel

Chess Research - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 13:58

Swallow-tailed kite named 'Apopka' migrates with virtual companionship
Orlando Sentinel
Gina Kent, in red, is a research ecologist with Avian Research and Conservation Institute. About to release Apopka. Holding the bird is Carol McCorkle, co-founder of the Avian Reconditioning Center for Birds of Prey. Gina Kent, in red, is a research ...

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National chess tournament won by Alabama player, local results and games - AL.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 10:01

AL.com

National chess tournament won by Alabama player, local results and games
AL.com
Rochelle is the current World Cadets Girls Under 10 Champion, Alabama scholastic champion, one of the top 100 rated female players in the nation, and number 15 in the world for girls (under 12) according to the World Chess Federation's ranking. In ...

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National chess tournament won by Alabama player, local results and games - AL.com

In the News - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 10:01

AL.com

National chess tournament won by Alabama player, local results and games
AL.com
Held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, the top players in the world will compete for $300,000 in prize money, tour points, and the coveted title of the 2017 Sinquefield Cup Champion. Two chess legends are participating: World ...

Printing a legacy: College Street Printing Co. running strong after 130 years - Waxahachie Daily Light

Chess Research - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 09:42

Waxahachie Daily Light

Printing a legacy: College Street Printing Co. running strong after 130 years
Waxahachie Daily Light
“And the owner of the Ringling Brothers of Barnum and Bailey circus, when he was in Dallas he would sneak off and come down here to the shop and play chess because Middleton and he were avid chess players. This guy did all kinds of stuff like that.”.

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Pawns Don't Equal Points In Sinquefield Rd. 3 - Chess.com

In the News - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 02:00
Pawns Don't Equal Points In Sinquefield Rd. 3  Chess.com

After two rounds of more wins than draws, nobody parked his car in the winner's circle after round three of the 2017 Sinquefield Cup. Despite the five draws, ...

Just 14, US junior girls' chess champion hails from Northern Virginia - WTOP

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 02:00
Just 14, US junior girls' chess champion hails from Northern Virginia  WTOP

Akshita Gorti won the U.S. Junior Girls' Chess Championship and has become one of the best female players in America. Next up? High school.

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Just 14, US junior girl's chess champion hails from Northern Virginia - WTOP

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 08/04/2017 - 00:28

WTOP

Just 14, US junior girl's chess champion hails from Northern Virginia
WTOP
CHANTILLY, Va. — Earlier this spring, the story of a Baltimore middle schooler winning a national chess championship took off like wildfire around the corners of the local news world. The only problem was, while it was a nice story, it wasn't exactly ...

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Trump Vows 'Fire and Fury' If North Korea Threatens US - Bloomberg

Chess Research - Thu, 08/03/2017 - 19:42

Bloomberg

Trump Vows 'Fire and Fury' If North Korea Threatens US
Bloomberg
Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal · China Regenerative's Stem Cell Research Sparks Hope · ABN Amro CEO Says Bank Saw Growth Across the Board · Aluminum Leaps to $2000 a Ton · Tillerson: Trump Uses Language N. Korea Understands ...

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49ers' love of game versus reality of research - SFGate

Chess Research - Thu, 08/03/2017 - 19:33

49ers' love of game versus reality of research
SFGate
On the same day news of the study broke, wide receiver Andrew Hawkins, 31, announced he was retiring from the NFL after six seasons and donating his brain to concussion research. Hawkins said his body wasn't responding during the offseason after he ...

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World team shows dominance at St. Louis tournament | KBIA - KBIA

In the News - Thu, 08/03/2017 - 17:24

KBIA

World team shows dominance at St. Louis tournament | KBIA
KBIA
In an attempt to popularize chess and help it reach wider audiences, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis hosted the Match of the.

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World team shows dominance at St. Louis tournament - KBIA

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 08/03/2017 - 17:10

KBIA

World team shows dominance at St. Louis tournament
KBIA
Tatev Abrahamyan started playing chess at 8 after her father took her to the 1996 Chess Olympiad in Yerevan, Armenia. There she met grandmaster Judit Polgar, arguably the greatest female player of all time and the only woman in the tournament ...

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