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US chess champion is now ranked No. 2 in the world. Opponents fear he's still getting better. - Washington Post

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 06/05/2017 - 11:32

Washington Post

US chess champion is now ranked No. 2 in the world. Opponents fear he's still getting better.
Washington Post
“It always looks like he's half playing the game and half thinking about a pleasant memory,” said Tony Rich, the executive director of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, the organizing body for the U.S. title event. Rich finds So “self ...

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Dining for Women supports charities for women, girls - Torrington Register Citizen

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 06/05/2017 - 11:22

Dining for Women supports charities for women, girls
Torrington Register Citizen
Floyd-Ransom used the grant to buy chess boards and age-appropriate chess books. She has since parlayed that stipend into attracting other donors, increasing club membership and organizing the mid-April D.C. All Girls Scholastic Chess Tournament at the ...

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Sayrs following career she explored in CSRI - Cornell College News

Chess Research - Mon, 06/05/2017 - 10:54

Cornell College News

Sayrs following career she explored in CSRI
Cornell College News
Kat Sayrs '17 spent last summer creating a computer game to help students learn French through the Cornell Summer Research Institute (CSRI), and now she's moving into a full time programming job in either software or web development. The French and ...

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Free chess exhibit to open in St. John at Magic House summer satellite location - STLtoday.com

World Chess Hall of Fame - Mon, 06/05/2017 - 02:00
Free chess exhibit to open in St. John at Magic House summer satellite location  STLtoday.com

Kings, Queens & Castles, for kids ages 3 to 11, will open June 12 at the St. John Municipal Center.

Free chess exhibit to open in St. John at Magic House summer satellite location - STLtoday.com

World Chess Hall of Fame - Mon, 06/05/2017 - 02:00
Free chess exhibit to open in St. John at Magic House summer satellite location  STLtoday.com

Kings, Queens & Castles, for kids ages 3 to 11, will open June 12 at the St. John Municipal Center.

Free chess exhibit to open in St. John at Magic House summer satellite location - STLtoday.com

World Chess Hall of Fame - Mon, 06/05/2017 - 02:00
Free chess exhibit to open in St. John at Magic House summer satellite location  STLtoday.com

Kings, Queens & Castles, for kids ages 3 to 11, will open June 12 at the St. John Municipal Center.

Artificial Intelligence is like Riding a Bicycle - HuffPost

Chess Research - Sun, 06/04/2017 - 12:46

HuffPost

Artificial Intelligence is like Riding a Bicycle
HuffPost
I've met Gary Kasparov a few times, and I've heard first-hand his story of facing off across the chess board against IBM's Deep Blue in 1997. (Short version: it was stressful). This was a rematch of sorts, with different champions on both sides and a ...

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To Sir (or Madame) with Love - Longview News-Journal (blog)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 06/04/2017 - 08:35

Longview News-Journal (blog)

To Sir (or Madame) with Love
Longview News-Journal (blog)
... credit recovery program has ever witnessed. Within the credit recovery program, this one became the first and only USCF-rated scholastic chess player at a local tournament. A team "force of one", he declared himself a "Rising Knight" and so it was ...

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Garry Kasparov advice for young chess players - Business Insider - Business Insider

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 06/04/2017 - 07:00

Business Insider

Garry Kasparov advice for young chess players - Business Insider
Business Insider
And to that end, Business Insider asked him in an interview what advice he has for young players who want to play the game seriously. "Look, I would say, you ...

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Former world champion Garry Kasparov shares his advice for young chess players - Business Insider

In the News - Sun, 06/04/2017 - 07:00

Business Insider

Former world champion Garry Kasparov shares his advice for young chess players
Business Insider
And to that end, Business Insider asked him in an interview what advice he has for young players who want to play the game seriously. "Look, I would say, you have a unique chance of learning more about the game of chess with your computer than Bobby ...

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Is AI the end of jobs, or a new beginning? - Idaho Statesman

Chess Research - Sat, 06/03/2017 - 23:58

Idaho Statesman

Is AI the end of jobs, or a new beginning?
Idaho Statesman
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is advancing so rapidly that even its developers are being caught off-guard. Google co-founder Sergey Brin said in Davos, Switzerland, in January that it “touches every single one of our main projects, ranging from ...

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20 Years after Deep Blue: How AI Has Advanced Since Conquering Chess - Scientific American

Chess Research - Fri, 06/02/2017 - 05:47

Scientific American

20 Years after Deep Blue: How AI Has Advanced Since Conquering Chess
Scientific American
That seemingly small victory “was very important to us to show that we were on the right track,” says Deep Blue AI expert Murray Campbell, now a distinguished research staff member in the AI Foundations group within IBM T. J. Watson Research Center's ...

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This Week In Race: Art Angst, A Chess Champ, Ramadan Feasts - SDPB Radio

Chess Research - Fri, 06/02/2017 - 03:01

SDPB Radio

This Week In Race: Art Angst, A Chess Champ, Ramadan Feasts
SDPB Radio
Obama is bypassing the National Archives and Records Administration just so he can build the kind of complex he wants for this mostly-black South Side neighborhood. One that is for regular-people, more accessible and less focused on research historians.

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This Week In Race: Art Angst, A Chess Champ, Ramadan Feasts - NPR

Chess Research - Fri, 06/02/2017 - 03:01

NPR

This Week In Race: Art Angst, A Chess Champ, Ramadan Feasts
NPR
Obama is bypassing the National Archives and Records Administration just so he can build the kind of complex he wants for this mostly-black South Side neighborhood. One that is for regular-people, more accessible and less focused on research historians.

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