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Burnie Chess Club member scores national award - The Advocate

Chess Research - Fri, 03/03/2017 - 00:42

The Advocate

Burnie Chess Club member scores national award
The Advocate
Mr Ledger joined the Burnie Chess Club in 1945, at the age of 15. He was elected Secretary-Treasurer in 1952, and served on the executive team almost continually before his retirement in 2012. Tasmanian Chess Association President Denis McMahon said ...

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Chelsea Girls Chess Team Wins First-Ever State Championship - DNAinfo

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 16:15

DNAinfo

Chelsea Girls Chess Team Wins First-Ever State Championship
DNAinfo
The team also placed first at the Connecticut State Girls' Scholastic Chess Championships this past January. “For these young girls, it's a tremendous confidence boost. It's being part of a community, it's learning how to be in a competitive ...

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Poker-playing AI program first to beat pros at no-limit Texas hold 'em - Science Daily

Chess Research - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 14:31

Science Daily

Poker-playing AI program first to beat pros at no-limit Texas hold 'em
Science Daily
In a historic result for the flourishing AI research community, the team -- which includes researchers from Charles University in Prague and Czech Technical University -- has developed an AI system called DeepStack that defeated professional poker ...
Winning against a computer isn't in the cards for poker pros ...Science News
Time to Fold, Humans: Poker-Playing AI Beats Pros at Texas Hold'emScientific American
How rival bots battled their way to poker supremacyNature.com
Calgary Herald -The Star Online -The Globe and Mail
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Winning against a computer isn't in the cards for poker pros - Science News

Chess Research - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 13:01

Science News

Winning against a computer isn't in the cards for poker pros
Science News
... scientist Murray Campbell, one of the creators of Deep Blue, the computer that bested chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997. DeepStack “had a huge margin of victory,” says Campbell, of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, ...
Time to Fold, Humans: Poker-Playing AI Beats Pros at Texas Hold'emScientific American
AI is Now 10 Times Better Than a Professional Poker PlayerInverse
Skill trumps luckEurekAlert (press release)
ResearchGate (blog) -Times Colonist -Daily Mail
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On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools - St. Louis Public Radio

In the News - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 12:56

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools
St. Louis Public Radio
“St. Louis C.H.E.S.S. Cops truly exhibits the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis's positive involvement in the community and current affairs,” said Tony Rich, CCSCSL executive director. “It is a prime example of how chess can teach ...

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On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 12:56

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools
St. Louis Public Radio
The program is a collaborative effort between the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis and the St. Louis Public Schools. The initiative, which started Feb. 22, pairs St. Louis police officers with ...

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On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools - St. Louis Public Radio

CCSCSL News Feed - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 12:56

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools
St. Louis Public Radio
“St. Louis C.H.E.S.S. Cops truly exhibits the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis's positive involvement in the community and current affairs,” said Tony Rich, CCSCSL executive director. “It is a prime example of how chess can teach ...

Understanding the animal, not just its parts - Speaking of Research

Chess Research - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 08:40

Speaking of Research

Understanding the animal, not just its parts
Speaking of Research
Although both publications neglected to discuss the diversity of neuroscience, the main theme of the scientific publication was to change the way scientists interested in the integration of physiology and behavior approach their research questions. Too ...

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How to make your kid good at anything, according to a world expert on peak performance - Quartz

Chess Research - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 03:15

How to make your kid good at anything, according to a world expert on peak performance
Quartz
In the journal, one group of researchers reanalyzed six studies involving chess and eight involving music to determine how much of the performance variance could be accounted for by deliberate practice. In both fields, less than half of the variance in ...

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Arlington Public Library news - Wicked Local Arlington

Chess Research - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 02:19

Wicked Local Arlington

Arlington Public Library news
Wicked Local Arlington
Let's Play Chess!: 3:15-4 p.m. Monday, March 6-April 10, Robbins Library Community Room. Learn how to play chess in this wonderful six-week program at the Robbins Library. Learn chess basics as well as important strategic ideas and tactics to improve ...

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On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools - St. Louis Public Radio

CCSCSL News Feed - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 02:00
On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools  St. Louis Public Radio

The current climate of community and police relations in our country has forced law enforcement agencies to examine what tactics work well and what areas.

On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools - St. Louis Public Radio

In the News - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 02:00
On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools  St. Louis Public Radio

The current climate of community and police relations in our country has forced law enforcement agencies to examine what tactics work well and what areas.

On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools - St. Louis Public Radio

CCSCSL News Feed - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 02:00
On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools  St. Louis Public Radio

The current climate of community and police relations in our country has forced law enforcement agencies to examine what tactics work well and what areas.

On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools - St. Louis Public Radio

In the News - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 02:00
On Chess: Chess cops! City of St. Louis police work with students in public schools  St. Louis Public Radio

The current climate of community and police relations in our country has forced law enforcement agencies to examine what tactics work well and what areas.

Go Guide - Paducah Sun

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 03/02/2017 - 00:54

Go Guide
Paducah Sun
State Scholastic Chess Championships: 8:30 a.m., MSU Paducah Regional Campus Crisp Center, $20, 4430 Sunset Ave., 270-442-4753. Read Across America: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kentucky Oaks Mall, 5101 Hinkleville Road, 270-444-0440. "Annie": 4 to 6 p.m., ...

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