You are here

Feed aggregator

Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black - Webster Kirkwood Times

World Chess Hall of Fame - Wed, 02/08/2017 - 01:47

Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black
Webster Kirkwood Times
Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.), at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. Cost is $10; $5 for WCHOF members. Reservations recommended.

and more »

Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black - West End Word

World Chess Hall of Fame - Wed, 02/08/2017 - 01:40

Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black
West End Word
Crafts & Cocktails: Natural History Preservation with Lady Von Black will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.), at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. Cost is $10; $5 for WCHOF members. Reservations recommended.

and more »

Machines can predict our intelligence - Cambridge News

Chess Research - Tue, 02/07/2017 - 06:41

Cambridge News

Machines can predict our intelligence
Cambridge News
So the researchers looked at the top 50 images perceived as most intelligent, and found such visual cues in the photos as business clothing, books, chess, music and formal dining, while the bottom 50 images for perceived intelligence had such visual ...

Categories: Chess Research

10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW: Today's guide to the obscure, the possibly relevant and things in between - The Bakersfield Californian

Chess Research - Mon, 02/06/2017 - 18:15

The Bakersfield Californian

10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW: Today's guide to the obscure, the possibly relevant and things in between
The Bakersfield Californian
Hou Yifan, the top-ranked female chess player in the world, threw a game after just five moves in her tenth and final match at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival to protest the “unbelievable and weird pairings” against other female players. Steven ...

Categories: Chess Research

Area fifth grader wins chess championship for Mid-Atlantic area - Daily Local News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 02/06/2017 - 18:02

Daily Local News

Area fifth grader wins chess championship for Mid-Atlantic area
Daily Local News
Karthik Murugan, a fifth grader at Pickering Valley Elementary School in the Downingtown Area School District, won a section championship in the ninth annual Greater Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Chess Championships in Baltimore, Maryland this past Saturday.

Categories: Scholastic Chess

Area fifth grader wins chess championship for Mid-Atlantic area - Daily Local News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 02/06/2017 - 18:00

Area fifth grader wins chess championship for Mid-Atlantic area
Daily Local News
Karthik Murugan, a fifth grader at Pickering Valley Elementary School in the Downingtown Area School District, won a section championship in the ninth annual Greater Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Chess Championships in Baltimore, Maryland this past Saturday.

Categories: Scholastic Chess

Turning the Tide Against Cholera - New York Times

Chess Research - Mon, 02/06/2017 - 14:26

New York Times

Turning the Tide Against Cholera
New York Times
The ICDDR,B was originally the Cholera Research Laboratory, founded in 1960 by the United States as part of that era's “soft diplomacy.” Research hospitals were built in friendly countries both to save lives locally and to act as sentinels for diseases ...

Categories: Chess Research

SITI Company's John Cage-Inspired Play CHESS MATCH NO. 5 Headed to Abingdon This Spring - Broadway World

Chess Research - Mon, 02/06/2017 - 12:47

SITI Company's John Cage-Inspired Play CHESS MATCH NO. 5 Headed to Abingdon This Spring
Broadway World
CHESS MATCH NO. 5 is a new play based on texts from the many public conversations with American composer, writer, artist, and philosopher John Cage. SITI actors Will Bond and Ellen Lauren embody the dramatic journey of a long-term relationship over the ...

Categories: Chess Research

MES is chess region co-champion, MMS and homeschoolers state-bound - Murray Ledger and Times

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 02/06/2017 - 07:10

MES is chess region co-champion, MMS and homeschoolers state-bound
Murray Ledger and Times
MARION – The Murray Elementary School chess team won the K-3 division co-championship of the Quad A region Saturday, and Murray Middle School and the Calloway Home School group also earned berths to the state scholastic chess team ...

Categories: Scholastic Chess

The CEO of Google DeepMind is worried that tech giants won't work together at the time of the intelligence explosion - Business Insider

Chess Research - Mon, 02/06/2017 - 06:46

Business Insider

The CEO of Google DeepMind is worried that tech giants won't work together at the time of the intelligence explosion
Business Insider
But it's important that technology companies and individuals are open and transparent about their AI research, according to Hassabis. When superintelligence is close to being developed, the Cambridge graduate and chess grandmaster said that there might ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Blockchain as a Geopolitical Tool - CoinDesk

Chess Research - Mon, 02/06/2017 - 05:12

CoinDesk

Blockchain as a Geopolitical Tool
CoinDesk
The flourishing communities of academia and research, a favorable tax regime, and the push to attract FinTech and blockchain startups all point to a strategy of strengthening the emirates' position as a financial and technology hub. Assuming it ...

Google News
Categories: Chess Research

Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brain - The Durango Herald

Chess Research - Mon, 02/06/2017 - 02:15

The Durango Herald

Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brain
The Durango Herald
The study looked at five types of activities that are thought to help keep the mind sharp: computer use; making crafts; playing games including chess or bridge; going to movies or other types of socializing; and reading books. The idea was to see if ...

Categories: Chess Research

“Uncharted territory:” Wisconsin set to determine if betting on fantasy sports is gambling - fox6now.com

Chess Research - Sun, 02/05/2017 - 23:01

“Uncharted territory:” Wisconsin set to determine if betting on fantasy sports is gambling
fox6now.com
MILWAUKEE — While football season is officially over, fantasy sports are not. You can place bets right now on the NBA, NHL, soccer, golf, even NASCAR. But are those bets legal in Wisconsin? It all boils down to a question of luck versus skill. Playing ...

Google News
Categories: Chess Research

Micheal Hugh Vernon - Lewiston Morning Tribune (subscription)

Chess Research - Sun, 02/05/2017 - 18:58

Lewiston Morning Tribune (subscription)

Micheal Hugh Vernon
Lewiston Morning Tribune (subscription)
The family suggests memorials be made to The Cancer Research Institute, the Lewis-Clark Animal Shelter, or the Lewis-Clark State College Foundation. Micheal was passionate about chess, fly fishing, mathematics, poker, camping, espresso, his wife, his ...

Categories: Chess Research

When IBM First Got People Worried About The Impact Of AI On Jobs - Forbes

Chess Research - Sun, 02/05/2017 - 11:20

Forbes

When IBM First Got People Worried About The Impact Of AI On Jobs
Forbes
Chess enthusiasts watch World Chess champion Garry Kasparov on a television monitor as he holds his head in his hands at the start of the sixth and final match 11 May 1997 against IBM's Deep Blue computer in New York. Kasparov lost this match in just ...

Categories: Chess Research

Bershidsky: Poker-winning machine is no threat to humans - MetroWest Daily News

Chess Research - Sun, 02/05/2017 - 05:16

MetroWest Daily News

Bershidsky: Poker-winning machine is no threat to humans
MetroWest Daily News
The chess game tree has 10 to the 120th degree nodes. ... As Matej Moravcik and his team of Canadian and Czech researchers wrote in a January 2017 paper describing DeepStack, a piece of software they developed that bests professional poker players:.
Why poker-winning artificial intelligence is not a threat to humansThe Denver Post
How computers were finally able to best poker prosReading Eagle

all 14 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

Research shows games, crafts, other activities might safeguard ... - The Japan News

Chess Research - Sat, 02/04/2017 - 20:24

WAVY-TV

Research shows games, crafts, other activities might safeguard ...
The Japan News
CHICAGO — Even in your 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing can stave off mental decline, new research ...
Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brainThe South Florida Times

all 2 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

Why poker-winning artificial intelligence is not a threat to humans - The Denver Post

Chess Research - Sat, 02/04/2017 - 18:00

The Denver Post

Why poker-winning artificial intelligence is not a threat to humans
The Denver Post
The chess game tree has 10 to the 120th degree nodes. ... As Matej Moravcik and his team of Canadian and Czech researchers wrote in a January 2017 paper describing DeepStack, a piece of software they developed that bests professional poker players:.
How computers were finally able to best poker pros - The ...Washington Post
A poker-winning machine is no threat | IOLIndependent Online

all 13 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

Pages