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Hyderabad University research projects bags Rs113 cr funding - Hindu Business Line

Chess Research - Sat, 03/04/2017 - 06:58

Hindu Business Line

Hyderabad University research projects bags Rs113 cr funding
Hindu Business Line
Strategic research projects at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) Centre-ARCHEM supported by the Defence Ministry will get a whopping Rs. 113 crore funding for the next five years. The University, among the top five in the country will very soon become ...

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The Share Trading Style Chess Grandmasters Use - Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition

Chess Research - Fri, 03/03/2017 - 17:02

Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition

The Share Trading Style Chess Grandmasters Use
Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition
His opponent, Deep Blue, was a chess computer birthed in an IBM research lab. On 11 May 1997, the two squared off against one another in a chess match. This wasn't the first time Kasparov had pitted his wits against computers. Or Deep Blue for that matter.

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Students Attend Chess Tournament In Edmond - Ponca City News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 03/03/2017 - 16:08

Ponca City News

Students Attend Chess Tournament In Edmond
Ponca City News
The FLS Chess Club is open to all students in Ponca City, grades first through 12th and currently has 20 active members from eight different schools. The FLS Chess Club meets weekly on Tuesday evenings from 5:307:30 p.m., come and go, in the First ...

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24 Hours in the Central West End: A Day in St. Louis' Most Cosmopolitan Neighborhood - Riverfront Times

In the News - Fri, 03/03/2017 - 15:10

Riverfront Times

24 Hours in the Central West End: A Day in St. Louis' Most Cosmopolitan Neighborhood
Riverfront Times
When the world pictures St. Louis, they picture the Arch. The Cardinals. Toasted ravioli. People aren't likely to imagine the world's largest chess piece, top-notch shopping or clubs where you can salsa dance the night away, but we have that, too ...

An Art Lover's Guide to St. Louis - Riverfront Times

World Chess Hall of Fame - Fri, 03/03/2017 - 15:10

Riverfront Times

An Art Lover's Guide to St. Louis
Riverfront Times
Less obvious St. Louis attractions also invite this conversation, from the fearlessly surrealistic City Museum to the eclectic World Chess Hall of Fame. Though we've recently lost some forward-thinking spaces — RIP, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts ...

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Fujitsu envisions AI that thinks outside the box - Nikkei Asian Review

Chess Research - Fri, 03/03/2017 - 12:16

Fujitsu envisions AI that thinks outside the box
Nikkei Asian Review
TOKYO -- Tech company Fujitsu aims to develop creative artificial intelligence that works in unfamiliar scenarios, tackling this project with a state-backed institution to try to give Japanese AI research a leg up on competition overseas. This type of ...

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Reading at the library - Harrison Daily (subscription)

Chess Research - Fri, 03/03/2017 - 12:11

Reading at the library
Harrison Daily (subscription)
Programs and activities at the Boone County Library for March. The BCL is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays and from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursdays and from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday.

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Around the region, March 3, 2017 - Republican & Herald

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 03/03/2017 - 03:02

Around the region, March 3, 2017
Republican & Herald
n Pottsville: Nativity BVM High School, 1 Lawtons Hill, will host the 2017 Schuylkill County Scholastic Chess Tournament set for 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 8. The entry fee is $10. The event is open to all county students — including those home-schooled.

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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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