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Teachers learn how to apply chess to math, science - The Commercial Appeal
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The Commercial Appeal
King has been playing chess since he was in middle school in Nashville, Tenn. He played scholastic chess in high school. After college, he taught private chess lessons in New York City. He holds the rank of National Master by the Unites States Chess ...
Why Do Dictators Hate Chess? Garry Kasparov Explains Vladimir Putin. - Slate Magazine
Slate Magazine
Slate Magazine
Jacob Weisberg: I was doing a little research and I came upon this headline from CNN, Oct. 21, “Kasparov: Russia Absolutely Trying to Elect Trump.” And there are more like this. I mean, you were saying this all fall. And now you're hearing people ...
9 questions about Russia you were too embarrassed to askVox
Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such ...Twitter
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Study Shows Potential for Themed Hotels in Mainland China - Blooloop
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Blooloop
Postdoctoral Fellow Philipp Wassler and Associate Professor Kam Hung of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a co-author in a recently published research article have suggested that there is an ...
Poor Vision Linked to Physical Decline, Cognitive Problems in Older Adults - PsychCentral.com
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PsychCentral.com
The researchers also asked how often the participants read, wrote, played music, worked on crossword puzzles, did memory training, played card games, board games, or chess, and how frequently they engaged in social activities. Participants were asked ...
OTC Stock Runner: What's Ahead for CHESS SUPERSITE CORPORATION (CHZP) - Thorold News
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Thorold News
Another concern related to OTC stocks is that it is difficult to research on these stocks, as not enough statistical data is published. These companies are classically smaller in size or have witnessed some problems or issues. Cautious investors will ...
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Woodall students medal at TU chess tournament - Tahlequah Daily Press
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Tahlequah Daily Press
17, Woodall School chess team members Payton Smith, Cannon Smith, Tilon RattlingGourd, Case McDonald, and Jahleel Douglas competed in the Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Organization's University of Tulsa University School Chess Tournament at the ...
St. Bernard School wins Olean Scholastic Chess Tournament - Bradford Era
Teachers learn how to apply chess to math, science - The Commercial Appeal
While most students were counting down the days to the winter break, a dedicated group of DeSoto County Schools teachers were in class learning more about ...
What it takes to be a great chess player - ResearchGate - ResearchGate (blog)
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Insights from psychological science tell us how to excel at chess. By Guillermo Campitelli The world chess champion, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, is 26 years...
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Humans Will Be Marrying Robots By 2050 Says AI Expert - Geek
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Geek
You might recognize Levy's name, either because of his chess-playing prowess or his decades-long involvement with artificial intelligence research. Levy, who happens to be a very good friend of computing pioneer Clive Sinclair, says that humans and ...
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Best and Worst of Dallas Arts and Culture in 2016 - Dallas Observer
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Dallas Observer
This summer, 15-year-old Jeffery Xiong of Plano won the World Junior Chess Championship in Bhubaneswar, India, to become the second youngest chess grandmaster in United States history. His friend, Ruifeng Li, placed third (Li is also from Plano ...
UVM Researchers Measure Emotion in Stories - Seven Days
Seven Days
Seven Days
His blog post includes a delightfully irreverent 1985 video of the author illustrating basic story shapes. In it, Vonnegut declares facetiously, "Computers can now play chess, so I don't know why they can't digest this very difficult curve I'm going to ...
For older adults, poor vision can lead to physical decline and cognitive problems - EurekAlert (press release)
EurekAlert (press release)
The researchers also asked how often the participants read, wrote, played music, worked on crossword puzzles, did memory training, played card games, board games, or chess, and how frequently they engaged in social activities. Participants were asked ...
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PolyU Study Finds Mainland China Lagging in Hotel Theming - Hospitality Net
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By investigating the views of hoteliers from the Chinese mainland, the researchers offer an insightful perspective on the possibilities for hotel theming in the country, identifying various opportunities for themed hotels to gain competitive advantages ...
Chess Is Smart And Sexy! The Mysterious Psychology Of Chess ... - Science 2.0
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Science 2.0
The top picture is of former European Women's Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk. It is there to show chess has become quite sexy. Magnus Carlsen has ...
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Nature.com
News like that doesn't stay under wraps for long, but the discovery was so momentous that the research team took nearly five months to analyse data from the two Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors in Washington state ...
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Bobby Fischer's winning chess tips, Alabama tournament roundup - AL.com
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AL.com
Young chess players concentrate on developing their middlegame plans and organize attacks against their opponent's king during the recent Dancing Knights tournament. Alabama's scholastic tournaments provide excellent training to build chess skills and ...
Pocket chess of Bobby Fischer.. - Chess.com
Chess club still going strong - Herald and News
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Herald and News
Several schools from elementary to high schools in Klamath Falls have chess clubs. Players of school age are rated separately from adults. They are designated as Scholastic players (under age 18) and there are many talented and highly enthusiastic ...