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On Chess: The brightest minds in the chess world showdown in St. Louis - St. Louis Public Radio

In the News - Wed, 11/02/2016 - 02:00
On Chess: The brightest minds in the chess world showdown in St. Louis  St. Louis Public Radio

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis has been the epicenter of chess momentum in the United States since its inception. The magnitude of the.

Holiday Folk Fair International To Feature Special Events - urbanmilwaukee (press release)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 11/01/2016 - 16:38

urbanmilwaukee (press release)

Holiday Folk Fair International To Feature Special Events
urbanmilwaukee (press release)
... light refreshments, and free Holiday Folk Fair International admission. Online registration is at www.folkfair.org, or call the Holiday Folk Fair International at 414-225-6225. The Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation will conduct a tournament on ...

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Artificial intelligence: Why we must learn from climate-change disasters to stop AI becoming the next big catastrophe - ZDNet

Chess Research - Tue, 11/01/2016 - 05:25

ZDNet

Artificial intelligence: Why we must learn from climate-change disasters to stop AI becoming the next big catastrophe
ZDNet
... might lead to. Professor Luciano Floridi, director of research and professor of philosophy and ethics of information at Oxford University's Internet Institute, likens it to a game of chess: you don't just take it one step at a time, but aim to plan ...

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China official hints at scrapping party age limit - Financial Times

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 22:48

Financial Times

China official hints at scrapping party age limit
Financial Times
China could scrap an informal rule barring its top Communist party officials from beginning a new term at age 68, a senior official hinted — a move that could open the door for anti-corruption tsar Wang Qishan to stay in office following next year's ...

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Passaic Valley-Cedar Grove Hockey Players Among Captains Honored by Devils Organization - TAPinto.net

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 15:38

Passaic Valley-Cedar Grove Hockey Players Among Captains Honored by Devils Organization
TAPinto.net
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The Food Allergy Research & Education's (FARE) Teal Pumpkin Project is geared toward making Halloween less trick and more treat for children with food allergies. FARE is the nation's ... Her hobbies are gymnastics and chess, .

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Clinton Campaign Chief John Podesta's Interest In UFOs is Out of This World - NBCNews.com

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 13:12

NBCNews.com

Clinton Campaign Chief John Podesta's Interest In UFOs is Out of This World
NBCNews.com
When hackers broke into Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's private email account, little did they know they were entering the Twilight Zone. There, amid the grist and gossip about the inner workings of the campaign — and some ...

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Clinton Campaign Chief John Podesta's Interst In UFOs is Out of This World - NBCNews.com

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 13:12

NBCNews.com

Clinton Campaign Chief John Podesta's Interst In UFOs is Out of This World
NBCNews.com
When hackers broke into Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's private email account, little did they know they were entering the Twilight Zone. There, amid the grist and gossip about the inner workings of the campaign — and some ...

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Women can be disqualified from chess tournaments for showing clevage - Metro

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 10:57

Metro

Women can be disqualified from chess tournaments for showing clevage
Metro
'It's nice to see chess players with short skirts — they are very pretty girls… But I believe there should still be some limit.' So yeah, a woman who wins a chess match can have her win overturned because she's got cleavage showing. But short skirts ...

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Donald Trump doesn't really give away money, and when he does, he benefits from it - Salon

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 09:00

Salon

Donald Trump doesn't really give away money, and when he does, he benefits from it
Salon
Or, the time that Trump was principal for a day at a Bronx public school that was $5,000 shy of a fund-raising goal to send some students to a chess tournament. Trump brough a fake million-dollar bill, gave them $200 in real life, and drove away in a ...

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ERIC's new logo pays homage to Vikings, London - Pensions & Investments

Chess Research - Sun, 10/30/2016 - 23:10

Pensions & Investments

ERIC's new logo pays homage to Vikings, London
Pensions & Investments
A logo with a Viking wearing a bowler hat that was designed for an online platform for financial research has won a silver award in a design competition in New York. Independent designer Oliver Haas was tasked with designing the first logo for ...

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Google researchers build networks that invent their own encryption - Christian Science Monitor

Chess Research - Sun, 10/30/2016 - 16:00

Christian Science Monitor

Google researchers build networks that invent their own encryption
Christian Science Monitor
By teaching two neural networks, nicknamed "Alice" and "Bob," to communicate with each other while keeping the contents of their messages secret from an adversarial third network, "Eve," the researchers effectively demonstrated that artificial ...
Google's AI just created its own form of encryptionZME Science
Google's neural networks invent their own encryptionNew Scientist
[1610.06918] Learning to Protect Communications with Adversarial Neural Cryptography - arXiv.orgarXiv.org

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A life of accomplishment: Judge Leighton turns 104 - SouthCoastToday.com

Chess Research - Sat, 10/29/2016 - 16:25

A life of accomplishment: Judge Leighton turns 104
SouthCoastToday.com
Leighton had a humble background as a boy raised by Cape Verdean immigrants from the island of Brava, growing up as an avid chess player in New Bedford and in the Cape Cod area, where he worked as a youngster on a cranberry bog. His last name was ...

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Has AI (Finally) Reached a Tipping Point? - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Chess Research - Fri, 10/28/2016 - 11:11

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Has AI (Finally) Reached a Tipping Point?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
After many years of promise and hype, AI seems to be finally reaching a tipping point of market acceptance. AI is now being applied to activities that not long ago were viewed as the exclusive domain of humans.“We're now accustomed to having ...

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Congress moves the chess pieces - Politico

Chess Research - Fri, 10/28/2016 - 09:02

Politico

Congress moves the chess pieces
Politico
ACOs EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION WITH IT: Accountable Care Organizations need IT to address population health, but aren't necessarily getting the IT tools they need, a report from Premier Research Institute supported by Robert Wood Johnson ...

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Rise & Shine: Are low-income families benefitting from city's special ed policy shift? - Chalkbeat New York

Chess Research - Fri, 10/28/2016 - 06:57

Rise & Shine: Are low-income families benefitting from city's special ed policy shift?
Chalkbeat New York
CHESS CLUB The Police Athletic League is offering students chess as part of its after-school program, fulfilling a vision of late Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson. NY1. LIFE ON MARS Bronx students got to check out a new virtual reality ...

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Chess Federation teaches kids to 'think a couple moves ahead' - Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 10/28/2016 - 06:14

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Chess Federation teaches kids to 'think a couple moves ahead'
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Jayden, 10, spent the entire day playing chess at the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation tournament at Siloah Lutheran School, 3721 N. 21st St., along with five of his classmates from Escuela Vieau and 65 other students from chess clubs in the ...

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Chess Federation teaches kids to 'think a couple moves ahead' - Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 10/28/2016 - 02:00
Chess Federation teaches kids to 'think a couple moves ahead'  Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

The Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation provides opportunities for children to learn chess and compete in tournaments.

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The Rookie by Stephen Moss review – an enjoyable celebration of chess - The Guardian

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 10/27/2016 - 09:00

The Guardian

The Rookie by Stephen Moss review – an enjoyable celebration of chess
The Guardian
In St Louis, Missouri, at least, the game has been re-energised by the money of the billionaire chess fanatic Rex Sinquefield. And the reader is relieved, above all, for Moss's own slow and hard-won progress as a player. He's an amusing, self ...

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Baseball Players See the Ball As Way Bigger Than You Do - New York Magazine

Chess Research - Thu, 10/27/2016 - 07:24

New York Magazine

Baseball Players See the Ball As Way Bigger Than You Do
New York Magazine
For a 2005 paper, research psychologists Jessica Witt and Dennis Proffitt set up a table beside a softball game in Charlottesville, Virginia, the home of their school, the University of Virginia. For a free sports drink, ballplayers — 47 in all ...

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