You are here

Feed aggregator

Classic card game bridge alive and well - Sierra Vista Herald

Chess Research - Sat, 09/03/2016 - 15:07

Sierra Vista Herald

Classic card game bridge alive and well
Sierra Vista Herald
Noteworthy is the fact that adding bridge or chess, which has also applied, would pave the way for people of more advanced years to compete in the Olympics. The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) alone sanctions more than 1,200 tournaments a ...

Categories: Chess Research

Chess Notes - The Boston Globe

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 09/03/2016 - 13:19

The Boston Globe

Chess Notes
The Boston Globe
Sadly, it's September and the end of summer is here. As the kids are heading back to school, the Massachusetts Chess Association's scholastic program begins. MACA's goal is to find scholastic champions in the age groups — 8 and under, 11 and under ...

Categories: Scholastic Chess

Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Nektar Therapeutics' FY2018 Earnings (NKTR) - Community Financial News

Chess Research - Sat, 09/03/2016 - 10:36

Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Nektar Therapeutics' FY2018 Earnings (NKTR)
Community Financial News
Finally, Piper Jaffray Cos. reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $21.00 price objective (up from $17.00) on shares of Nektar Therapeutics in a research note on Friday, August 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell ...
FY2018 Earnings Estimate for Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Issued By William BlairBBNS

all 6 news articles »
Google News
Categories: Chess Research

BWW Preview: SISTER ACT -- THE MUSICAL at Arvada Center For The Arts And Humanities - Broadway World

Chess Research - Sat, 09/03/2016 - 10:14

Broadway World

BWW Preview: SISTER ACT -- THE MUSICAL at Arvada Center For The Arts And Humanities
Broadway World
Director Rod A. Lansberry, veteran of many Denver area productions, is a Henry Award winner whose recent credits include Chess, Ragtime and Death Takes a Holiday. He agrees that the cast has developed a special connection. "As they've moved through ...

Google News
Categories: Chess Research

Ann Patchett: 'If writers are to survive we must take responsibility for ourselves and our industry' - The Guardian

Chess Research - Sat, 09/03/2016 - 09:01

The Guardian

Ann Patchett: 'If writers are to survive we must take responsibility for ourselves and our industry'
The Guardian
In the Orange prize‑winning Bel Canto, comradeship, love and creativity bloom among terrorists and hostages; in 2011's artful State of Wonder, a sensible research scientist faces not just the snakes and other terrors of the Amazonian jungle, but the ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Summer Knights breaks attendance record - Madison Record

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 16:39

Summer Knights breaks attendance record
Madison Record
MADISON – Setting an attendance record, 70 students entered the Summer Knights Scholastic Chess Tournament on Aug. 27. Sponsored by CB&S Bank, Summer Knights was held at Heritage Elementary School and marked the first back-to-school chess ...

Categories: Scholastic Chess

REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Chess Research - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 15:54

REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, from ... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...

Google News
Categories: Chess Research

Police surprise children of fallen officer by walking with them on first day of school - Today.com

Chess Research - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 13:47

Today.com

Police surprise children of fallen officer by walking with them on first day of school
Today.com
Jackson Scherlen's father wasn't able to bring him to his first day of pre-kindergarten last week, so a group of officers from his dad's family in blue made sure he didn't feel alone. Nearly two dozen officers from the Amarillo Police Department in ...

Categories: Chess Research

WATCH: This video should dust off your idea of the library - News24

Chess Research - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 11:58

News24

WATCH: This video should dust off your idea of the library
News24
Library Marketing and Research Officer Nazeem Hardy told News24's Erin Bates* about resources available to the public ahead of the 2016 Open Book Festival. Hardy says the Central Library enjoys some of the highest foot traffic of all the libraries in ...

Google News
Categories: Chess Research

'Mr. Robot': Craig Robinson on the Real Ray - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Chess Research - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 11:02

Wall Street Journal (blog)

'Mr. Robot': Craig Robinson on the Real Ray
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The two bond over games of chess and eventually a hack, which is when Ray's true self is revealed. He runs an underground digital marketplace in the vein of Silk Road, where a world of ... Did you have to do any research? I hadn't seen anything on that ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Back to school chess and who will be the Alabama state chess champion? - AL.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 10:24

AL.com

Back to school chess and who will be the Alabama state chess champion?
AL.com
Summer Knights Scholastic Chess Tournament, Heritage Elementary in Madison, set a new record for back to school chess. Many of these young players played and studied hard for the tournament as it was good practice before the Alabama state ...

Categories: Scholastic Chess

Survivor Millennials vs Gen X: Rachel Ako Before The Game - Parade

Chess Research - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 08:45

Parade

Survivor Millennials vs Gen X: Rachel Ako Before The Game
Parade
You also say in your bio that you've been strategizing against peers and adults since you were six years old in chess. How will that help ... Rachel: I tried to do a little bit of research online to attempt to see what the experts and fans are saying ...

Categories: Chess Research

Azerbaijan's Banks Halt Foreign-Currency Sales as Crisis Deepens - Bloomberg

Chess Research - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 08:05

Azerbaijan's Banks Halt Foreign-Currency Sales as Crisis Deepens
Bloomberg
“The manat will continue to lose as long as demand for the dollar exceeds offer by many times at auctions organized by the central bank,” Vuqar Bayramov, head of the Center for Social and Economic Development, a research group in Baku, said by e-mail.

Categories: Chess Research

Inside the lives of the Menendez brothers, 27 years after lurid crime ... - Today.com

Chess Research - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 07:58

Today.com

Inside the lives of the Menendez brothers, 27 years after lurid crime ...
Today.com
It's been 20 years since the Menendez brothers were sentenced to life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents, but the case of the two siblings from a ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Why the Remainers are still clinging on to dreams of overturning Brexit...and how they hope to do it - Telegraph.co.uk

Chess Research - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 05:34

Why the Remainers are still clinging on to dreams of overturning Brexit...and how they hope to do it
Telegraph.co.uk
... course the EU will allow us to buy back in', but if you turn the chess board around, you might ask why should the EU allow the UK to participate on talent schemes that have allowed us to suck 25 per cent of talent onto European Research Council ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

How to become a cryptic crossword expert – it's more than just practice - The Independent

Chess Research - Fri, 09/02/2016 - 05:02

The Independent

How to become a cryptic crossword expert – it's more than just practice
The Independent
Recent research suggests that other factors such as genetics influence the likelihood that you will try, enjoy and excel at a performance activity. We decided to test that theory in the highly challenging arena of cryptic crossword solving. ... On the ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Book review: Robots are stealing our jobs - Jakarta Post

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

Jakarta Post

Book review: Robots are stealing our jobs
Jakarta Post
An early development of applied artificial technology can be traced back to when Deep Blue, a computer program designed by IBM, defeated grand master Gary Kasparov in a chess match broadcast worldwide in 1997. Years after the event, digital algorithms ...

Categories: Chess Research

Registration open for third annual Lakecity Chess Tournament - Williams Lake Tribune

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 09/01/2016 - 15:43

Registration open for third annual Lakecity Chess Tournament
Williams Lake Tribune
The tournament, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15, will house up to 40 players who will compete on the ancient battlefield. Youth players will play in a Scholastic tournament alongside an Open Tournament. Trophies and gift certificates will be awarded to ...

Categories: Scholastic Chess

STL Unveils Exclusive Art of Travel Print - AviationPros.com

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 09/01/2016 - 15:30

AviationPros.com

STL Unveils Exclusive Art of Travel Print
AviationPros.com
... been featured in curated exhibitions by local organizations such as Craft Alliance, The Sheldon Art Galleries, The Missouri History Museum, The International Photography Hall of Fame, Griot Museum, Foundry Art Centre and the World Chess Hall of Fame.

Pages