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Congressman Rick Allen visits Swainsboro Elementary to learn about Scholastic Chess Club - WTOC

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 16:25

Congressman Rick Allen visits Swainsboro Elementary to learn about Scholastic Chess Club
WTOC
Congressman Rick Allen visited Swainsboro Elementary on Thursday to learn about a new pilot program that teaches Scholastic Chess to elementary, middle, and high school students. Congressman Allen visited a third-grade classroom to talk about the ...

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Life After Mangum: What's Next for FAMU? - HBCU Digest

Chess Research - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 15:25

HBCU Digest

Life After Mangum: What's Next for FAMU?
HBCU Digest
... like the board declining to extend her contract during its contentious meeting with the Rattler in Chief yesterday afternoon, only to leave the door open for negotiation, her tenure will be viewed as a complex puzzle of business acumen, personnel ...

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Scientists debunk a key theory of evolution - Toowoomba Chronicle

Chess Research - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 14:41

Toowoomba Chronicle

Scientists debunk a key theory of evolution
Toowoomba Chronicle
So for more than a decade scientists have subscribed to the Red King Effect, which held that mutualists developed more slowly - like a king in chess. But new research, published in the journal Nature Communications, appears to have turned this theory ...

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Atlantic Storm Means a 'Chess Game' With Nature for Businesses - Bloomberg

Chess Research - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 13:05

Atlantic Storm Means a 'Chess Game' With Nature for Businesses
Bloomberg
“As storms are approaching, it is kind of like a chess game,” said Rick Neudorff, emergency command center operations manager for Lowe's in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. “We're .... The research was supported by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

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Is Watson Smart Enough To Breathe Life Into IBM? - Forbes

Chess Research - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 12:54

Forbes

Is Watson Smart Enough To Breathe Life Into IBM?
Forbes
While the concept may be all the rage right now, artificial intelligence is decades old. The technology was first discussed during a conference at Dartmouth College in 1956. Initial deliberations included expectations that the technology would one day ...

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Saint Louis Fashion Incubator Announces Inaugural Six Designers - Vital VOICE

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 11:33

Saint Louis Fashion Incubator Announces Inaugural Six Designers
Vital VOICE
Saint Louis Fashion Fund and the World Chess Hall of Fame have partnered to launch a first-of-its-kind, designer chess challenge. “Dress for Chess”, offers the inaugural class of the Saint Louis Fashion Incubator the opportunity to design select pieces ...

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Welcome to the Big Time - ABC News

Chess Research - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 11:33

ABC News

Welcome to the Big Time
ABC News
In early meetings with potential investors, Eccles was a passionate evangelist for daily fantasy sports as a game of skill, similar, he liked to say, to a golf tournament, a 5K race, a chess championship or a spelling bee. His initial pitches steered ...

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$1.3M NIH grant funds brain development, cancer research - Cornell Chronicle

Chess Research - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 10:20

$1.3M NIH grant funds brain development, cancer research
Cornell Chronicle
In many cases, this involved understanding the three dimensional X-ray crystal structures of different Cdc42 complexes, taking advantage of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS). More recently, a research associate in the Cerione ...

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Post-Election Chess: Senate Players, Lineup May Shift on Panel - Bloomberg BNA

Chess Research - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 09:31

Post-Election Chess: Senate Players, Lineup May Shift on Panel
Bloomberg BNA
Bloomberg Law®, an integrated legal research and business intelligence solution, combines trusted news and analysis with cutting-edge technology to provide legal professionals tools to be proactive advisors. While Democrats didn't adopt term limits, ...

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On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 09:30

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess
St. Louis Public Radio
Over the years, Jeffery has spent a lot of time at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis and has improved his game to the level that chess fans wonder whether he will occupy the fourth board of the U.S. Olympiad team one day. He captured ...

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On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess - St. Louis Public Radio

CCSCSL News Feed - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 09:30

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess
St. Louis Public Radio
His father, Wayne, even opened an office for his business in Clayton since he is here so often. There is no doubt that the CCSCSL played an important part in the growth of the current World Junior Champion. Indeed the future of American chess is bright.

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On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess - St. Louis Public Radio

In the News - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 09:30

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess
St. Louis Public Radio
Over the years, Jeffery has spent a lot of time at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis and has improved his game to the level that chess fans wonder whether he will occupy the fourth board of the U.S. Olympiad team one day. He captured ...

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Where does AlphaGo go? - EurekAlert (press release)

Chess Research - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 08:09

Where does AlphaGo go?
EurekAlert (press release)
The event is one of the most historic in the field of artificial intelligence since Deep Blue bested chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov in the late 1990s. The difference is that AlphaGo may represent an even bigger turning point in AI research. As ...

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A key theory of evolution has just been turned on its head - The Independent

Chess Research - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 05:14

The Independent

A key theory of evolution has just been turned on its head
The Independent
... end up providing more help than it received in return and getting a raw deal. So for more than a decade scientists have subscribed to the Red King Effect, which held that mutualists developed more slowly – like a king in chess. ... But new research ...

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On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess - St. Louis Public Radio

In the News - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 02:00
On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess  St. Louis Public Radio

I've had the pleasure of knowing Jeffery Xiong since he started taking his first pawns. Jeffery is the current rock star of the junior chess world, having.

On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess - St. Louis Public Radio

CCSCSL News Feed - Thu, 08/25/2016 - 02:00
On Chess: Jeffery Xiong, World Junior Champion, shows the bright future of U.S. chess  St. Louis Public Radio

I've had the pleasure of knowing Jeffery Xiong since he started taking his first pawns. Jeffery is the current rock star of the junior chess world, having.

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