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Dozens of downtown Naperville businesses to celebrate new Potter book - Chicago Tribune

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 19:38

Chicago Tribune

Dozens of downtown Naperville businesses to celebrate new Potter book
Chicago Tribune
Muggles, many in costume, turned out for a previous Harry Potter book release event that brought thousands to downtown Naperville. Muggles, many in costume, turned out for a previous Harry Potter book release event that brought thousands to downtown ...

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What Research Says About The Relationship Between Practise And Expertise - Lifehacker Australia

Chess Research - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 16:32

Lifehacker Australia

What Research Says About The Relationship Between Practise And Expertise
Lifehacker Australia
Some people are dramatically better at activities like sports, music and chess than other people. Take the basketball great Stephen Curry. This past season, breaking the record he set last year by over 40 per cent, Curry made an astonishing 402 three ...

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What Research Says About The Relationship Between Practise And Expertise - Lifehacker Australia

Chess Research - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 16:08

Lifehacker Australia

What Research Says About The Relationship Between Practise And Expertise
Lifehacker Australia
Some people are dramatically better at activities like sports, music and chess than other people. Take the basketball great Stephen Curry. This past season, breaking the record he set last year by over 40 per cent, Curry made an astonishing 402 three ...

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El Dorado graduate wins $40k Reagan scholarship - El Paso Times

Chess Research - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 11:35

El Paso Times

El Dorado graduate wins $40k Reagan scholarship
El Paso Times
He has employed that philosophy as he looks for opportunities to serve, committing countless hours to organizations that support cancer research, feeding the needy, and raising awareness for recycling," the foundation said in a news release. Lopez was ...

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You say you want a revolution: DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge - FedScoop

Chess Research - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 09:38

FedScoop

You say you want a revolution: DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge
FedScoop
The finals of the Cyber Grand Challenge, which will be held by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency at the DEFCON security conference in Las Vegas next month, aim to see if a high performance computer system can discover and patch security ...

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Troy University professor using games to teach history - Dothan First

Chess Research - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 09:35

Troy University professor using games to teach history
Dothan First
Among the games played by students are the board games Settlers of Catan, Pandemic, Cathedral and Memoir '44, traditional games like Monopoly and chess, and the strategy-based video game Civilization V. “One of the games we played was Settlers ... “It ...

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A retro row: lawsuits and resignations threaten the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega - Eurogamer.net

Chess Research - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 09:23

Eurogamer.net

A retro row: lawsuits and resignations threaten the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega
Eurogamer.net
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+ is marketed by the Luton-based Retro Computers (Sir Clive's Sinclair Research Ltd is a shareholder). The development and marketing of the Vega+ is under license from ... Dr David Levy, according to marketing material, is ...

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These Two Hormones Divide Winners from Losers - Observer

Chess Research - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 06:00

These Two Hormones Divide Winners from Losers
Observer
Dozens of researchers have studied the biological effects of what actually happens to people when they win—tennis players who beat their opponents, chess masters who checkmate their rivals and traders who outwit the markets. ... (Although women have ...

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Parenting lessons: How to keep kids math-savvy all summer - CTV News

Chess Research - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 05:53

CTV News

Parenting lessons: How to keep kids math-savvy all summer
CTV News
This research has found that kids can lose more than two months of grade level equivalency in math over the summer, and the loss can become cumulative, worsening year after year. But there are lots ... Chess and Rubik's cubes do the same. Even Tetris ...

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On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank - St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 05:30

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank
St. Louis Public Radio
The correlation between scout service and chess is an easy one to make. Through the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, spearheaded by Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, chess has already helped thousands of kids in the St. Louis area improve ...

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On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 05:30

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank
St. Louis Public Radio
The correlation between scout service and chess is an easy one to make. Through the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, spearheaded by Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, chess has already helped thousands of kids in the St. Louis area improve ...

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On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank - St. Louis Public Radio

In the News - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 05:30

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Kayden Troff is first grandmaster to earn Eagle Scout rank
St. Louis Public Radio
Through the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, spearheaded by Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, chess has already helped thousands of kids in the St. Louis area improve their skills in pattern recognition, memorization, calculation, planning, ...

School seeks help buying new computers: SM-FC officials look to community for installing better tech at local campus - San Mateo Daily Journal

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 03:40

School seeks help buying new computers: SM-FC officials look to community for installing better tech at local campus
San Mateo Daily Journal
More tablets are necessary to help some Bayside STEM Academy students catch up to their grade level in math, while others need better laptops to complete their accelerated tech-centric curriculum, a San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District ...

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Research delivers insight into the global chess industry - WhaTech

Chess Research - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 02:05

Research delivers insight into the global chess industry
WhaTech
A comparison between the international and Chinese situation is also offered. Global Chess Industry Research Report also focuses on development policies and plans for the industry as well as a consideration of a cost structure analysis. Capacity ...

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