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Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool - The Objective Standard

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 19:48

The Objective Standard

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
The Objective Standard
... practice was indispensable—they were no more born with perfect pitch or a masterful chess game than they were born with the perfect jump shot. In Peak, Ericsson and Pool focus on one kind of practice in particular, what Ericsson in his earlier ...

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Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool - The Objective Standard

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 19:48

The Objective Standard

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
The Objective Standard
... practice was indispensable—they were no more born with perfect pitch or a masterful chess game than they were born with the perfect jump shot. In Peak, Ericsson and Pool focus on one kind of practice in particular, what Ericsson in his earlier ...

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Massena students take third, fourth places at chess championship - North Country Now

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 16:41

North Country Now

Massena students take third, fourth places at chess championship
North Country Now
MALONE -- Massena students took third and fourth places at the Upstate NY Scholastic Chess Championships Saturday. Malone again hosted a number of regional schools for the Upstate NY Scholastic Chess Championships. Tyler Hargrave and Alonie ...

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Massena students take third, fourth places at chess championship - North Country Now

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 16:41

Massena students take third, fourth places at chess championship
North Country Now
MALONE -- Massena students took third and fourth places at the Upstate NY Scholastic Chess Championships Saturday. Malone again hosted a number of regional schools for the Upstate NY Scholastic Chess Championships. Tyler Hargrave and Alonie ...

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California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures - Times-Enterprise

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 16:39

California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures
Times-Enterprise
They include regulations for homemade firearms, background checks for ammunition purchases, a mandate to report lost or stolen guns, a ban on loaning firearms to friends and funding for a gun-violence research center. The debate in ... his initiative ...

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Google's AI ambitions show promise – 'if it doesn't kill us' - The Guardian

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 15:13

The Guardian

Google's AI ambitions show promise – 'if it doesn't kill us'
The Guardian
For instance, AlphaGo, Google's software from the Go competition, wouldn't be able to apply its accumulated skills to chess or tic-tac-toe. Still, Giannandrea said it's hard not to get excited by recent gains in teaching computers how to recognize ...
Google: Useful artificial intelligence finally hereSFGate

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Practice Makes . . . Better - City Journal

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 15:04

City Journal

Practice Makes . . . Better
City Journal
Why do some people achieve outsize success? Given the competitive nature of the modern world, it's a question many have spent time thinking about. The usual answer is that success results from some combination of talent, luck, and hard work. Tales of ...

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Google: useful artificial intelligence finally here - SFGate

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 14:35

SFGate

Google: useful artificial intelligence finally here
SFGate
This year, the company's AlphaGo became the first computer program ever to beat a professional player at Go, the ancient strategy game considered more complicated than chess. AlphaGo beat Go master Lee Sedol four out of five ... Jeff Dean√, a senior ...
Google's AI ambitions show promise – 'if it doesn't kill us'The Guardian

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Kavyashree Mallanna: Expressing Through Chess - India New England

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 12:39

India New England

Kavyashree Mallanna: Expressing Through Chess
India New England
Through Celestial Minds, Mallanna has organized several events like the New England Junior Open Chess Championship, USCF rated 'Scholastic' and 'Chessomania' events, that have provided platforms to young talents. INDIA New England News: Please ...

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THINGS TO DO: May 20-25 - Marco Island Sun Times

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 08:53

Marco Island Sun Times

THINGS TO DO: May 20-25
Marco Island Sun Times
Chess on Marco Island meets Mondays, 9 a.m.-noon, at Marco Lutheran Church, 525 N. Collier Blvd. Chess in Naples meets Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in clubhouse at Moorings Park, off Goodlette-Frank Road. Contact Wade Keller, 389-2525, or email ...

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Gateway To The West Is The Gateway To Chess - The Good News Review

World Chess Hall of Fame - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 08:35

The Good News Review

Gateway To The West Is The Gateway To Chess
The Good News Review
He also provided initial funds for the World Chess Hall of Fame to relocate from Miami, Florida, to St. Louis. It is now housed in the same building as the St. Louis Chess Club, and sports the world's largest chess piece, a Queen, measuring 14′ and 7″.

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Gateway To The West Is The Gateway To Chess - The Good News Review

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 08:35

The Good News Review

Gateway To The West Is The Gateway To Chess
The Good News Review
The Gateway to the West didn't become a chess haven overnight. The city's unique chess culture was set in to motion by a single dynamic individual, Rex Sinquefield, financial entrepreneur and St. Louis native. Always with an interest in chess growing ...

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The next major advance in medicine will be the use of AI - ExtremeTech

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 08:00

ExtremeTech

The next major advance in medicine will be the use of AI
ExtremeTech
Over the last few decades, medical research has shifted from treating transient illnesses to curing long-term disease. This work, which built on ... Watson has been in the news because of its recent performance at Jeopardy and chess. It's well versed ...

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Salesforce reveals secret recipe for digital transformation - Business Cloud News

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 05:36

Business Cloud News

Salesforce reveals secret recipe for digital transformation
Business Cloud News
The inventor, Ibn Khallikan, approached the Indian king with the game and his reward was to be rice, more specifically one grain for the first square on the chess board, two for the second, four for the third, and doubling there on until the end of the ...

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NaaSeHaanTak: Kunal Shah on his journey at FreeCharge and why every idea need not be a 'copy-paste' - YourStory.com

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 03:25

YourStory.com

NaaSeHaanTak: Kunal Shah on his journey at FreeCharge and why every idea need not be a 'copy-paste'
YourStory.com
Kunal Shah believes that entrepreneurs should also see themselves as players in a game of chess, otherwise they will end up as pawns fighting against one another. He says, “Only when you distance yourself from the game, are you able to figure your ...

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Chess champions collect hardware - Virgin Islands Daily News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 02:09

Virgin Islands Daily News

Chess champions collect hardware
Virgin Islands Daily News
Chess champions from Saturday's St. Thomas/St. John Youth Scholastic Chess Tournament pose with their trophies after the Lockhart Elementary School event. They are: back row, left to right, Jeanne Varay, Eudora Kean, first place, 13 and above; ...

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California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures - CBS 8 San Diego

Chess Research - Fri, 05/20/2016 - 01:18

CBS 8 San Diego

California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures
CBS 8 San Diego
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats in the California Senate approved a wide-ranging series of gun control bills Thursday, reviving an effort to significantly tighten California's already strict gun laws in the wake of last year's terrorist attack in ...

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