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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

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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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California Senate OKs sweeping gun-control measures - The Detroit News

Chess Research - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 20:34

The Detroit News

California Senate OKs sweeping gun-control measures
The Detroit News
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 the Senate ... “It ...
California Senate Approves Sweeping Gun-Control MeasuresABC News

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California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures - Fox News

Chess Research - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 19:54

Fox News

California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures
Fox News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – 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 San ...

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'Cognitive computing' shapes IBM's future - The Providence Journal

Chess Research - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 19:46

The Providence Journal

'Cognitive computing' shapes IBM's future
The Providence Journal
There aren't any signs that suggest if you drive up the narrow road that wraps around the hill you'll find a research facility at the top. No signs that the research center is home ... Winning "Jeopardy" isn't like winning at chess. An earlier IBM ...

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North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News

Chess Research - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 19:33

North Shore Community Calendar
The Salem News
Volenteer teams walk along outdoor track all night in support of cancer research. carly.blau@gmail.com. DANVERS: “We .... MARBLEHEAD: Children's Chess Club Tournament, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Open to all children.

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Living in a changing world - Brookings Institution

Chess Research - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 19:28

Living in a changing world
Brookings Institution
IBM's Watson, a computer with multiple artificial intelligence applications, has managed not just to beat a human in chess, but also win Jeopardy!, “a game that requires not only encyclopedic recall, but also the ability to untangle convoluted and ...

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Theater, Ballet, and Queer Cabaret: Vogue's Hamish Bowles Takes Manhattan - Vogue.com

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 18:58

Vogue.com

Theater, Ballet, and Queer Cabaret: Vogue's Hamish Bowles Takes Manhattan
Vogue.com
At New York City Ballet, I'd seen Justin Peck's antic The Most Incredible Thing, with quirky designs by artist Marcel Dzama that evoked the experimentations of the Ballets Russes designers in the 1920s, and at the company's gala I enjoyed the premieres ...

California Senate Approves Sweeping Gun-Control Measures - ABC News

Chess Research - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 17:50

California Senate Approves Sweeping Gun-Control Measures
ABC News
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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California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures - Washington Post

Chess Research - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 15:48

Washington Post

California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures
Washington Post
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 the ... “It is ...

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Orchard Park student competes in National Elementary Chess Championship - Current in Carmel

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 14:49

Current in Carmel

Orchard Park student competes in National Elementary Chess Championship
Current in Carmel
He competed in the Michigan Scholastic Club Championship for chess and placed second prior to heading to nationals. “This win gave me the confidence to go to the national competition,” Mundrigi said. The competition for students in kindergarten through ...

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How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives - For The Win

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 14:15

For The Win

How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives
For The Win
Ashley is telling the story more than three decades later as he sits in the plush lobby of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. While some of the details have faded, he's sure about one thing: He didn't leave his game when the shootout began.
On Chess: GM? IM? What do the titles mean? How are they earned?St. Louis Public Radio

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How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives - For The Win

In the News - Thu, 05/19/2016 - 14:15

For The Win

How Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster, uses the game to change inner-city kids' lives
For The Win
After Mike Brown was murdered in Ferguson in 2014, Ashley teamed up with the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis to start a program in schools there. Ashley firmly believes that even if kids don't rise to the same prominence within elite ...
On Chess: GM? IM? What do the titles mean? How are they earned?St. Louis Public Radio

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