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How eSports Could Soon Be Bigger Than The NFL - ARC

Chess Research - Mon, 04/18/2016 - 08:03

ARC

How eSports Could Soon Be Bigger Than The NFL
ARC
He would spend hours watching almost any sport that was on the TV and when I say any I mean that he was not fussy about what sport was being shown as long as it was sport. Soccer, American football, baseball, cricket, rugby, curling, darts, Greco-roman ...

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Gaming for Health - ADVANCE

Chess Research - Mon, 04/18/2016 - 07:53

Gaming for Health
ADVANCE
Titled "Games for Health for Children - Current Status and Needed Research," this research offers a road map on how to use gaming for good outcomes. Tom Baranowski, lead author of the paper believes that gaming can provide many potential benefits for ...

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MIT shows how AI cybersecurity excels by keeping humans in the loop - TechRepublic

Chess Research - Mon, 04/18/2016 - 07:03

TechRepublic

MIT shows how AI cybersecurity excels by keeping humans in the loop
TechRepublic
... categories: human analyst or machine learning. Now, a new research paper from MIT shows that a combination of human experts with a machine learning system—in other words, supervised machine learning—provides better results than either human or ...

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Apple Reportedly Running Secret Car Lab in German Capital - Mac Rumors

Chess Research - Mon, 04/18/2016 - 06:21

Apple Reportedly Running Secret Car Lab in German Capital
Mac Rumors
Apple is operating a secret vehicle research and development lab in the heart of Berlin, claims a report published in a German news outlet this morning. .... If AI were only as good at playing chess as the average human we'd say the AI sucked big time.

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Plaque for most remarkable man of science - The Argus

Chess Research - Mon, 04/18/2016 - 05:16

The Argus

Plaque for most remarkable man of science
The Argus
A SCIENTIST who discovered the detailed chemistry of how enzymes work has been honoured with a blue plaque. Professor Sir John Cornforth, who worked at the University of Sussex, had a plaque unveiled in his honour at his former workplace near ...

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2016's Best Schools in Chicagoland - Chicago Agent magazine (press release) (blog)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 04/18/2016 - 04:09

Chicago Agent magazine (press release) (blog)

2016's Best Schools in Chicagoland
Chicago Agent magazine (press release) (blog)
The school's chess team is nationally recognized, having placed within the top 10 four times in the last six years, while the school news magazine, Devils' Advocate, received the National Scholastic Press Association Newspaper Pacemaker Award for its ...

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School Winners - HeraldNet

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 04/18/2016 - 02:10

HeraldNet

School Winners
HeraldNet
Seven Snohomish County students have received national awards for their entries in the 2016 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards after receiving regional honors earlier this year. ... Mariner High School's Dolores Avalos was a chemistry department student ...

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Champion chess player makes his next move - Albany Times Union

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 04/18/2016 - 02:07

Albany Times Union

Champion chess player makes his next move
Albany Times Union
Contemplates his next move, during a chess match at the Niskayuna Community Center. Patrick placed 4th in the NYS Scholastic Chess Championship in Saratoga N.Y. less. Times Union Photo by James Goolsby Sept. 29, 2005-Patrick Chi, age 7, a second ...

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Champion chess player makes his next move - Albany Times Union

Chess Research - Mon, 04/18/2016 - 02:07

Albany Times Union

Champion chess player makes his next move
Albany Times Union
Last summer Chi studied how to predict hurricane wave power and frequencies at the Stony Brook University's Simons Summer Research Program. But chess is when time stops for Chi. When he plays, his mind enters a state of intense concentration as it ...

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Champion chess player makes his next move - Albany Times Union

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 04/17/2016 - 21:52

Albany Times Union

Champion chess player makes his next move
Albany Times Union
Contemplates his next move, during a chess match at the Niskayuna Community Center. Patrick placed 4th in the NYS Scholastic Chess Championship in Saratoga N.Y. less. Times Union Photo by James Goolsby Sept. 29, 2005-Patrick Chi, age 7, a second ...

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Champion chess player makes his next move - Albany Times Union

Chess Research - Sun, 04/17/2016 - 21:52

Albany Times Union

Champion chess player makes his next move
Albany Times Union
Last summer Chi studied how to predict hurricane wave power and frequencies at the Stony Brook University's Simons Summer Research Program. But chess is when time stops for Chi. When he plays, his mind enters a state of intense concentration as it ...

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Chess Change, the organization founded by Jonathan Spinnell to provide disadvantaged youth with no-cost training in ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Chess Research - Sun, 04/17/2016 - 21:33

Chess Change, the organization founded by Jonathan Spinnell to provide disadvantaged youth with no-cost training in ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"Becoming adept at chess really has far reaching benefits," says Jonathan. "Research has shown that playing chess helps improve brain function, memory, strategic thinking, cognitive abilities and attention span. I have heard from so many of my chess ...

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Jamaican Inducted Into US Chess Hall of Fame - News Americas Now (satire) (press release) (registration)

World Chess Hall of Fame - Sun, 04/17/2016 - 21:26

News Americas Now (satire) (press release) (registration)

Jamaican Inducted Into US Chess Hall of Fame
News Americas Now (satire) (press release) (registration)
The trustees of the U.S. Chess Trust vote on who should be inducted. The induction itself take place either at the U.S. Chess Federation Awards Luncheon during the U.S. Open or at the World Chess Hall of Fame, which is now located in Saint Louis, Missouri.

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Clubs & Meetings: April 19-25 - The Daily Courier

Chess Research - Sun, 04/17/2016 - 21:05

The Daily Courier

Clubs & Meetings: April 19-25
The Daily Courier
Drop-in Chess 2 p.m. Saturday at Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin St. 928-777-1526. Drumming Circle, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays on the square, downtown Prescott. Dawn Gilbreath Whitehawk, 928-830-9482 ... the 4th Saturday at LDS Church, 1001 ...

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Creativity Is Much More Than 10000 Hours of Deliberate Practice - Scientific American (blog)

Chess Research - Sun, 04/17/2016 - 20:04

Scientific American (blog)

Creativity Is Much More Than 10000 Hours of Deliberate Practice
Scientific American (blog)
In his new book "Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise", psychologist Anders Ericsson and journalist Robert Pool distill an impressive body of research on "mastering almost any skill." Indeed ... But as they note midway through their book ...

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Bulletin board, Monday, April 18, 2016 - Pocono Record

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 04/17/2016 - 18:43

Bulletin board, Monday, April 18, 2016
Pocono Record
Stroudsburg Chess Club: 7 to 10 p.m., Loder Building, 62 Analomink St., East Stroudsburg. Everyone welcome. Information: Dan at 570-421-2866. Narcotics Anonymous: 7:30 to 9 p.m., ... Tricky Tray: The NEPA Community Federal Credit Union Scholastic ...

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