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Central West End Hosts US Chess Championships - Webster Kirkwood Times

In the News - Wed, 04/06/2016 - 01:57

Webster Kirkwood Times

Central West End Hosts US Chess Championships
Webster Kirkwood Times
"The U.S. Championship is one of the few national championships that attract some of the top players in the world and is actually followed around the world," said Tony Rich, executive director of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis ...

Central West End Hosts US Chess Championships - West End Word

In the News - Wed, 04/06/2016 - 01:48

West End Word

Central West End Hosts US Chess Championships
West End Word
"The U.S. Championship is one of the few national championships that attract some of the top players in the world and is actually followed around the world," said Tony Rich, executive director of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis ...

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Central West End Hosts US Chess Championships - South County Times

In the News - Wed, 04/06/2016 - 01:48

South County Times

Central West End Hosts US Chess Championships
South County Times
"The U.S. Championship is one of the few national championships that attract some of the top players in the world and is actually followed around the world," said Tony Rich, executive director of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis ...

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Flow State: What It Is and How to Achieve It - Huffington Post

Chess Research - Tue, 04/05/2016 - 16:06

Huffington Post

Flow State: What It Is and How to Achieve It
Huffington Post
In his book Finding Flow, Csíkszentmihályi explains that individuals can seek out activities that meet some of the factors of flow, like playing chess, playing a logic game or puzzle like Sudoku, participating in sports, engaging in a meaningful ...

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NVIDIA and the Spark of Innovation - IT Business Edge (blog)

Chess Research - Tue, 04/05/2016 - 15:47

NVIDIA and the Spark of Innovation
IT Business Edge (blog)
(It should be noted that it was estimated that it would take another 100 years from the time when a computer beat a chess master before a computer could do the same with a Go champion.) This all showcases that we are at a point where computers can ...

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In Our Schools: April 7 - Brookfield Elm Grove Now

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 04/05/2016 - 10:26

Brookfield Elm Grove Now

In Our Schools: April 7
Brookfield Elm Grove Now
First-graders at St. Dominic School construct alfombras — carpets — made out of sand in the Parish Arts and Activity Center. The construction of alfombras is a tradition at St. Dominic through which students learn these works of art are meant as acts ...

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The Man Who Recorded, Tamed and Then Sold Nature Sounds to America - Atlas Obscura

Chess Research - Tue, 04/05/2016 - 07:58

Atlas Obscura

The Man Who Recorded, Tamed and Then Sold Nature Sounds to America
Atlas Obscura
He wrote and photographed for magazines like Look and Car and Driver, designed record jackets, and, after composer John Watts set up a synthesizer-based curriculum, studied electronic music at the New School for Social Research. In his spare time, he ...

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MALLS OF AMERICA - New York Daily News

Chess Research - Tue, 04/05/2016 - 05:21

New York Daily News

MALLS OF AMERICA
New York Daily News
Finally, new signs go up: this will be the latest outpost of the New York K!ds Club, a chain of upscale play spaces with locations in the city's most affluent neighborhoods, where tots will be able to take classes in cooking or chess for premium prices ...

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Poor Man's Sky: experiments with procedural character generation - Gamasutra (blog)

Chess Research - Tue, 04/05/2016 - 03:00

Gamasutra (blog)

Poor Man's Sky: experiments with procedural character generation
Gamasutra (blog)
After generating procedural chess pieces, the obvious step to take would be full blown creatures. There's this game idea I'm playing around with which, as every side project, I may or may not be doing - I'm an expert in Schrödinger's gamedev. This one ...

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Hurvitz Cup, Massachusetts scholastic team chess championship results - Sampan

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 04/04/2016 - 23:59

Hurvitz Cup, Massachusetts scholastic team chess championship results
Sampan
The Massachusetts Chess Association (MACA) is an educational non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote chess in Massachusetts and represent the interest of chess players within the state to the governing body of chess in the United States ...

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The Pill that Still Hasn't Changed the Politics of Abortion - The New Yorker

Chess Research - Mon, 04/04/2016 - 19:32

The New Yorker

The Pill that Still Hasn't Changed the Politics of Abortion
The New Yorker
Anti-abortion advocates at a rally outside the Supreme Court in March. Credit Photograph by Drew Angerer/Getty. When the abortion drug mifepristone first became legally available in the U.S., in 2000, it seemed to carry with it the potential for a ...

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We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us... Not Technology - Huffington Post

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

Huffington Post

We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us... Not Technology
Huffington Post
[a]n artificial intelligent chat bot developed by Microsoft's Technology and Research and Bing teams to experiment with and conduct research on conversational understanding. Tay is designed to engage and entertain people where they connect with each ...

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North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News

Chess Research - Mon, 04/04/2016 - 15:41

North Shore Community Calendar
The Salem News
MARBLEHEAD: Children's Chess Club, 6 to 8 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Learn chess with Mikhail Perelsteyn. Beginner lessons from 6 ... Allergist Michael Young discusses new research on the development of food allergies. 781-444-7778.

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Which N.Y.C. real estate tycoons are the richest of them all? - New York Business Journal

Chess Research - Mon, 04/04/2016 - 14:12

New York Business Journal

Which N.Y.C. real estate tycoons are the richest of them all?
New York Business Journal
Real estate tycoons in New York City have recovered — and then some — since the recession and housing market collapse nine years ago, with commercial developments such as Hudson Yards in Manhattan and the Domino Sugar Factory site in Williamsburg ...

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How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization - Observer

Chess Research - Mon, 04/04/2016 - 13:42

Observer

How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization
Observer
I coached our school's chess club. I saw how my students were picked on, bullied. I tried my best to defend them, but I couldn't be everywhere. My students were smart, huge nerds, and they were in hostile, unfriendly territory. Other students would be ...

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Donald Trump says China's economic growth is thanks to the United States - PolitiFact

Chess Research - Mon, 04/04/2016 - 13:34

PolitiFact

Donald Trump says China's economic growth is thanks to the United States
PolitiFact
I mean, they're grand chess players at devaluation." We were curious ... From then to 2014, China saw double-digit growth in GDP every year, effectively doubling its economy every eight years, according to the Congressional Research Service. Arguably ...

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Check mate! Young chess league players gather for Gretna competition - NOLA.com (blog)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 04/04/2016 - 12:35

NOLA.com (blog)

Check mate! Young chess league players gather for Gretna competition
NOLA.com (blog)
The Louisiana Scholastic Chess League called check mate on the public with its 2016 tournament at Arden Cahill. Fourteen schools from the New Orleans area attended, providing some of the real life visuals to the traditional board game. Roughly 170 ...

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St. Louis earnings tax issue has turned political friends into foes. - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Mon, 04/04/2016 - 12:14

STLtoday.com

St. Louis earnings tax issue has turned political friends into foes.
STLtoday.com
Brown said he has met with Slay and his staff at Sinquefield's farm, the posh St. Louis Racquet Club and Sinquefield's chess club to discuss ways to reduce the city's reliance on the tax. Those discussions have produced few results, he said. Slay said ...

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Fauquier County community events - Washington Post

Chess Research - Mon, 04/04/2016 - 11:27

Fauquier County community events
Washington Post
Genealogical research help Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Trust volunteers help visitors. Mondays 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesdays ... Chess Club Mondays 6:30-8:30 p.m. Warrenton Library, 11 Winchester St. Chessboards appreciated. 540-422-8500. Free.

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How Do You Negotiate Situations That Seem Hopeless? - Forbes

Chess Research - Mon, 04/04/2016 - 10:20

How Do You Negotiate Situations That Seem Hopeless?
Forbes
Nobody understands this better than Harvard Business School Professor Deepak Malhotra, whose teaching, research, and advisory work focuses on negotiation—including both deal-making and conflict resolution. In his new book, Negotiating the Impossible ...

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