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On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015 - St. Louis Public Radio

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 01/07/2016 - 02:00
On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015  St. Louis Public Radio

Once again, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis held the strongest tournament of the year, but this time there was a little extra! The Sinquefield ...

On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015 - St. Louis Public Radio

In the News - Thu, 01/07/2016 - 02:00
On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015  St. Louis Public Radio

Once again, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis held the strongest tournament of the year, but this time there was a little extra! The Sinquefield ...

On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015 - St. Louis Public Radio

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 01/07/2016 - 02:00
On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015  St. Louis Public Radio

Once again, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis held the strongest tournament of the year, but this time there was a little extra! The Sinquefield ...

On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015 - St. Louis Public Radio

In the News - Thu, 01/07/2016 - 02:00
On Chess: Looking back at the tournaments and exhibitions of 2015  St. Louis Public Radio

Once again, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis held the strongest tournament of the year, but this time there was a little extra! The Sinquefield ...

DC community calendar, Jan. 7-14, 2016 - Washington Post

Chess Research - Thu, 01/07/2016 - 01:32

DC community calendar, Jan. 7-14, 2016
Washington Post
202-727-1488. Free. Chess for kids Master chess instructor guides participants from learning the basics to advancing their level of skill. Thursdays at 5 p.m. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut ... Lunchtime conservatory tour Guided tour of a ...

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A Tipping Point in Robotics, and My Five Predictions for 2016 - Xconomy

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 23:46

A Tipping Point in Robotics, and My Five Predictions for 2016
Xconomy
Researchers in the field have found that it has been easier to mechanize many of the high-level cognitive tasks we usually associate with human “intelligence,” such as symbolic integration, proving theorems, playing chess (refer to IBM Deep Blue ...

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Ottawa's arms deal with Saudi Arabia about keeping royal family in power - The Globe and Mail

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 21:20

The Globe and Mail

Ottawa's arms deal with Saudi Arabia about keeping royal family in power
The Globe and Mail
The first rule of chess is the basic principle of Western policy on Saudi Arabia. It was Canada's ... And the purpose of that was to intimidate the Shia protesters,” said Jacqueline Lopour, research associate at the Centre for International Governance ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 18:38

REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, from ... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...

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A brief history of artificial intelligence beating humans - PC Gamer

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 15:47

PC Gamer

A brief history of artificial intelligence beating humans
PC Gamer
Much AI research has been put into programs for playing the classic games: chess, checkers, poker, go. These games generally have simple rules but play out in profoundly complex ways, and their human players are often just as complex. When they went up ...

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Brentwood Library listed as 5th most incredible children's library in the ... - Brentwood Home Page

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 14:06

Brentwood Home Page

Brentwood Library listed as 5th most incredible children's library in the ...
Brentwood Home Page
The Library has a huge children's program, including events like After School Explorers, Brentwood Bunch Book Club, Twisting Time Yoga and a Scholastic Chess Club. They have story time quite frequently and even host Lego Mania events. Upcoming ...

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#WhereIsRey? She's On Her Way, Says Hasbro - NPR

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 13:34

NPR

#WhereIsRey? She's On Her Way, Says Hasbro
NPR
Hasbro also points out that Rey is featured in Star Wars-branded games of Hands Down, Guess Who and Chess, and that two new Rey action figures will be arriving in stores this month. Meanwhile, Lego featured Rey in its line from the start — as a ...

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Solomon Wolf Golomb, USC professor, to receive top science-engineering honor - Jewish Journal

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 12:49

Jewish Journal

Solomon Wolf Golomb, USC professor, to receive top science-engineering honor
Jewish Journal
For recreation, Albert Einstein played the violin, while Solomon Wolf Golomb, an esteemed professor of engineering at USC, finds his relaxation in inventing mathematical games, such as “cheskers,” a hybrid of chess and checkers. At work, he deals with ...

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Intel: Strategy to Get Away from PCs Takes Shape, Says Summit - Barron's (blog)

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 09:28

Intel: Strategy to Get Away from PCs Takes Shape, Says Summit
Barron's (blog)
Shares of Intel (INTC) are down 45 cents, or 1.3%, at $33.38, in line with the broader market's decline, following the first responses this morning from the Street regarding the keynote last night given by the chip giant's chief executive, Brian ...

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The Let-Down Effect: Why You Might Feel Bad After the Pressure Is Off - U.S. News & World Report

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 08:04

U.S. News & World Report

The Let-Down Effect: Why You Might Feel Bad After the Pressure Is Off
U.S. News & World Report
In a 2014 study, researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York had migraine sufferers track their symptoms and stress patterns in a three-month electronic diary; it turned out that participants' stress levels didn't impact ...

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28 Authors on the Books That Changed Their Lives - Slate Magazine (blog)

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 07:32

Slate Magazine (blog)

28 Authors on the Books That Changed Their Lives
Slate Magazine (blog)
The novel changed my idea of how writing about myth using fiction could matter deeply in terms of understanding modern life, and the essays were essentially an education in the writing of fiction, and the research you would do to bring to life ...

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How the Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans Into Suckers - New York Times

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 06:01

New York Times

How the Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans Into Suckers
New York Times
You research players. You build a spreadsheet. You project data and enter a team. You watch the team either fulfill or fall short of your projections. The next day, you start over again. The ruinous thrill of other forms of gambling — sports betting ...
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Artificial intelligence: Can Watson save IBM? - Financial Times

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 01:13

Financial Times

Artificial intelligence: Can Watson save IBM?
Financial Times
... to machines. The AI highlights reel includes the “expert systems” of the 1980s and Deep Blue, IBM's world champion-defeating chess computer of the 1990s, as well as more recent feats like the Google system that taught itself what cats look like by ...

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