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Obama plays chess not checkers
Your move If you don’t know it by now, you’re never going to know it. Obama is smooth and calculating with a long view. His moves are strategic, often drawing near term fire, exposing his enemies and their... Alexandra Kosteniuk: World's Best Women's Chess Player & a Model
Chessmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia has raised something of a stir online. In addition to being the best women's chess player in the world, the statuesque brunette is also an aspiring model who hosts a...
created by Jon Azpiri | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Video games jump to THOUGHT speed
With physicists exceeding the speed of light and making a JUMP into THOUGHT, the world's first 4D video game has hit the streets.Actually, it is really 5 games in one.(1) "Ueber Alles - The Struggle of Kurt...
created by gabrielagbasi | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Nice guys do finish first
The performance of Vishwanathan Anand and Sachin Tendulkar has taken Indian sports to new highs. Extreme Chess: ISS Vs. The Earth
ISS - For the crew of the International Space Station (ISS), it's not all work-work-work. When he's not running one of 43 different experiments across a wide range of scientific disciplines, Flight... Anand out of contention at Bilbao Grand Slam
"World Champion Viswanathan Anand bowed out of contention for a top finish in the Bilbao Grand Slam final chess tournament after losing from a better position against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth round. After suffering his second loss in the tournament, Anand’s... Fidel Castro warns of harassment on Cuban Olympic team
This time, Fidel Castro has devoted one of his weekly reflections on the Cuban Olympic team and all the difficulties they have endured and the luring dangers ahead. Had there not been an US embargo on... Op-Ed:McCain Holds The Key
I love the game of chess. It is a game of thought and strategy. Any chess player will tell you, to capture the queen can almost certainly seal the victory. The pawns, rooks, bishops, and knights will take away key plays from your opponent; however, the...
created by V_rod218813 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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503 views | 2 recommendations | 13 comments
Chess and boxing together at last
Chessboxing -- exactly what it sounds like -- is taking Europe by storm, using brute force and clever tactics. Competitors with names like "the President" and "David Steppeler" hone their skills in Europe-wide...US Magazines: Canadians World's Top Intellectuals'
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWow, who knew we were so Brainy, after reading this, I rushed to check my phone messages. No doubt I was out when they called."PARIS - Liberal deputy leader...
created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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With the 'Hip Hop Chess Federation' use your Brain not your Fists
A little off topic but I thought it was worth mentioning the Hip Hop Chess Federation.This non-profit (I quote) fuses "music, chess and martial arts to promote unity, strategy and non-violence". Co-founder Adisa Banjoko states "These black and white squares do not care...
created by leconcierge | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Indonesia hires Hungarian trainer for WIM Irene Kharisma Sukandar
"Jakarta, Apr 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Chess Association (PB Percasi) said it has hired a chess coach from Hungary, IM Tibor Karolyi, to train Indonesian woman chess player WIM Irene Kharisma Sukandar.Irene will take part in the Grandmaster Woman`s JAPFA Chess Festival to...Aronian wins Amber with round to spare
Anand lost the tournament very early...losing consecutive matches.Chess Legend Bobby Fischer dies at 64
Chess," Bobby Fischer once said, "is life." It was the chess master's tragedy that the messy, tawdry details of his life often overshadowed the sublime genius of his game. Fischer, who has died at the age of 64, was a child prodigy, a teenage grandmaster and — before age 30...Russian police raid Kasparov website office: spokeswoman
"The coalition`s spokeswoman Lyudmila Mamina told AFP that the police did not proffer any explanations for the raid in the office housing the party`s website. "They had no documents, acted on the authority of some secret decree, so they could not say what it was about," she...NowPublic on Facebook
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