Scientific American6d
Surgeons Identify—And Save—A Patient’s Chess-Playing Brain Area
Neuroscientists at the University of Barcelona set about on a search for brain areas involved in chess-related tasks so that ...
Covers1d
Two Chinese Chess Grandmasters Receive Lifetime Bans for Match-Fixing
The Chinese Xiangqi Association has issued lifetime bans to top players Wang Tianyi and Wang Yuefei for match-fixing and ...
ZME Science on MSN7d
Unprecedented DNA computer solves Sudoku and mini-Chess, potentially stores an ungodly amount of data
For billions of years, DNA has quietly carried the blueprints for all life on Earth, encoding instructions for everything ...
BasketballNetwork.net on MSN17d
Danny Ainge shares a story of Bill Walton being obsessed with chess but being at it: "We thought he was a chess genius"
Bill Walton had a similar obsession, but instead of golf, it was chess. As peculiar as it sounds, his Boston Celtics ...
Jefferson Public Radio1d
Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Powers plunges deep into the ocean in 'Playground'
Richard Powers' latest novel brims with love for humanity and the planet. He makes clear that while humans have made this ...
The Economist5d
The sport in which nine-year-old prodigies are world-beaters
T HE GRANDMASTER sits at the pinnacle of chess. The title evokes excellence and experience, a garland for someone who has ...
Irish Examiner5d
Intermezzo: How accurate is the chess play in Sally Rooney’s new book?
Sally Rooney’s new novel is entitled Intermezzo — the old chess term for an unexpected move. The board game is a significant ...
Cognitive Reserve – Why You Need Save Your Excess Brainpower For Later Use
Like retirement planning, where you build financial reserves for use when you are older, you need to save excess brainpower, ...
Singularity Hub5d
DNA Computing Evolves: New System Stores Data, Plays Chess, and Solves Sudoku Puzzles
Unlike previous DNA computers, the data can be erased and replaced like memory on classical computers to solve multiple ...
Zimbabwe16h
Zimbabwe Chess team shines at Olympiad
Spread This NewsBy Staff Reporter Zimbabwe Chess Federation team shined at the 45th Chess Olympiad held in Budapest, Hungary ...
Daily Trojan6d
Yes, chess is pretty much the same as football
To the average person, the movement of a pawn on a chess board has nothing to do with a tackle on a football field. However, ...
A little known chess story: The carpenter who won a silver at Olympiad
The silver medal at the Malta Olympiad aside, Khan’s most memorable exploits on the chessboard involved defeating Belgian ...