This is an exciting time for chessplayers. First the big Anand-Kramnik match, which certianly exceeded expectations. Possibly a Kamsky-Topalov match later this month. And now the big olympiad in Dresden, Germany. The U.S. is represented by a strong team consisting of Onischuk, Shulman, Nakamura, Kamsky, and Akobian. A serious medal threat. And, indeed, today we won our first round match against Iceland.
Ramesh Balasubramanian (who beat me in the first round of the World Open two years ago. Grrrrr) has some interesting thoughts on the subject. Also check out Mig Greengard here.
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NASA's Science Mission Directorate produced a cross-discipline report on medium term needs for computational modeling capabilities; ie what serious iron NASA might want to get to play with
While procrastinating (I should be analyzing data for a talk I'm giving on Friday), I stumbled upon this site (via
Well, the big chess match has resumed. There are still unresolved issues, but I don't have the patience to wade through them. The bottom line is that game six was this morning, and it was a fairly uneventful draw.
Aside from taking 4th year medical school classes it's also the time of year that medical students who plan to graduate in 2009 (like me) are applying to residency programs across the country.
Wow, I never knew there were such things as INTERNATIONAL CHESS competitions. However, it's an amazing idea, having different countries across the globe competeting against each other in a game of strategy and stealth. None of the countries that are part of this olympiad have no significant sort of advantage over others, so this competition is very fair. I can't really play chess; my father taught me how once, but that was around 10 years ago. I'd love to learn again, though!