I will be spending the next few days in sunny Parsippany, NJ, participating in the annual chess extravaganza known as the World Amateur Team Chess Championship. I'm mostly retired from tournament play these days, too stressful, but I always poke up my head to push the wood at this one. I get to see a lot of old friends, and with 1500+ players it is an event not to be missed.
Monday Math will get the week off, in honor of the fact that my poor students have a test next week.
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Just a quick post today, so have a look at this essay by Alex Beresow, over at Real Clear Science. He is advocating for chess to be a required subject in schools:
The start of the school year, coupled with the looming deadline for the book I'm coediting, has left little time for blogging. I do, however, feel compelled to point out that six of the world's top ten chess players have gathered in St.
Time Magazine has an interesting profile of Magnus Carlsen, the youngest chess player to achieve a number one world ranking:
Writing at Slate, Ann Hulbert offers some thoughts on the use of chess as an educational tool in elementary schools:
IBM watson won jeopardy, how about IBM Deep Blue in Chess ?
Yes, but will the chess in Parsippany be played parsimoniously?
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