Chess Yields to the YoungWorld-chess championships’ rigorous schedule favors younger competitorsBy CHRISTOPHER CHABRISDec. 12, 2014 2:23 p.m. ET The ancient game of chess, long associated with old men sitting on park benches, is increasingly a sport for the young. The latest exemplar of this trend is 24-year-old Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who defended his title […]
Chess and powerful computers
Chess-Championship Results Show Powerful Role of ComputersThe digital revolution has pushed human abilities to new heightsBy Christopher Chabris and David Goodman Nov. 22, 2013 11:21 a.m. ET In the world chess championship match that ended Friday in India, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, the cool, charismatic 22-year-old challenger and the highest-rated player in chess history, defeated local […]
Is the 10,000 hour theory accurate?
June 7, 2011, 10:08 AM ET Can the ’10,000 Hours’ Theory Be Tested?By Christopher Shea The psychologist Anders Ericsson developed, and Malcolm Gladwell monetized popularized, in “Outliers,” the idea that expertise is all about practice: You, too, can become Bill Gates (at least the talent part) or Tiger Woods if you spend 10,000 hours writing […]
The 10,000 hours theory
Too Hard for Science? Seeing If 10,000 Hours Make You an ExpertBy Charles Q. Choi | Jun 6, 2011 02:10 PMExperiment Might Take Thousands of Volunteers and Decades of Effort In “Too Hard for Science?” I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don’t think could be investigated. For instance, they […]