When it comes to online chess and the digital representation of the sport, Italy is a country that is spearheading the challenge. The Italian Ministry of Education started to support online chess classrooms, the software company which created FIDE’s...
Help save Andrea’s life!
Dear Signers, My deepest thanks to the more than 132,000 of you who have stood with us in the fight to save the life of Andrea Sloan. As signatures and comments have poured in from across the globe, we...
Tippett Creature Shop
Special Effects Master Phil Tippett, who was tapped by George Lucas to create the Chess Set scene in the first Star Wars movie, has partnered with Efexio (a special effects marketplace/app) and created the “Tippett Creature Show” … which...
‘El ajedrecista’ turns 100
Science: Video game forebear turns 100, born in Spain Google conference in Madrid to celebrate creator Torres Quevedo 01 NOVEMBER, 13:07 (ANSAmed) – Madrid, November 1 – The ‘grandfather’ of today’s video games turns 100. ‘El ajedrecista’, the chess player, was...
Move over Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, here comes the Transition
Flying Cars on the RiseBy Charles Plueddeman of MSN Autos Excuse us for asking, but what’s taking the concept of a flying car so long to, uh, get off the ground? A “roadable aircraft” has been a geek’s dream...
Thinking big – only smaller
Click on images to read the full size article. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Outsmarting chess robot
Chess grand masters outsmart robotSvetlana KalmykovaJun 10, 2010 16:23 Moscow Time A group of grand masters has outsmarted a chess robot in the first game of a chess series. The robot, which calculates thousands of moves ahead and was...
2,487.5 mpg!
2,487.5 mpg! Catchy headline unneccessaryby Nik Bristow on Mar 29th 2010 at 6:01PM For the second year in a row, the student team from Laval University in Quebec, Canada took home the $5,000 top prize in a worst-to-first finish...
Chess going strong in video game era
Chess going strong in video game eraBy MEGAN McCOURT – Staff InternPosted: 07/12/2009 12:00:00 AM PDT CHICO — His baby sitter first taught him how to play chess at the age of 5. At 12 he won the Northern...
Flying cars?
Look Out, Jetsons: Flying Car Is HereCBS News (March 19) How many times have you been stuck in traffic and dreamed of being able to just have your car take off and fly over it? Well, the future is...