Chess
noun
A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the objective is to checkmate the opponent's king.
He loves playing chess on weekends.
Often appears as...
- play chess
- chess piece
noun
Any of several weedy grasses of the genus Bromus.
Farmers are trying to get rid of chess in their fields.
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noun
A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the objective is to checkmate the opponent's king.
He loves playing chess on weekends.
Often appears as...
- play chess
- chess piece
noun
Any of several weedy grasses of the genus Bromus.
Farmers are trying to get rid of chess in their fields.
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Pro Tip 1/3Intellectual Game
Chess is seen as a strategic and intellectual game, often associated with intelligence and critical thinking.
They joined the chess club to improve their strategic skills.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Icon
Chess has a rich history and is often featured in literature and films as a symbol of complex thinking.
The grandmaster's life was depicted in a movie, showcasing his chess prowess.
Pro Tip 3/3Competitive Sport
Chess competitions are taken very seriously, with professional players and international tournaments.
He aspires to compete in the World Chess Championship.
Pro Tip 1/3Intellectual Game
Chess is seen as a strategic and intellectual game, often associated with intelligence and critical thinking.
They joined the chess club to improve their strategic skills.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Icon
Chess has a rich history and is often featured in literature and films as a symbol of complex thinking.
The grandmaster's life was depicted in a movie, showcasing his chess prowess.
Pro Tip 3/3Competitive Sport
Chess competitions are taken very seriously, with professional players and international tournaments.
He aspires to compete in the World Chess Championship.
Pro Tip 1/3Intellectual Game
Chess is seen as a strategic and intellectual game, often associated with intelligence and critical thinking.
They joined the chess club to improve their strategic skills.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Icon
Chess has a rich history and is often featured in literature and films as a symbol of complex thinking.
The grandmaster's life was depicted in a movie, showcasing his chess prowess.
Pro Tip 3/3Competitive Sport
Chess competitions are taken very seriously, with professional players and international tournaments.
He aspires to compete in the World Chess Championship.
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Working backward to...
So we use different techniques to be able to look ahead. And some of these techniques include chunking, which means taking a group, a chess position, and seeing what possibilities can come from just that group; or pattern recognition, which is just going over a lot of positions that look very similarly and extrapolating truths from that;
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Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
Somewhere in your future, there will be a robot in your life. If not in yours, your children's lives. And I want these robots to be more fluent, more engaging, more graceful than currently they seem to be. And for that I think maybe robots need to be less like chess players and more like stage actors and more like musicians.
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What will humans look...
How would you want to enhance a human body? Where is it ethical to enhance a human body and where is it not ethical to enhance a human body? And all of a sudden, what we're doing is we've got this multidimensional chess board where we can change human genetics by using viruses to attack things like AIDS,
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How we'll earn money in...
the number of configurations that the board can be in is essentially infinite. There are actually more possibilities than there are atoms in the universe. So what that means is, you're never going to be able to build a computer to win at the game of Go the way chess was approached, for example,
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A brief history of chess...
after sacrificing his queen and both rooks. But the emergence of formal competitive play in the late 19th century meant that strategic calculation would eventually trump dramatic flair. And with the rise of international competition, chess took on a new geopolitical importance.
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Two Champions, One...
I wasn't bent on becoming the first black Grandmaster I wanted to become a grandmaster that's what mattered I was a fan of all these great players through history and the word Grandmaster just resonates no matter where you are in the world but in chess it's just you know
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Science can answer moral...
moral precepts that admit of no exceptions. So, for instance, if it's really wrong to lie, it must always be wrong to lie, and if you can find an exception, well then there's no such thing as moral truth. Why would we think this? Consider, by analogy, the game of chess.
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Sneaky Kea Raids A...
just watch this care raiding a wheelie bin it's using its brain as a chess player dance to work out a sequence of moves which logs need to be shifted in what order to allow it to open the bin
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Giving checkmate is...
chess so obviously I was very motivated to learn the game in the beginning it was only a game for me but it became gradually competitive it suited very much to my character as from a very
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Don't fear intelligent...
I lost that game. And I couldn't help wondering, might it be invincible? Was my beloved game of chess over? These were human doubts, human fears,
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Working backward to...
So we use different techniques to be able to look ahead. And some of these techniques include chunking, which means taking a group, a chess position, and seeing what possibilities can come from just that group; or pattern recognition, which is just going over a lot of positions that look very similarly and extrapolating truths from that;
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Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
Somewhere in your future, there will be a robot in your life. If not in yours, your children's lives. And I want these robots to be more fluent, more engaging, more graceful than currently they seem to be. And for that I think maybe robots need to be less like chess players and more like stage actors and more like musicians.
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What will humans look...
How would you want to enhance a human body? Where is it ethical to enhance a human body and where is it not ethical to enhance a human body? And all of a sudden, what we're doing is we've got this multidimensional chess board where we can change human genetics by using viruses to attack things like AIDS,
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How we'll earn money in...
the number of configurations that the board can be in is essentially infinite. There are actually more possibilities than there are atoms in the universe. So what that means is, you're never going to be able to build a computer to win at the game of Go the way chess was approached, for example,
Video examples
A brief history of chess...
after sacrificing his queen and both rooks. But the emergence of formal competitive play in the late 19th century meant that strategic calculation would eventually trump dramatic flair. And with the rise of international competition, chess took on a new geopolitical importance.
Video examples
Two Champions, One...
I wasn't bent on becoming the first black Grandmaster I wanted to become a grandmaster that's what mattered I was a fan of all these great players through history and the word Grandmaster just resonates no matter where you are in the world but in chess it's just you know
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Science can answer moral...
moral precepts that admit of no exceptions. So, for instance, if it's really wrong to lie, it must always be wrong to lie, and if you can find an exception, well then there's no such thing as moral truth. Why would we think this? Consider, by analogy, the game of chess.
Video examples
Sneaky Kea Raids A...
just watch this care raiding a wheelie bin it's using its brain as a chess player dance to work out a sequence of moves which logs need to be shifted in what order to allow it to open the bin
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Giving checkmate is...
chess so obviously I was very motivated to learn the game in the beginning it was only a game for me but it became gradually competitive it suited very much to my character as from a very
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Don't fear intelligent...
I lost that game. And I couldn't help wondering, might it be invincible? Was my beloved game of chess over? These were human doubts, human fears,
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Geoffrey Boycott
British Athlete
I'd love to see pitches start very dry all over the world, which is good for batting but means there will be turn - a cricket match without spinners is like a chess match without two important pieces - a less interesting game.
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Hikaru Nakamura
Japanese Celebrity
It's certainly an honor to have kids who are looking up to me, but at the same time, I'm just trying to do what I can to raise the profile of chess.
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Jason Reynolds
American Author
The truth of the matter is that chess is not the game of life because life does not ever happen the way you strategize and plan.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences.
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Garry Kasparov
Celebrity
It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess.
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Anish Giri
Dutch Celebrity
Top players are privileged in the chess world.
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Anatoly Karpov
Russian Celebrity
Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
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Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.
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Henry James Byron
English Dramatist
Life's to short for chess.
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Bobby Fischer
American Celebrity
Chess is life.
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Geoffrey Boycott
British Athlete
I'd love to see pitches start very dry all over the world, which is good for batting but means there will be turn - a cricket match without spinners is like a chess match without two important pieces - a less interesting game.
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Hikaru Nakamura
Japanese Celebrity
It's certainly an honor to have kids who are looking up to me, but at the same time, I'm just trying to do what I can to raise the profile of chess.
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Jason Reynolds
American Author
The truth of the matter is that chess is not the game of life because life does not ever happen the way you strategize and plan.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences.
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Garry Kasparov
Celebrity
It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess.
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Anish Giri
Dutch Celebrity
Top players are privileged in the chess world.
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Anatoly Karpov
Russian Celebrity
Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
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Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.
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Henry James Byron
English Dramatist
Life's to short for chess.
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Bobby Fischer
American Celebrity
Chess is life.
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