Poker bots raise the stakes for human players - New Scientist (subscription)

Poker bots raise the stakes for human players New Scientist (subscription), UK - Nov 13, 2008 Then, last year, researchers announced the development of a program that had mastered draughts (checkers) - meaning it could never lose a game no matter how ...

Chess ‘grandfather‘ honored for decade of tutoring - Boston Herald

Chess ‘grandfather‘ honored for decade of tutoring Boston Herald, United States - Oct 30, 2008 Four days a week for 10 years, Yasha Khibkin, 69, has spent several hours tutoring math and teaching chess, checkers and Chinese checkers to 52 children in ...

Newark school gets another chance to grow - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Newark school gets another chance to grow The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Nov 13, 2008 Some of the tables will come equipped with game boards for those who wish to play chess or checkers. Anyone wanting to work on their free-throw shooting can ...

Fuld Sought Buffett Offer He Refused as Lehman Sank (Update1) - Bloomberg

Fuld Sought Buffett Offer He Refused as Lehman Sank (Update1) Bloomberg - Nov 10, 2008 The difference between risk management in the 1980s and in the new millennium was like the difference between playing checkers and three-dimensional chess. ...

Playing Outside - Macomb Daily Journal

Playing Outside Macomb Daily Journal, IL - Nov 5, 2008 Each player uses one of the poles to move the checkers on the board. For a summer 4-H project, they built one set of chess pieces out of wooden spindles ...

Unplugged: Board games provide low-tech alternative for family fun - Baxter Bulletin

Unplugged: Board games provide low-tech alternative for family fun Baxter Bulletin, AR - Nov 7, 2008 Chess, checkers and Parcheesi date back hundreds and sometimes thousands of years. Two ivory chessmen dating to the second century AD were discovered in the ...

A Trump Coup Saves Points at World Mind Sports Games - New York Times

A Trump Coup Saves Points at World Mind Sports Games New York Times, United States - Oct 29, 2008 There were five brain games being played: bridge, checkers (draughts), chess, go and Chinese chess (xiangqi). The games had 2763 competitors, who came from ...

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November Events at the Library (Ypsilanti Courier)
The following are upcoming events for the Ypsilanti District Library.

Updated 11/7: Calendar (The Doings Weekly)
Find out what to do this week and beyond.

Updated 11/7: Calendar (The Doings Western Springs)
Find out what to do this week and beyond. Tips on how to search the Internet more effectively will be presented during the finding information online demonstration to be held at the Indian Prairie Public Library from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in the second floor meeting room on the second floor of the library, 401 Plainfield Road, Darien.

Chess 'grandfather' honored for decade of tutoring (Boston Herald)
A "foster grandfather" will be honored tonight for volunteering to teach Quincy kids chess - using his own handmade chess pieces. Four days a week for 10 years,...

Still stompin' after all these years (The Globe and Mail)
Stompin' Tom Connors sings about purely Canadian experiences on new album

Updated 10/24: Calendar (The Doings Western Springs)
Turkey time class will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 1 at the Recreation Center, 1501 N. Barnsdale, LaGrange Park. The class will teach how to properly thaw and carve the turkey and what to do with the leftovers. For more information, call Darla Goudeau at (708) 354-4580.

Looking for a ‘square’ deal (The Advocate)
The team selected to design Galvez Plaza was chosen earlier this year based on its unique makeup. In addition to the standard architecture firms, it also includes companies involved in activities the city ultimately wants the town square to feature.