In world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercury
At least it wasn’t novichok.
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Apple, apple community, Apple Inc, chess, iOS, iphone, itunes, Mac, mac operating system, mach, MacOS, macos version history, os x mountain lion, safari, Steve Jobs, Tech Industry, Tech News, technology internetApple Updates Its Chess App for the First Time Since 2012
Read more: Apple Updates Its Chess App for the First Time Since 2012As Apple eulogized its commitment to purportedly non-invasive AI during its annual developer conference, the iPhone maker neglected to disclose a critical update that’s coming to the next evolution of its Mac operating system — macOS Sequoia.Read more….
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Neuralink Livestreams Paralyzed Patient Playing Video Games With His Mind
Read more: Neuralink Livestreams Paralyzed Patient Playing Video Games With His MindNeuralink, Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup, live-streamed an interview with its first patient on Wednesday. The man in question, a 29-year-old quadriplegic who identifies himself as Noland Arbaugh, said that he has been unable to move his arms or legs…
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Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Solve This Google Interview Question?
Read more: Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Solve This Google Interview Question?Tech companies are infamous for torturing career hopefuls with mind-melters during interviews. This week, you’ll try your hand at one without the stress of job prospects on your shoulders. Google is rumored to have used this puzzle over the years, alth…
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Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: You Don’t Have to Play Chess to Be the Queen
Read more: Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: You Don’t Have to Play Chess to Be the QueenI have three chess puzzles for you this week, but you don’t need to know the rules of chess for two of them. These two are variants of the famous eight queens puzzle, which asks solvers to position eight queens on an eight-by-eight board such that no t…
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Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: You Don’t Have to Play Chess to Be the Queen
Read more: Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: You Don’t Have to Play Chess to Be the QueenI have three chess puzzles for you this week, but you don’t need to know the rules of chess for two of them. These two are variants of the famous eight queens puzzle, which asks solvers to position eight queens on an eight-by-eight board such that no t…
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Anal Bead Cheating Scandal Returns, This Time with Chinese Chess
Read more: Anal Bead Cheating Scandal Returns, This Time with Chinese ChessJust when I thought I was out, the anal beads pull me back in. Months after the drama between world chess champion Magnus Carlson and young prodigy Hans Niemann ended with an arbitration agreement, the internet isn’t willing to let go of the idea that …
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Chess.com, Hans Niemann have made their peace over 2022 cheating scandal
Read more: Chess.com, Hans Niemann have made their peace over 2022 cheating scandalIt was the most serious cheating scandal since 2006 World Chess Championship (“Toiletgate”).
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Hans Niemann’s War With Chess.com Over Cheating Scandal Comes to an End
Read more: Hans Niemann’s War With Chess.com Over Cheating Scandal Comes to an EndOne of the greatest chess dramas of the 21st century hasn’t ended with the bang of a chess-cheating vibrator hitting the floor but with the whimper of an arbitration agreement. On Monday, Chess.com and young “chess prodigy” Hans Niemann reached a settl…
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The Grandmaster Plan to Turn Hordes of Kids Into Chess Fanatics
Read more: The Grandmaster Plan to Turn Hordes of Kids Into Chess FanaticsPandemic boredom and a Netflix mini-series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” played a part. But Chess.com was also plotting its own moves.
