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The term ‘genius’ can encompass a number of things. For every person who has their own personal triangle, there is a comedian who made a national catchphrase out of “And away we go.” We throw around the word ‘genius’ for everything from inventing the light bulb, an IQ over 200, to even the subtle complexities [...]
Posted by Jim Ciscell on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under People · Tagged Albert Einstein, Blaise Pascal, chess, child geniuses, children, Elise Tan Roberts, Genius, Gregory Smith, Heidi Hankins, Judit Polgar, Kim Ung-Yong, mathematician, MENSA, mozart, Ted Kaczynski, terrence tao, Unabomber, william james sidis, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In this list we approach some of the most interesting areas and facts relating to chess which makes it one of the most popular games. Its long history and dynamic nature have produced many chess players around the world – according to The Chess in the Olympics Campaign, “605 million people worldwide know how to [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Games · Tagged advisor, bishop, boxing, Budapest, Capablanca chess, chess, Chess rules, Chess theory, Chess variants, Computer chess, counselor, Deep Blue, First-move advantage in chess, Franklin, Garry Kasparov, Human chess, human chess player, Hungary, IBM, India, International Business Machines Corporation, Janos Flesch, King, Napoleon Bonaparte, player, Prime Minister, Promotion, queen, Spain, Sports, the king, the Olympics, The Turk, Vladimir Kramnik
Although they’re great for killing time, most people don’t think of games as being especially dramatic. Sure they may be exciting to play and they may occasionally expose long simmering family resentments, but mostly they’re just a bit of fun when there’s nothing else to do. Nobody wants to watch other people playing them, right? [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Friday, January 7, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Games, Movies, Television · Tagged Actor, Battleship, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Billy Mitchell, board games, car chase, chess, Chewbacca, Dungeons and Dragons, Eddie Felson, Edward G. Robinson, Entertainment, films, Five-card stud, Frank Sinatra Jr., Freaks and Geeks, gambling, Game, geek, Hologram Chess, Ingmar Bergman’s cinema, Jackie Gleason, Judd Apatow, Marge Simpson, Mass media, Matt Damon, Max von Sydow, Paul Newman Wins, player, poker, Richie Aprile, Rounders, star wars, Steve McQueen, Steve Wiebe, Ted, The Cincinnati Kid, The Executive Game, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The Seventh Seal, The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Tony Soprano, William Sadler
By now we’ve all heard about the epic tennis match that happened recently at Wimbledon between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. That 11-hour marathon has now earned its place in history as one of the longest sporting events on record, but it’s certainly not the first time that a competition has simply refused to end. [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Sports · Tagged Andy Bowen, anniversary of their legendary win, Arkansas vs. Kentucky football game, basketball, boxing, Cal Ripken, chess, Cincinnati, competitions, cricket, Dave Coza, Detroit Red Wings, Ed Podolack, Florida, football, Football (soccer) terminology, Frank Crosby, Garo Yepremian, Harry Sharp, Harry Sharpe, hockey, Illinois, Jack McAuliffe, John Isner, judge, Kansas City Chiefs, Larry Olmstead, long games, longest games, longest matches, longest sporting events, Marty Barrett, Miami, Miami Dolphins, montreal maroons, Nameoki, National Basketball Association, National Football League, nba, nfl, NHL, Nicolas Mahut, Overtime, Pawtucket player, Pawtucket Red Sox, Phil Laak, Rochester Red Wings, rochester royals, running back, Sports, Sudden death, tendonitis, tennis, the Stanley Cup, Tie, top 10 sporting events, top ten list, TopTenz.net, United States, Wade Boggs, Wimbledon, World Chess Federation