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    the Better” is a reading about how technology is benefiting humans way of thinking using chess as his primary example. Thompson’s profession as a technology journalist takes the reader into his perspective regarding the evolution of chess when integrated with computers. One of the author’s main points in the reading is how chess players became proficient in the game in a short time frame with the aid of chess software. The author argues that technology, when fused with human intuition, increases…

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    microcosm-macrocosm comparison and characterization to reveal the following authorial attitude: foresight can generate success. Chess as life’s microcosm, Mrs. Jong’s candy restriction, and both Meimei’s trivial and crucial foresights respectively reflect the authorial attitude. Tan uses the title, “Rules of the Game,” to portray the mother-daughter conflict as a game-like competition; Tan explores chess, another ‘game’ where foresight typically produces success, as the conflict’s microcosm to…

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    In the beginning of the film, he is seen watching people play chess in the park. When he was picked up from school, he asked his mother if they could go to the park to watch the men play chess. At first, his mother was not fond of being in the area because a lot of the men were dealing drugs, smoking, and drinking. The second time his mother brought him to the park, she asked and paid a man to allow Josh to play one round of chess with him. Although Josh lost the game, he was fairly happy that…

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    Alexey Kim is a third generation Korean who was raised in Moscow, Russia. At the age of four, his Grandfather, Nikolay Kim, schooled him in the wonders of chess. Right off the bat, Alexey was a star- he won the Moscow Junior Chess Championship at the age of 11, and only improved from there. He continued playing, and in 2004, he achieved the title of chess grandmaster, the highest,…

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    Two years ago, I was exposed to one of the greatest inventions of mankind, only outdone by the wheel and the light bulb: the game of chess. I will be the first to admit I am not very good at chess. I do not win often nor am I strategically sound; however I do have fun as a result of the thought-provoking nature of the game. I never penetrated how the game functions. Knowing the basic movements of all the pieces was evidently not the key to winning rounds; therefore, I realized I had a single…

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    Potini's The Dark Horse

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    don't need to know anything about chess, New Zealand or Genesis Potini to fall under the spell of "The Dark Horse." This may have as much to do with the real-life Potini as with the actor who becomes him in this loving portrait: "Fear the Walking Dead" star Cliff Curtis. His immersive portrayal makes Potini fascinating and unpredictable in every frame of "The Dark Horse." The real guy was just as interesting. It was a 2003 documentary about the New Zealand chess champ (nicknamed the Dark…

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    This is because chess is a mind sport and football is a physical sport. But by looking into aspects of what makes a sport for example; sport promotion, prize money, intellectual ability, sport customers, governing bodies and level of competitiveness, we will be able to see if a mind sport can be considered a sport. First we can see that chess takes more intellectual ability. Chess is used for mental training, as it is a way to develop the minds of…

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    still use many creations that come from Islam, but we have just improved them to make them more advanced and even better than the original creation. The three greatest advancements that Islam gave to civilization are hospitals, games such as Polo and Chess, and the very well known math skill, algebra. One of the biggest creations that the people from Islam invented was the hospital. Back in the seventh and eighth centuries hospitals were used to perform surgeries on people, just like modern…

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    or Creator) and the game of chess is symbolic of the world (Jagat or Sansar). The moves made by the chessmaster are symbolic of the conduct of the drama of life (Lila). It is well-known fact that moves in the game of the chess cannot be predicted. In the novel narrator indicates life is like game of chess and all the incidents of life played with the laws of game of chess. Sivaram states: “Even objects have hierarchies, and events are shaped by the rules of this chess game, which has not four…

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    It is important for children to develop the understanding of expression and the different ways of communication. The beginning stages of development children learn by observing and then participating and it is very important to provide the best means of learning at the early stage as this can direct a child’s development of communication and understanding. As children naturally easy to be entertained. It is an excellent way to help their development by providing learning with the things they…

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