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Business Definition for: CHESS
- Clearing House Electronic Subregister System: a centralized electronic stock transfer and settlement system operated by the Australian Stock Exchange. It issues stockholders with regular holding statements.
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- Fool's mate: IBM's chess-playing computer may see beating Garry Kasparov as a leap forward for artificial intelligence. Sucker.(Editorial)
- Chess champion Garry Kasparov will play another series of games with IBM's Deep Blue chess program in 1997. Many observers are concerned with humans being outsmarted by computers, but chess ability is merely computational and not a measure of intelligenceChess champion Garry Kasparov will play another series of games with...
- Research articles 1997-05-03
- PMC-Sierra Announces Production Release of CHESS III and CHESS Wideband Chip Sets for Carrier Class SONET/SDH Metro Transport Equipment
- SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- PMC-Sierra (NASDAQ:PMCS) today announced the production release of the CHESSTM III and CHESSTM Wideband chip sets for next-generation Multi Service Provisioning Platforms MSPPs and digital cross connects. PMC-Sierra's CHESS III and CHESS Wideband products have achieved over one hundred design wins with leading manufacturers around the...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: WPI chess team among top finishers in Pan American championship.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 January 1999-WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: WPI chess team among top finishers in Pan American collegiate championship C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:140199 Worcester, Mass. -- The Dallas Morning News reports that the WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute chess team tied for third...
- Research articles 1999-01-15
- World chess king hopes sport makes Olympic debut
- NEW DELHI AFP — Reigning world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand of India said Tuesday that he hoped his sport would one day be included in the Olympic Games as a medal discipline. The bespectacled Anand, crowned chess king two weeks ago after toppling Russia's Vladimir Kramnik in Mexico City,...
- Research articles 2007-10-16
- Another Violent and Aggressive Computer Game? Absolutely; Saitek Makes Learning Chess as Easy as ABC for Kids on the Way Back to School
- LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 20, 1998--The nice thing about chess is that players do battle in their heads.Extensive research indicates that chess teaches logic, problem solving, memory, strategic thinking, sportsmanship, concentration and self-esteem. That's why many schools are teaching kids to play.The electronic versions of chess can greatly simplify learning and...
- Research articles 1998-08-20
- Saving time by playing chess.
- Dec 10, 2001 The Advertiser ABIX via COMTEX -- The Clearing House and Electronic Sub-register System CHESS has two functions. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Australian Stock Exchange ASX CHESS is the computer system that transfers the ownership of shares between purchasers and...
- Research articles 2001-12-09
- Chess Site ChessCube Raises $1.25 Million
- International chess site ChessCube has raised $1.25 million in a round of funding from investors, including South African early stage VC firm InVenFin. The site will have now raised $1.8 million since its start two years ago. ChessCube lets players compete online, while chatting, and also offers interactive instructional...
- External links 2009-08-11
- Reprise Records to Release Chess in Concert on DVD
- Wireless News 06-04-2009 Reprise Records to Release Chess in Concert on DVD Type: News PBS said its Great Performances will air the London concert revival of Benny Andersson and Bj?rn Ulvaeus' 1986 cult musical Chess, starring Reprise Records recording artists Josh Groban...
- Research articles 2009-06-04
- Another Day, Another AppStore Rejection – Chess Wars Edition
- AppStore rejections are becoming a matter of public record. Today, another iPhone app gets rejected from the AppStore. This time, the iPhone app is a game called Chess Wars from iPhone developer Joe Stump. The latest Chess Wars app update has apparently been sitting in Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)'s app review...
- News items 2009-09-01
- Packard Bell NEC Sponsors LEGO Chess Challenge; Children to Compete On Packard Bell Multimedia Computers
- SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 6, 1998--Packard Bell NEC, a leading provider of easy-to-use, full-featured computers for the home and family, teams up with LEGO Media International as a sponsor of the LEGO Chess Challenge, a computer chess tournament to be held this Saturday, Nov. 7, at the U.S. Chess Center in...
- Research articles 1998-11-06
- Kasparov wins third chess match encounter against machine
- NEW YORK, AFP ? Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov won game number three on Sunday against a virtual reality supercomputer "X3D Fritz," tying the score in their four-game challenge at 1.5-to-1.5. A fourth and final game in the man-versus-machine series will take place at the New York Athletic Club on...
- Research articles 2003-11-16
- Campaign in Germany to back troubled chess master Bobby Fischer
- BERLIN AFP ? A group of German chess players has called on Berlin to offer political asylum to chess master Bobby Fischer, who is being held in Japan, one of the campaign's organisers said. In a letter to Interior Minister Otto Schily entitled "Free Bobby Fischer", the organisers of...
- Research articles 2004-08-09
- Norwegian teenager is star of Grand Slam Chess Final in Spain
- MADRID AFP — A 17-year-old Nowegian chess prodigy, Magnus Carlsen, is the star of the Grand Slam Chess Final Masters currently under way in Spain which features five other top players including world number one Viswanathan Anand of India. Carlsen, who is currently number six in the official world...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- OLY: Olympic bosses recognise Chess governing body
- AAP Sports News Australia 06-23-1999 OLY: Olympic bosses recognise Chess governing body LONDON, June 22 PA - The International Olympic Committee today officially recognised chess's governing body as an official federation. IOC president Juan Antonio...
- Research articles 1999-06-23
- Reprise Records to Release Chess in Concert on DVD, Two-Disc CD, and Single-Disc CD on June 16th
- Josh Groban and Idina Menzel Star in a PBS Great Performances Special of the Revival of British Musical Chess on June 17th BURBANK, Calif. --...
- Research articles 2009-06-01
- Acm Chess Challenge — World Champion Kasparov To Play Ibm's Deep Blue
- HONG KONG--BUSINESS WIRE--May 30, 1995--The Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the first society in computing, announces a six game match between World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and the top-rated chess program DEEP BLUE.
- Research articles 1995-05-30
- Beaten. (world chess champion Garry Kasparov loses to IBM's Deep Blue computer; includes additional international business news)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
- For the first time in chess history, a computer won a tournament against a reigning world champion. Garry Kasparov, saying he had been unnerved by his digital opponent, conceded the final game against IBM's Deep Blue in a six-game rematch. For the first time in...
- Research articles 1997-05-17
- Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corp. Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (Deep Blue computer chess system that defeated world champion Garry Kasparov)(IW's 5th Annual Technology & Innovation Awards)(Brief A
- 00-00-0000 When an IBM RS/6000 SP parallel super-computer defeated chess Grand Master Garry Kasparov last May, the triumph was not of machine over man, but rather, the latest victory in mankind's continuing struggle to create technology that adds to 00-00-0000 When an IBM...
- Research articles 1997-12-15
- Blue Gene, Progeny of IBM's Chess Champ, Deep Blue, Becomes an Engine of Scientific Discovery
- Ten years ago today, IBM's Deep Blue (NYSE: IBM) became the first computer to win a chess tournament against a reigning world champion chess master.
- Research articles 2007-05-11
- Microsoft Corp. made its latest move in the high-stakes legal chess match with the Justice Department last week.(Brief Article)
- Microsoft Corp. made its latest move in the high-stakes legal chess match with the Justice Department last week, seeking to buy time before a hearing on the latest antitrust allegations leveled against it by the DOJ and 20 state attorneys general. Mi Microsoft Corp. made its...
- Research articles 1998-05-25
