21,420 research outputs found
[Chess Team staff]
No full textPhotograph of the 2009 Chess Team staff: Alan Sherman, Igor Epshteyn, and Sam Palatnik (L-R
[Chess Team 2009]
No full textTeam photograph of the 2009 Chess Team. First row (L-R): Sabina Foiser, Sasha Kaplan, Sergey Erenberg, Leonid Kritz. Second row (L-R): Igor Epshteyn, Alan Sherman, Sam Palatnik
[2008 Chess Team and staff]
No full textTeam and staff photograph of the 2008 Chess Team. First row, L-R: Alan Sherman, Katrina Rohonyan, and Sam Palatnik. Second row, L-R: Aaron Kahn, Timur Gareev, Pawel Blehm, Sergey Erenburg
[2008 Chess Team with trophy, True Grit, and a UMBC cheerleader]
No full textMembers of the 2008 Chess Team in the RAC posing with True Grit, UMBC's mascot, and a UMBC cheerleade
The role of domain-specific practice, handedness and starting age in chess
No full textThe respective roles of the environment and innate talent have been a recurrent question for research into expertise. This paper investigates markers of talent, environment, and critical period for the acquisition of expert performance in chess. Argentinian chessplayers (N = 104), ranging from weak amateurs to grandmasters, filled in a questionnaire measuring variables including individual and group practice, starting age, and handedness. The study reaffirms the importance of practice for reaching high levels of performance, but also indicates a large variability, the slower player needing eight times more practice to reach master level than the faster. Additional results show a correlation between skill and starting age, and indicate that players are more likely to be mixed-handed than individuals in the general population; however, there was no correlation between handedness and skill within the chess sample. Together, these results suggest that practice is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the acquisition of expertise, that some additional factors may differentiate between chessplayers and non-chessplayers, and that the starting age of practice is important
[Alan Sherman and the Chess Team]
No full textAlan Sherman with chess with the chess team.From verso: Alan Sherman & Chess team 199
School #27 National Championship Chess Team
No full textSix of the chess team members are riding in an open convertible in the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade
Death and Tactics: An Analysis of Practical Chess Problems
No full textabstract: The purpose of this project is to aid a chess coach in instructing a scholastic chess team. Included in the project is a guide to starting a scholastic chess club or team and recommended procedures for developing it. The reader is expected to know basic chess terminology and have at least a beginner's understanding of the game of chess (though a chess coach should probably be a competitive chess player). The portion of the introduction on starting a chess club is largely understandable to a person without a background in chess. A tactic is a combination of moves that clarify a chess position in favor of the executor. Chess problems are the demonstration of tactics in a chess game, and their purpose is to increase the player's tactical eye and his or her enjoyment of the game. The chess tactics in this project are geared toward an intermediate to advanced level chess player
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