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5. On ratings:
Elo ratings reflect relative and not absolute chess strength.
Chess players are naturally arranged in populations partitioned by geopolitical regions and time...
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4. Computers and Humans of Different Generations.
Another related question is how history's top masters would fare against computers.
It's obvious from Kasparov's time that...
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3. The greatest chess players in history?
The answer depends on the criteria one uses. If the criterion is the ability to play world...
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SECOND and more important, I believe that we can rationally compare chess players from different eras by using objective computer analysis of their middlegames...
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2. The strongest chess players in chess history?
First, itās possible to compare chess players from different eras by āusingā players with long careers whose...
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A FRIEND and I did extensive studies on Chess World Championship matches using a computer. To our great surprise the computer revealed that pre-WW2...
How Christianity saved many minority languages in the world, 2
GOD ENCOURAGED the apostles, in the most direct of ways, to use the languages of the world.
Now why would God do that? Just what...
How Christianity saved many minority languages in the world, 1
IN COMMEMORATION of the Holy Week, it is befitting to remind our readers on how Christianity preserved many minority languages in the world.
The...
Centralized board exams a problem that should be abolished, 2
DID SURGEONS Henry Gray and Henry Vandyke Carter need to pass a centralized licensure exam to make Grayās Anatomy?
Grayās Anatomy, published in 1858,...
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IMAGINE: A nuclear reactor run by nuclear engineers.
The engineers are knowledgeable in their field from years of study in competent universities and colleges,...