JAY BONIN, an international chess master who lives in New York, is one of the busiest players in the country. He takes part in face-to-face tournament matches every week and also regularly ...
"In the mid-century players eschewed the Queen's Gambit," Feldman said. "There didn't seem to be anything rational about this choice. In a large database of chess games by master-level players, the ...
Chess is an emblematic sport that stands out because of its age, popularity and complexity. It has served to study human behavior from the perspective of a wide number of disciplines, from cognitive ...
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