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Erabinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03473652612176506411noreply@blogger.comBlogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-9680418773431942702019-06-19T08:53:00.000-07:002019-06-19T08:53:03.098-07:00A Tuesday Afternoon Escape<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Tuesday I visited our program at I.S. 217, in the South Bronx. “Trust me, you have to experience this,” Evan told me. On arrival I was greeted by a metal detector and an auditorium full of 6th and 7th graders eager for the program that diverted their usual 2:25PM course of study.</span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />David Lipkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627982664921190127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-18527333975620796802019-06-19T08:41:00.000-07:002019-06-19T08:41:49.851-07:00"A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!"<br />
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The phrase, "a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse," actually originates from the play <i>Richard III </i>by Shakespeare. This express was used to emphasize the tragedy and significance of a happening, and in this case I think a kingdom was lost due to a horse. This form of expression had been used elsewhere, a story of a man who was signing his divorce papers said, "a pen, a pen, my kingdom for a pen!"<br />
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What is a horse in chess? A knight? Correct. In both of these quotes, the characters were referring to something small that has clearly impacted their lives greatly to a point of agony. Very similar to the way a knight in chess can quickly jump in, and change the game, making the saying, "a knight, a knight, my kind for a knight."<br />
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In the recent game, Kateryna Alexandrovna Lagno, who is pictured above, was playing against Tan Zhongyi. It was an intense game, and it had a intense peak, but in the end it was a draw. The ability of the knight to jump around in this game and avoid a loss, taking a draw instead, is incredible. So once again, "a horse, a horse, a kingdom for a horse." Watch the replay of the match <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1946610">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Daniel Mascolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07200873256538587754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-85093205105885199542019-06-17T09:28:00.003-07:002019-06-17T09:30:06.215-07:00Chess if officially cancelled!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At this point we can safely state that <a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a> has gone crazy, in the past few years they fit a whole <a href="https://www.google.com/glass/start/">computer into glasses you can wear</a>, <a href="https://x.company/projects/wing/">drones that can deliver goods</a> to your home, and a <a href="https://store.google.com/us/product/nest_learning_thermostat_3rd_gen?hl=en-US">new and improved thermostat</a>... you tell me.<br />
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<a href="https://deepmind.com/">DeepMind</a>, an artificial intelligence company associated with Google through their parent corporation <a href="https://abc.xyz/">Alphabet Inc</a>., ruined the fun of chess for the rest of us. On December 5th, 2017, they gave birth to the Alpha Zero, an algorithm mastering machine. Before Alpha Zero ruined chess, shogi, otherwise known as Japanese Chess, and the game Go. Imagine starting with no knowledge of a game beyond the basic rulings, you can only play against yourself and you only have a few hours to become the best chess player in the world. Seems impossible right? Wrong.<br />
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Now computer chess is not necessarily a new thing, and actually has some history. In 1977, I.B.M had a chess playing program by the name of Deep Blue, was able to beat at-the-time world champion Garry Kasparov, in a six game match! All it took was six moves! SIX! and that was against a chess champion, so how many moves do you think it would take to beat a regular chess player? Two? Three? At the time of the Deep Blue, it could compute 200 millions positions per second, and so it was impossible for any human mind to out compute it. Being able to outthink these machines, which led to Deep Blue losing a game in 16 movies, was still a possibility, but not for long.<br />
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For this software, as brutal and cutthroat as it was, had little positional and endgame understanding. In the <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/deep-blue-s-cheating-move">1997 follow-up match</a>, Kasparov's team accused the Deep Blue team of cheating as, Grandmaster Joel Benjamin, supposedly incorporated human element into the game, as opposed to strictly following Deep Blue's number 1 move.<br />
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Chess machines today, particularly the Alpha Zero, are able to better analyze their moves, know what to look for in a position and what to watch out for, not just focused in getting pieces and winning, although that goal alway remained. Nonetheless, the insight capabilities that the Alpha Zero has, as opposed to it's competitors, and was able to Stockfish, the previous computer world champion of chess. In a match of 100 games, Alpha Zero didn't lost a single one, only draw or won. In one of the games there was an optimal move in which Alpha Zero should have moved forward it's Queen to pressure Stockfish's King, but instead seemed to tease Stockfish and move the Queen safely to the back of the board. Alpha Zero's ability to think about the game while playing and rather that chess playing to win is a new level of intelligence in computers we have not yet seen.<br />
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Where do we go from here? Since we can't challenge chess machines, we might as well jump back to the 80's, before computers took over. Anyone familiar with the movie Computer Chess, despite coming out in this decade, it tells the tale of two young men, both computer geniuses, create a program that can beat a human at chess, as opposed to today where we create chess machines that can't lose.<br />
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<br />Daniel Mascolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07200873256538587754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-56936694642660189782019-06-17T07:35:00.000-07:002019-06-17T07:35:36.081-07:00Trivia, Chess and the Secret to Asking the Right Question<span id="docs-internal-guid-2460d3c3-7fff-2ac3-31f2-722aa9489520"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Imagine you have thirty seconds to answer the following trivia question: “Which character from the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guardians of the Galaxy</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> films has a last name that can also refer to a writing instrument?” If you’ve seen the films, you’d probably be able to figure it out fairly quickly since almost all of the main characters in the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guardians</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> movies are aliens, so surnames aren’t particularly relevant. (Correct answer: “Peter Quill.”) But what if the question was phrased like this: “Which character from </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avengers: Endgame</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has a last name that can also refer to a writing instrument?” Well, that’s </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a lot </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">more last names to sift through. Plus, [SPOILER] Mr. Quill (who, by the way, really should’ve controlled himself regarding Gamora’s fate in </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avengers: Infinity War</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) is only in </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Endgame </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at the very end. And so, with just one small change—a purposeful complication—this inquiry becomes a bit more difficult. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you ask a question, in any circumstance—a trivia contest, a chess lesson, a job interview, even a first date—the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">way</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> you phrase it, and how leading or not it is, can create either an obvious “pathway” or a myriad of choices to consider. As one chess-related example, Evan recently mentioned that his approach for teaching the game has evolved over time. “When I first started teaching,” Evan explained, “I would give students a position where white can checkmate black in one move. And then I’d ask students something along lines of ‘How can you checkmate your opponent in one move here?’” In this scenario, the student’s focus was already narrowed a bit, but Evan soon realized that this was unintentionally limiting their imaginations and bigger-picture progress. Now, in the same circumstances, he will simply say, “What is your best move here?” A slight variance that is less “clear” but contributes to a more effective learning experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ironically, sometimes when creating trivia questions, leaving it open-ended (that is, not making it multiple choice) can actually make the question unintentionally obvious. For instance, I once wrote a question that asked, “A museum in Austin, Minnesota is based on which food product that was introduced in 1937 and now has more than a dozen varieties?” But when I tested it among family and friends, there would be a slight pause and, pretty quickly, people would just say “Oh…SPAM.” It’s not that easy of a question, but it’s actually even </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">harder</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to immediately think of other options that could possibly fit the criteria of this set-up (something “old-timey”; lots of varieties; and worthy, even in a kitsch way, of having a museum dedicated to it). So I needed to offer other options that fulfilled these parameters and would serve as distractions. The result:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each of these choices, in different ways, is at least </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">possible</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. (What kid wouldn’t love to visit a museum all about soup, right?) Plus, since my trivia contests are in the NYC area, I could assume there might be some awareness of the M&M World store in Times Square as well as Hershey Park in nearby Pennsylvania, , which give both of these choices greater credibility. It’s still not the hardest question in the world, but the multiple-choice format provides subtle misdirection—not unlike if, when you’re playing chess, you need to divert your opponent’s focus as you set up a series of devastating moves to put them in check. (Second chess reference!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With all that said, for me, I look at each trivia question as an opportunity. They’re building blocks to create a shared group experience; to encourage fun discussions among teammates; and, most important, to provide an opportunity for an event in which everyone hopefully feels like </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">they’ve</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> contributed to the fun. Which isn’t so trivial at all. : )</span></div>
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Special thanks again to The Catholic Center at NYU for allowing District 2 PreK the space to host this event, and all the administrators who put together the events and kept it interesting. One of the stations here was a Raffle Contest based on the question, "The Pre K Science Initiative has teamed up with NYU researchers in giving children of District 2 Pre K a chance to participate in the tablets researched. How many children, between 500 and 5000, have been partaken in these activities?" The answer may surprise you...<br />
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The NYU Pre 2 K Science Initiative is actively trying to get children excited about Science and teaching them that you don't have to be born with a funky mustache and a lab coat to be a scientists, and that being a scientists about about understanding problems, and being able to identify solutions.<br />
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<!--EndFragment--><br />Daniel Mascolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07200873256538587754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-61091697010428677642019-06-01T07:01:00.001-07:002019-06-01T07:01:42.086-07:00My trip to Queens Summit SchoolYesterday, I was lucky enough to travel with Premier Chess all the way to Queens, New York, to visit the Summit School and see first hand the wonders of Premier Chess. Upon arrival, the kids were nothing shy of overly excited to get there brains working, and to get the pieces moving. The classes taught by Premier Chess at The Summit School are curriculum courses, and a much more intensive than the elective classes offered by Premier Chess. None-the-less, the kids were eager to play, and immediately came rights for the chess boards and pieces, wasting no time.<br />
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These curriculum classes have produced some very high level chess players at such a young age, as these kids range from 5th to 6th grade. Not only have these kids greatly strengthen their knowledge of chess, but throughout the day, showed multiple instances of leadership, good sportsmanship, kindness towards one another, and last but not least, a inner fire to improve as they rotate around the room playing with their various classmates.<br />
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Many of these kids will be moving onto to tournaments this summer, and I wish them the best of luck as they move up in the world as Chess players. Not all of these kids dream of being the next "Grand Chest Master," but due to their love for the game and skill level they acquired at such a young age, I wouldn't be surprised if they all did!<br />
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<span class="s1"><b>The Right Way To Feed Your Focus</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>What to eat to boost your critical thinking for your next chess game.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s2">By: </span><span class="s3">Brigitte Zeitlin, MPH, RD, CDN</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We all know that the brain is kind of a big deal, right?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is the control center of your entire body.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It tells us how to move, when to eat, what to feel, and how to think.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Food plays a huge role in keeping our brains healthy and allowing it to function at it’s absolute best.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Food can also improve specific cognitive skills like our abilities to concentrate, focus, remember, and thick quickly.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">And in a mental game like chess where mental cognition is King (get it, King!) the foods you eat can give you the greatest upper hand in outsmarting your opponent.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Here are 5 foods that will boost your brainpower and feed your focus!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Incorporate them into your daily lifestyle to get the maximum brain benefits and especially on tournament day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Berries: </b>raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries are all loaded in antioxidants called flavonoids. Studies have shown that these flavonoids have help to improve memory and alertness.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Aim to have ½ cup of berries every morning, either mixed into some plain Greek yogurt, oatmeal, or smoothies, or have them on the side of your eggs or avocado toast.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Dark Leafy Greens: </b>think spinach, kale, broccoli, collard greens, and swiss chard.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This green crew is high in vitamin K, lutein, folate, and beta-carotene, all nutrients that improve mental cognition, improve focus, and prevent cognitive decline. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Make a salad for lunch using spinach and kale as the base, and add any combination of these green to a quick dinnertime stir-fry, or roast some broccoli to use as a side dish for your chicken, fish, or steak.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Pumpkin Seeds: </b>these little guys pack a serious brain-power punch thanks to the amount of zinc that they offer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Zinc plays an important role in keeping our cognition on point and boosting memory.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Fatty fish</b>: think salmon, tuna, trout, herring, and sardines. Fatty fish is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids which play a crucial role in brain health, helping to boost focus, alertness, and concentration.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Aim to have fish as 3 times a week.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For lunch, add tuna to a salad or make an open-faced tuna sandwich and for dinner try some broiled and grilled salmon or trout with sautéed or roasted veggies</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Walnuts: </b>all nuts are a great source of those omega-3 fatty acids we just talked about, but walnuts in particular have been linked to improving cognitive test scores in a study out of UCLA. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>These nutty guys get their added brainpower thanks to specific omega-3 fatty acid known as ALA (alpha-linolenic acid).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Not only does ALA improve cognition and alertness, but is also lowers blood pressure, which helps you to stay cool, calm, and collected while contemplating your next move.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<li class="li5"><span class="s4"></span><span class="s1"><b>1 cup of blueberries with a plain Greek yogurt</b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This combo will boost your brainpower and fill you up so that a grumbling stomach doesn’t distract you from beating your opponent.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span class="s4"></span><span class="s1"><b>Roasted pumpkin seeds.</b> You can roast your own or <a href="https://bznutritionny.com/product/test-product-1/"><span class="s5">check out these delicious lemon-teriyaki pumpkin seeds</span></a> that come in a single-serving snack size.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>These crunchy guys will give you that needed zinc while also adding some satiating protein to you between turns.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span class="s4"></span><span class="s1"><b>Tuna salad with whole grain crackers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>The night before a tournament, take a 6-ounce can of tuna and mix is up with a little bit of mustard or a touch of mayo, add in some chopped carrots and/or celery and pack it in a container for game day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then in a Ziploc bag add in 5-10 whole grain crackers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This combo is sure to help you win by both boosting your ability to concentrate on the and preventing any hunger vibes from creeping in.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span class="s4"></span><span class="s1"><b>A part-skim cheese stick and 1 cup of sliced strawberries.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This sweet and savory combo will give your energy and focus a boost.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The berries will also help to add in some extra hydration to prevent any sluggishness.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
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Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649482555509173126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-20307507409301784822019-05-28T08:53:00.003-07:002019-05-28T08:58:39.903-07:00Seeing a Premier Chess Class for the First Time... (at 10 a.m)My fellow Premier Chess Intern Janell Warner and I was lucky enough to come view one of Premier Chess's elective classes at <a href="https://www.gcschool.org/">Grace Church Middle School</a> in Downtown in Manhattan this morning. This program is less intensive compared to other programs offered by Premier Chess such as curriculum courses and after school programs. Regardless, the kids are still very skilled for there age at chess and a select few will be participating in <a href="http://premierchess.com/1st-annual-grace-church-school-and-brooklyn-friends-school-grand-prix/">tournament</a> this upcoming Sunday the 2nd.<br />
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The variety of skill sets among the kids in all these programs do vary, but the amount of fun they have and the knowledge they receive is only exponential, and does allow for the perfect balance between the two.<br />
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Chess in general already provides so many benefits to young minds, paired with the positive reinforcement and good rapport between the students and the instructors. Seeing some of the children pretend to be the instructors, even jokingly calling themselves the CEO of the company truly portrayed the connections the teachers make with the students, especially when they refer to them as ambassadors.<br />
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What Premier Chess is offering is much more than just a good skillset and knowledge of chess, they are offering a fun, positive, and educational service to children.<br />
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<a href="http://premierchess.blogspot.com/2019/05/politics-and-chess.html">Jonathan Rothschild, Mayor of Tucson<span style="color: #b00000;"> </span></a>told the students at our <a href="https://www.sonoranschools.org/ssatucsonk12_home.aspx">Sonoran Science Academy </a>camp last year "You play checkers; I'll play chess." <br />
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Chess, as I'm sure you all know, is a two player board game a played on a 64 square board, 8 squares on each side, and each players starts with 16 pieces. Checkers is also a two players board game played on a 64 square board, 8 square on each side, but this time each players begins with 12 pieces, or checkers.<br />
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The objective in both of these games are different- in checkers, you need to capture all your opponents pieces until you leave them with no available moves. To the contrary, in chess, capturing pieces you a competitive advantage but you ultimately need to checkmate your opponent's king to win. Checkmate means the king is in danger and there are no legal moves.<br />
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The other main difference between these two games is that in chess, each piece has it's own unique move or function, leaving a larger margin for error than checkers, in which the pieces have all the same function unless you are able to move one of your checkers all the way across the board, turning it into a "King", allowing it to move backwards. Similarly though, in chess, when a pawn reaches the other side of the board, it can promote to a Queen, Bishop, Rook or Knight. 99% of time players will promote to a queen but there a few times when a player will underpromote.<br />
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So to answer the question above, what came first, chess or checkers, the answer isn't chess. The earliest version of chess, called Chaturanga, originated from Northern India around the start of the 6th century. Even though it was not until the 15th century that the game of chess evolved to what it is today. Checkers, however, is much older than chess. Historians believe that the earliest form of checkers was discovered in Iraq and archeologists have used Carbon dating to trace their findings back to 3000 B.C , over 5000+ years ago, whereas was only discovered a 1500 years ago.<br />
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So there you have it, the answer to the question we've all been waiting for. Tune in soon for more chess-related trivia.<br />
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Daniel Mascola<br />
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<br />Daniel Mascolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07200873256538587754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-20468163080079839722019-05-26T02:23:00.000-07:002019-05-26T02:24:03.578-07:00An Abundant Life - Life Skills<a href="http://janniesusan.blogspot.com/2019/05/an-abundant-life-life-skills.html">An Abundant Life - Life Skills</a><br />Daniel Mascolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07200873256538587754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-3393275387030533472019-05-24T11:50:00.001-07:002019-05-24T15:44:15.403-07:00Premier Chess Partners with Make a Difference Now and Metro World Child! The<a href="http://premierchess.com/1st-annual-grace-church-school-and-brooklyn-friends-school-grand-prix/">1st Annual Grace Church and Brooklyn Friends Grand Prix Tournament #6</a> will be taking place <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://0/" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824); color: black;" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">on June 2nd.</a> I know it's in the following month but these short summer days are flying by, you are gonna one mark this one down on your calendar. Special thanks to the Make A Difference foundation who has helped to plan and organize this event, and through a silent auction, will <a href="https://www.gomadnow.org/events/2019/7/11/teach-chess-in-africa">teach chess to underprivileged youth in Africa.</a> Email evan@premierchess.com if you can donate a silent auction item.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">For all of you interested in helping youth have you ever heard of Metro World Child? A non-profit organization devoted to helping at-risk youth worldwide, and is based here in Brooklyn, New York! Believe it or not, Metro World Child has been around for nearly half a century! <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1/" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824); color: black;" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">On June 9th</a>, Premier Chess will be holding a fundraiser Grand Prix Chess Tournament hosted by the organization Metro World Child. To become a part of this event you can register <a href="https://www.events4chess.com/events/?event_ID=980">Register here.<span style="color: #b00000;"> If you have any </span></a>questions, please contact Premier Chess CEO Evan Rabin at <a href="mailto:evan@premierchess.com" target="_blank">evan@premierchess.com</a> or Glisson Niekerk at <a href="mailto:gniekerk@metroworldchild.org" target="_blank">gniekerk@metroworldchild.org</a>. Hope to see you all there and looking forward to paving a brighter future.</span><br />
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Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649482555509173126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-88696287756527905532019-05-15T07:32:00.000-07:002019-05-15T07:32:00.351-07:00Premier Chess First Annual Grand Prix Series Standings<style type="text/css">
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<span class="s1">Premier Chess has had a wonderful turnout in its first annual Grand Prix Series. Hosted by Grace Church School and Brooklyn Friends School, the series of tournaments has featured 44 competitors to date. The final tournament will be held on Sunday June 2, at the Grace Church School, in the heart of New York City at 46 Cooper Square, New York, NY.</span><span class="s2"><br />
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<span class="s2"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>For a first place trophy in an individual tournament within the Grand Prix, three points are awarded. As such, two points will be awarded for a second place trophy, and one point will be awarded for a third place trophy. Additionally, five extra points will be awarded to each participant that plays at least one tournament in each school. After these scores are calculated, they will be multiplied by the number of tournaments in which the contestant participates. Therefore, if a contestant plays in all six tournaments, their total score will be multiplied by six.</span><br />
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<span class="s2"><b>Without further ado, the following is a breakdown of the Grand Prix thus far:</b></span></div>
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<span class="s2">In our first tournament, Sylvie Vanderbilt of PS 58 and Darvin Lee of PS 124 tied for first place. Aarav Roy of JCGS and Soren Maholtra of OLP came in second, with Luke Luo of PS 50 and Justin Lee of PS 124 in third.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="s2">The second tournament saw Jackson Swift of Brooklyn Friends tie with Stefano Revegano of Knox School for first place. Second place went to Aditya Shingh of Riverdale, Graydon Leicht and Leo Zhang of Avenues. Last but not least, Nathan Barry of Knox School tied with Roy (JCGS) and Andrew Buchanan of SA Union Square to take home third place.</span><br />
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<span class="s2">Tournament number three featured Barry (Knox School) tying with John Joseph Gabriel of BBMS for first place, while Revegano (Knox School), Alexander Mason of PS 10 and Vanderbilt (PS 58) took home second place. Third place went to Cooper Hazelrig of Brooklyn Friends, Daiwen Guo of PS 686 BSI and Zion Ogbo of SA Rosendale.</span><br />
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<span class="s2">Jacob Katz of PS 29, Jeremy Wen of PS 124 and Wilson Robohm of Haldane won the fourth tournament. A four-way tie for second place came between Amenaide Brown of Hewitt, Ryan Baranovsky of PS 40, Gibson Hope of Calhoun and Buchanan (SA Union Square). Riley Thomson of Churchill, Jameson Wong of Dalton and Kari Phoenix Chen of Compass Charter took home third place.</span><br />
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<span class="s2"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Zenchi Sun of Avenues and Eric Michaels of BBMS won the fifth tournament, while Mateo Uribe of PS 321, Vanderbilt (PS 58) and Roy (JCGS) took home second place. Third place went to Adam Shtaynberg of SIHA and Katz (PS 29).</span><br />
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Premier Chess is proud to offer curriculum classes to schools and programs within the New York City area! Our offerings cater flexibly to your classes’ time constraints, and are an extremely productive and fun way for your students to spend their class time. </div>
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Curriculum classes are comprised of our very own instructors coming in at any time during the day to teach chess for 40-60 minutes. These classes can be available to any level of chess players and are open to any age group. Premier Chess currently has curriculum classes set up in 4th and 5th grade classrooms with X14, and at Summit Middle School where we teach students between 6th and 8th grade.</div>
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Please contact CEO Evan Rabin at evan@premierchess.com or (917) 776-1306 to set up a curriculum class, and check out www.premierchess.com for more information!</div>
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B: I would love to start with hearing about how your general
experience was.<o:p></o:p></div>
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K: I’ve known Evan for quite a while now, upwards of 10
years when we went to Tanzania. When he reached out to talk to me about the
opportunity to teach chess there, I thought it was an amazing idea. We ended up
staying with Make a Difference Now, a program with a guesthouse right next to
Mt. Kilimanjaro during a seven-day period. During the day we would make it to
the school, teach for a few hours, and make it back to the house. For me, the
most rewarding part of the experience was seeing the kids pick up something new
and actually want to do it. By the end of the week, we had kids playing chess
at a beginner level, but more than that was the notion in their eyes that they
were going to take the skills they learned and develop it beyond the singular week
that we had with them. I also think they learned a new activity over which they
could bond, create a society and even a school. We ended up nominating a kid to
be the president of their chess club and he took that duty with honor. I’m
pretty excited to see what comes back when Evan goes again with the rest of the
team.<o:p></o:p></div>
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B: What was the initial reaction when you were first
introducing them to chess? Were they happy to learn it at first? Was it
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K: Initially, the kids were unsure what it was. Upward of 50
kids participated at the height of the class and maybe four of them had seen
the game before. Initially, we just wanted to make sure they understood what we
were saying so we tried getting participation at the beginning. It was hard to
break their shells, given our foreign nature and their lack of experience with
the game. But I think that Evan did a great job getting them to participate –
getting them to play in games and to see what chess would look like. He tried
to explain to them why chess could be good for them academically. I think that
by the time we got to the third day of the seven-day period, we finally had
broken the kids out of that shell. From then on, it was more of the kids asking
questions and figuring out the rules of the game.<o:p></o:p></div>
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B: How much time did you spend with them on a daily basis?<o:p></o:p></div>
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K: That was a function of their schedule, because we tried
to jam our chess lessons in during the time they have their normal activities.
I would say we had maybe three or four hours on average per day. As you can
imagine, teaching someone who has never played chess before with roughly 20
total hours throughout the week was challenging. As you would expect, some
people picked it up better than others. By the end of the week, we had created
some followers and players of the game. We thought that by creating that
community around chess, we could encourage the kids to continue to teach each
other chess. We tried to create this kind of environment of competition to spur
their desire to be better.<o:p></o:p></div>
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K: MAD is a phenomenal organization. From what I had heard
about them before I decided to go, I was already deciding if I wanted to physically
attend the trip or to just donate to MAD itself. Charissa has a strong passion
for what she’s doing, and it very much shows. In their case, along with housing
us, providing us with a driver and making it feel like home for us, they
partnered with Evan to bring us there, identifying the fact that learning chess
would be beneficial to the students in Tanzania. Second, they interacted with
the school to make sure that they were open to the idea, and lastly they
prepared the school to receive us. It was helpful to have MAD staff be there
with us on certain days to introduce us to some of the kids. In terms of
facilitating the entire process, it was excellent, but they also set the whole
thing up. <o:p></o:p></div>
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if there were, how did you overcome them?<o:p></o:p></div>
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K: We found that in Tanzania, most of the kids spoke
satisfactory enough English to understand what we were saying. I would say that
as is usually the case, when you have someone from an English speaking country
go to these places, you have to slow down how quickly you speak. It’s not that
they cannot understand what you’re saying; it was mostly just a matter of
making sure that we were speaking clearly and slowly enough. We encouraged them
to stop us and ask us questions. We used a lot of repetition, continually saying
that when you start the game, you need to have three objectives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You must control the center, the castle and
to develop your pieces. That way, when we got around to actually playing the
game, some of these rules were actually a chorus in their minds.<o:p></o:p></div>
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attending the program in Tanzania, and how were those concerns pacified? Did
any of them stay prevalent?<o:p></o:p></div>
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K: My biggest concern was whether or not the program was
going to be well organized. In my mind, I was hoping that we’d be going there
to teach the kids and that they would be excited to play the game. My concern was
quickly removed upon my arrival – you can tell from the beginning if something
is well organized. Upon entering the MAD home, we immediately conducted an
orientation with some of the staff. It was very clear that they had planned out
the entire schedule for the week. When we made it to the actual school, I can
tell you that these kids were very well behaved, beyond their age. One of the
jobs of a chess instructor is to make sure the kids are listening, but this
wasn’t an issue. It’s just a testament to the preparation that the organization
had, because they really knew that we were coming.<o:p></o:p></div>
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K: Besides Evan and myself, we had two other people from the
US, and one other guy who was actually local. When chess players move to
different cities, they like to get an idea of where chess is happening. He came
to teach English at one of the local schools, but he had done a search about
where he could teach chess and an advertisement from MAD came up about Evan
coming to teach chess in the area. He joined us and volunteered his time to teach
the kids. That made about five instructors total for the week, which was a good
number, but if were to expand to other schools, it would certainly be helpful
to add more. <o:p></o:p></div>
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change this time around?<o:p></o:p></div>
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K: This question would depend on if we were sticking with
the same school. If we did, I would want to do a lot of question and answer
sessions, just to get a sense of some of the mental errors that the kids have
been making over the last few months. I remember when I was first learning
chess, I would castle the wrong way on the queen side. I would want to make
sure that issues like this were out of the way. I would also like to introduce
teaching material, or at show the kids where they could go to in order to read
up on more strategies about the game. Because the kids don’t always have access
to the Internet, it may be a bit difficult; but we could certainly share that
with the teachers of the school and have them print out some of that material for
them. I certainly benefited from encyclopedias when I was a kid, going to high
school in Lagos, Nigeria. I remember going to the library, just looking for any
materials that I could get. Lastly, I think the program could benefit from the
kids being able to interact more with the instructors once we leave the
country. Whether that means playing online with us, asking for advice, or
having a pen-pal relationship, some kind of mentorship present could be very
helpful. Starting with a new school, trying to find a way to break the aforementioned
shell more quickly would be helpful.<o:p></o:p></div>
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years?<o:p></o:p></div>
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K: My perception was that this is only going to get bigger.
Sure, it is starting in Tanzania, but it can become regional. It could be
broader; it could be across the continent itself. I think my main excitement
comes from the kids being able to understand that there are different ways to
interact with the outside world. The ability to play in chess tournaments
outside of Tanzania, to get better and to actually represent their country at
an Olympiad is a very exciting prospect. I know that Tanzania doesn’t have as many
strong players, so there is a great opportunity. There is also a possibility
for sponsorships and tournaments. I am hoping that there is a way that these
kids could be connected to schools in the US. I know a lot of schools and
colleges here who have chess scholarships, and I know that there are many
students in Tanzania who would definitely benefit from that opportunity. This
could only get bigger, and I’m really excited to see where it goes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Apply today at https://www.gomadnow.org/events/2019/7/11/teach-chess-in-africa
while spots are still available!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<!--EndFragment--><br />Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649482555509173126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-86020291135295350722019-04-01T06:37:00.001-07:002019-04-01T06:37:50.712-07:00Hypnosis and the Art of Chess Learning So how is hypnosis related to chess and how can it help in learning the game?<br />
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Hypnosis works by bypassing your “critical factor” or analytical mind in order to access your subconscious mind which is the seat of all behavioral change. It can help facilitate learning on all levels by tuning into how you learn and process new things and how your way of learning is different than your teammates or opponents. Some of us may be more dominant visual, auditory, kinesthetic or even “auditory digital” in the ways we learn. Bringing awareness to your dominant way of learning or “representational system” will help you know how to us use your dominant method of learning to your advantage to achieve even higher levels of learning. You have heard the expression “super-learner”. Well you can become one when you explore some of the many menu items hypnosis has to offer.<br />
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Now I mentioned “bypassing the critical above” and you may be wondering what that is. How many times have you been emotionally moved by a movie? Maybe you even laughed or cried at the movie, or seen Spiderman climb up the side of a building. Now we know that the sequence of pictures passing in front of a projector screen is not real, yet in order to enjoy the experience and get involved, you allow yourself to suspend the conscious judgement and critical faculties of the mind and accept the imagery of the movie as real. This is a glimpse into how hypnosis works.<br />
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Some of the learning techniques in hypnosis will take your through the four phases of mastery:<br />
1. Unconscious Incompetence - You do not know that you do not know (I don’t even know<br />
the rules and strategies in Chess and I do not know that I don’t even know)<br />
2. Conscious Incompetence - You know that you do not know ( I don’t know what rules or<br />
strategies to implement but I am aware that I don’t even know)<br />
3. Conscious Competence - You know and act consciously (more intermediate/advanced<br />
levels as you are still learning to feel ease and focus with it)<br />
4. Unconscious Competence - You know and act subconsciously (here your chess playing is<br />
flowing naturally because you are not even thinking about it but the “technique” is there)<br />
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In addition to helping you tune into and access your dominant way of learning, hypnosis can help you with eye focusing techniques designed to expand your awareness and relax your nervous system. When you think of hypnosis you may think of slowing down which does happen but it is a process of active imagination as well so you will feel more energized, awake and alive after a session. Hypnosis has no side effects and can help with ADD, ADHD, cravings, anxiety, stress, peak performance and lots more.<br />
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Please feel free to email me at susan@susan.coach for a FREE representational test with feedback to see what your dominant system of learning is.<br />
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Visit susanholmancoaching.com to learn more.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649482555509173126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-63218790484672431512019-03-27T07:08:00.002-07:002019-03-27T07:25:36.856-07:00Premier Chess Exhbitions in Larchmont and Riverdale, March 27 and March 29 <div class="mentions-texteditor__content" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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-<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_104603477"><span id="goog_104603478"></span>Stem-Tastic 2019, Larchmont, Friday, March 29 from 6:00 PM-9:00 PM</a><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Personal Injury Litigation and the Game of Chess:<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Strategy and Execution<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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By: John A. Blyth, Esq. – Hach & Rose, LLP<span style="mso-tab-count: 8;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Litigating a personal injury case is
similar to a game of chess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A personal
injury lawyer must be prepared, devise a strategy, expect the unexpected and
execute a game plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If just one of
these factors is missing, the case, or the chess game one is playing, is in
jeopardy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Like a game of chess, there are a
host of critical decisions that a personal injury lawyer must make in order to
achieve the best result for his or her client. These considerations include:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Opening (Pre-Suit)</b> – Before you file
a lawsuit, it is important to conduct a diligent investigation of the subject
accident and the injuries sustained by your client. This includes conducting a
thorough interview of your client, speaking to witnesses, obtaining accident
reports, videos and other evidence, and reviewing medical records. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In a chess match, you set the board </i>and
try to draw white since white moves first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Assume your opponent, regardless of age or experience, is a worthy
adversary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attempt to “control the
middle” with your initial moves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Selecting the Best Venue – </b>When its time to file a
lawsuit, the first question is what venue(s) (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">i.e.</i> courthouses) are available bring the case in? In deciding
whether you should choose (or avoid) a particular venue, a primary
consideration is the demographic of the jury pool in that location. This is a
simple, yet critical strategic decision that could have serious implications
for your client’s case at the time of trial. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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In a chess, you need to have a plan of attack in place the moment you make your
first move. As the match gets underway, you continue to develop control over
your middle or “venue.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You must think
ahead, what four, five, six next moves will you make to effectively execute
your game plan.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Countering your Adversary’s Position – </b>During the
discovery phase, the attorney must uncover evidence and elicit testimony that
substantiates your client’s claims and discredits the Defendant’s defenses. The
Defendant’s lawyer will try to use the evidence to weaken your client’s case. At
the time of trial, the attorney will counter the Defendant’s arguments by
presenting the evidence to the jury in the light most favorable to the client. <o:p></o:p></div>
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…The<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>same is true in a chess match. Each of
your opponent’s moves must be countered while keeping to your own strategy. You
are transitioning from the middle to the end game.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Jury Trial</b> – at trial, the personal injury
attorney’s goal is to persuade the jury that the Defendant was responsible for
the accident and the injuries suffered by our client. The attorney will present
witness testimony, expert opinions, medical records and other evidence in a
clear and convincing manner in order to establish that the defendant was
negligent and that the Plaintiff deserves a sizable monetary award.<o:p></o:p></div>
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….Finish
your opponent off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make your final moves
to ensure victory.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Verdict – </b>Thanks to the attorney’s hard work and meticulous
preparation during the pre-suit phase, in gathering the critical evidence,
developing a trial strategy, and presenting the evidence at trial, the jury
renders a verdict in Plaintiff’s favor and awards your client compensation for
her injuries. Justice has been served.<o:p></o:p></div>
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…Checkmate!
You did your homework, planned accordingly, countered when needed, and executed
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">About John Blyth:<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>John Blyth is
an attorney with Hach & Rose, LLP and practices in the fields of personal
injury, mass torts, and complex civil litigation. He handles all types of
catastrophic injury cases, including those involving motor vehicle crashes,
premises liability, elder neglect, construction injuries, medical malpractice,
product liability, and wrongful death. He performs all aspects of the
litigation from the pre-trial phase up to, and including, trial. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649482555509173126noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956262205894678464.post-54237150879201578352019-03-18T06:47:00.003-07:002019-03-18T06:47:54.232-07:00The Biggest Benefits Chess Brings to An Attorney
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Check out our latest interview with </span></b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><b>Leona Krasner, founder of Krasner Law, PLLC. </b></span></span></div>
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L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am the product of two divorced
parents. While the divorce was mild, I felt the sadness of going to daddy’s
house only on Saturdays, just to play the violin. Being married myself and
hearing the horror stories, my chief aim is to help people to reach their goals
faster, more cost-effectively and with as little emotional turmoil as
possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My aim to is break down the
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you want to file an uncontested divorce, go through mediation or file a
contested divorce. In an uncontested divorce, both parties know that they want
the divorce to be finalized. This way is usually the fastest, easiest and least
expensive. Through mediation, the two parties negotiate their own divorce terms
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jewelry, etc. Typical mediations are completed within 8-12 hours. In a
contested divorce, these partners are usually the least happy and want their
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to be done? Are they looking to go through the laundry list of items of their
divorce and decide together?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is the
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L: The partners will often act as fierce competitors and they must always be
three steps ahead of the other. By working together, keeping an eye on the
clock/calendar, and knowing that both want to end the game quickly, each must
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E: How do you help your client
develop short-term tactics and long-term strategies? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">L:
Short-term, the most important thing for the client to do is to separate the
emotion, the fear and the fear from the negotiations, so that concrete steps are
taken to get the divorce finalized. Long-term, the key is reminding the client that
we are not just thinking about the day after the divorce is finalized, but also
to take a future-forward approach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E: What do you see as the biggest
benefits that learning chess can bring to a client? </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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L: Partners often don’t feel as though they are in the driver’s seat of their
divorce negotiations. Chess puts each player in that drivers seat, into the
present, where making choices that are based purely on emotion lead to a losing
game. Emotions have no place in chess and we do the best to keep them outside
of divorces as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E: What do you see as the biggest
benefits that learning chess can bring to an attorney? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">L:
Attorneys are fantastic at staying in the office long past the time that they
probably ought to go home. Chess provides an opportunity for attorneys to stop
agonizing over their cases, take a much needed break and sharpen their
strategy, outside-of-the-box thinking and stamina under pressure. It scratches
their competitive itch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E: If you were to do chess classes,
what format would you take and why? </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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L: I would take chess to law students because they get a break and will likely
feel less guilty about playing chess than they would about going to a club. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E: Is there anything else would like
to add? <br />
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L: First, book a corporate class or private lesson with Premier Chess because
they are phenomenal! Secondly, if they have any questions about the divorce
process, please feel free to contact us: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="mailto:leona@lkrasner.com">leona@lkrasner.com</a></span>,</span>
917 589 6519, LKrasner.com. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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