slanchreport.com - 5/18/2009
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At age 16, Hikaru Nakamaru took home the championship title at the US Chess Championships, in the process becoming the second youngest winner next to 14 year old Bobby Fischer in 1957. Five years later, now 21, Nakamaru yesterday took home his second title.
“I was very happy with my ...
NBA Chess (video)
youtube.com 5/7/2009 — The games of chess and basketball are more similar than we may think.
NBA Chess (video)
youtube.com 4/20/2009 — Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. The games of chess and basketball are more similar than we may think.
NBA Chess, Commercial
neswsports.com 4/20/2009 — NBA Chess, Commercial . This is one of my favorite NBA commercials in a long time. I wonder how many NBA players are down with chess. I am guessing that point guards are good, but I would be afraid to play Shaq. Whatever he does he is awesome at. I ...
Metaphors are flying: the NBA as a chess match (video)
asternwarning.com 5/8/2009 — A great little promotional video which compares the NBA to a chess match. The obvious parallels are there. Enjoy.
By the way, no mention in this video of what happens when you take the other team's King. Perhaps the Knicks/Nets can describe that move in the Summer of 2010. Sorry Cleveland ...
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