Category Archives: Games

If philosophy is a game …

Posted on October 2, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

… who are the umpires? Created by Landon Schurtz.

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Battle of the computer-chess engines

Posted on September 27, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Albert Silver recently conducted a fascinating computer experiment — a chess tournament between the Komodo 8 chess engine (running on an Android smart phone) playing against the Shredder chess engine (running on a much faster desktop computer — 50 times faster, to be exact). In … Continue reading →

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High-Five Social Experiment

Posted on September 17, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Have you ever seen a crazy-looking bearded man high-five random strangers? Neither have we, until now … Meir Kalmanson is a genius.

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How common is cheating in chess tournaments?

Posted on September 15, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Common enough to merit this fascinating entry in Wikipedia for “Cheating in chess“: Cheating [in chess] can occur in many forms [citation omitted] and can take place before, during, or possibly even after a game. Commonly cited instances of cheating include: … Continue reading →

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