Word: chesse
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wide through November and December; some are still going on. Says an AT&T manager: "On the whole, people felt it went well, that the right people were selected. But there were voices of dissent. You needed to have a good mentor selling your case, some said. And the chess game hasn't stopped. There are rumors that a lot of the slotting was done just to get the numbers, to be done with the process. It was done in a hurry, and what we were told today could be undone later...
...downhill from there. When the lights come back on, lago (Erik Amblad) talks to Roderigo (Paul Siemens) over a game of chess. lago, Shakespeare's lines reveal, is angry with Othello for having denied him a promotion. Unfortunately, Amblad does not seem angry at all as he wields one or two inexpressive arm gestures again and again. The stage that seemed to have so much potential becomes a nuisance when actors turn around and throw unprojected, inaudible lines to about a third of the audience at a time. Every lighting change is accompanied by a melodramatic clang, and the actors...
Kedlaya, who plans to earn a Ph.D. and enter academics, also volunteers with the American Red Cross, plays chess, bridge and ultimate frisbee and sings in the Harvard Glee Club
Representing Harvard were Daniel J. Benjamin '99, Matthew W. Bengston '96 and Jeremy L. Martin 96, members of the Harvard Chess Club who are ranked in at least the top 6 to 7 percent of all chess players in the country, Martin said...
Martin who learned the basics of chess at age five and won the State Chess Championship for southern California said he views chess as "a nice mix of an intellectual challenge and a sporting event...