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Jason Rosenhouse received
his PhD in mathematics
from Dartmouth College in 2000.
He subsequently spent three years as a post-doc at
Kansas State University.
Observing the machinations of the Kansas Board of Education
led to his unhealthy obsession with issues related
to evolution and creationism.
Currently he is an Associate Professor of
Mathematics at James Madison University,
in Harrisonburg, VA.
Category: Chess
In yesterday's post I mentioned a chess combination that arose during a tournament game I played a while back. For the benefit of my chess-playing readers I thought I would conclude the week by showing it to you. This was...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:27 PM • 22 Comments •
Category: Chess
Good news for chess fans: The newspaper Marca (journalist Jesus J. Boyero) broke the news that Kasparov and Karpov will play a 12 game (4 Rapid and 8 blitz) match in Valencia 21st-24th September 2009. The match is on the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:43 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Chess
We chess players have had to put up with taunts from our Go playing counterparts for quite some time. First there was the jibe that Go is so much easier to learn than chess. Then the dubious charge that Go...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:47 PM • 27 Comments •
Category: Chess
After my last class tomorrow I will hop into the Jasonmobile, spend some quality time on I-81 and the Pennsy Turnpike, say hello to the 'rents in central New Jersey, and then wander up to Parsippany for the annual chess...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:19 AM • 6 Comments •
Category: Chess
From the San Jose Mercury News: An evening that started with two friends playing chess and drinking beers ended with one man stabbed to death and another booked on murder charges Tuesday, Alameda police said. Kelly Scott Kjersem, a 40-year-old...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:26 PM • 16 Comments •
Category: Chess
This is an exciting time for chessplayers. First the big Anand-Kramnik match, which certianly exceeded expectations. Possibly a Kamsky-Topalov match later this month. And now the big olympiad in Dresden, Germany. The U.S. is represented by a strong team consisting...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:18 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Chess
The big chess match is over. Anand is the victor. He won three games to Kramnik's one, with seven draws. The final game saw Anand, playing white, opening with his e-pawn. This is Anand's usual choice, but he had avoided...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:51 PM • 11 Comments •
Category: Chess
Vladimir Kramnik has announced his intention to fight to the end of the big chess match, and games nine and ten have certainly been his best efforts yet. When last we checked in (pun intended), Kramnik was down three points...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:32 PM • 10 Comments •
Category: Chess
Anand won game six of the big chess match. He has now won three out of the six games played (the other three ended in draws.) Kramnik will have to repeat that feat just to tie the match. Not too...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:56 PM • 12 Comments •
Category: Chess
After a quick draw in game four of the big chess match, Anand and Kramnik got back to business today. Kramnik went into the same line of the Meran as on Friday, surely having some improvement ready over Friday's game....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:13 PM • 5 Comments •
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