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https://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/aging/index.htm Aging in Sports and ChessThis part of the site allows one to compute his or her predicted minimum times by age in running and swimming events, given his or her best previous time. It does the same for the high jump regarding height and for chess regarding chess rating. It uses the results in Estimated Age Effects in Athletic Events and Chess. One should at least skim this paper before computing any predictions to see what assumptions are being made and how the age factors were estimated. Compute predicted minimum times (maximum heights for the high jump, maximum ratings...

  I do not own this Pixar Studio short nor do I claim to. This is uploaded for entertainment purposes only.An aging codger named Geri plays a daylong game of chess in the park against himself. Somehow, he begins losing to his livelier opponent. But just when the game's nearly over, Geri manages to turn the tables.Directed by Jan PinkavaProduced by Karen DufilhoWritten by Jan PinkavaStarring Bob PetersonMusic by Gus ViseurEdited by Jim KallettOriginally released on November 24, 1997Later shown in cinemas before 'A Bug's Life' on November 25, 1998. 

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Most of you have heard of "House of Cards", a TV show on Netflix about politics in Washington,D.C. It's a great show and one that plays like an intricate game of chess. Season three debuts in February 2016. The main character on the show, President Frank Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, is a mixture of Macbeth and Richard III with a generous touch of Bill Clinton. He uses the system to usurp the presidency and in the process he sacrifices people right and left, as if they were pawns, to help improve his position and to win the game which,...