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It was widely speculated that the Buccaneers would definitely retain at least one of their top two free agents following the Super Bowl. There was no way theyd be able to keep wide receiver Chris Godwin as well as edge rusher Shaquil Barrett.

But they did.

Tampa Bay was able to place the franchise tag on Godwin and re-signed Barrett. They were moves all parties agreed to and now that we look back on it, it appears that there may have never been any doubt the Bucs werent keeping both.

Despite how seamless it may look now, general manager Jason Licht says that it was a chess game when asked how they were able to pull off retaining them.

All of these guys, they wanted to be here at the end of the day, why wouldnt you? Were coming off a Super Bowl, we have the GOAT at quarterback, a great head coach, great ownership, and a great town, Licht said on SiriusXM NFL Radio with Bill Lekas and Charlie Weis. It was a little bit of a chess game deciding what to do there. We wanted to make the move we felt had the best chance to keep both and it turned out we got it right and everybody is very happy about it.

Licht and the Buccaneers are returning all 22 starters from their Super Bowl roster. That makes them the first team in the salary cap era to do so.

Godwin and Barrett were huge hurdles they cleared early on to be able to do so.

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Sydney rapper Yibby has shared his second single of 2021, Chess Not Checkers.

The track, released yesterday (March 31), follows on from the release of Cigar in early February, which featured Lord Apex. Chess Not Checkers features a verse from Arno Faraji, marking his first new music of the year.

Listen to the track below:

In a press statement, Yibby explained that the songs title stems from a saying that went around in his circle of friends.

[It] mean[s] that you have to think long-term or strategically about things, he said. When someone would make a smart move, we would say that.

The saying came to mind, Yibby continues, when he was shown a new instrumental in the studio. The beat was a co-production between Kid Fiction and Clockwork Odyssey.

When I heard the beat, I knew it reminded me of that feeling, he said. It was high energy and natural but still calculated.

Farajis involvement came later in the piece, after he and Yibby met in Sydney while the former was on a national tour. When I listened to the demo back I knew hed be right for it, he said. His verses have crazy bounce.

Chess Not Checkers and Cigar follow on from the two singles Yibby released in 2020, No Sweat in April, and Ballin in November, which featured Angelo The Poet.

Faraji, meanwhile, was last seen as a featured artist on Kwames 2020 EP Please, Get Home Safe. He also released a collaborative single with Two Another, Just A Phase, in July last year.

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On the second day of the final, rounds 5 to 9of the all-play-alltournament were played. After day 1, Clichy and Deizisau weresharingthe lead with six matchpoints each, with the French slightly ahead by one board point.

Already the 5th round saw Deizsau taking the sole lead, as they defeated the womens squadfrom Monte Carlo, while another German club,Hamburger SK, defeatedClichy.

The victory did not come easy forDeizisau, though, as they scored a single win (and three draws) against the winners of the Womens European Club Cup. Georg Meier who finished the eventwith a remarkable5/6 score defeatedAleksandra Goryachkina, a player who can normally hold her own against the (male-dominated) worlds top players:

Practical Chess Strategy: The Bishop

When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop which is the key theme on this video course.

The ultimate testfor the team from Deizisau came in round 6, when they faced the strong squadfrom St. Petersburg, a team that has often fought for the title in similar events. This match could not be lost: to keep the lead in the standings, but also to strengthen the belief that they could winthe tournament! And they succeeded.In a hard-fought 2:2 draw (there were no draws on individual boards), Alexander Donchenko and Vincent Keymer each took a full point.

In Round 7, the Poland Husars, led byJan-Krzysztof Duda, were then left behind in the standings with a 2:1win Georg Meier and Vincent Keymer, the most successful point scorers for the eventual winners, scored victories in this match.

In Round 8, Deizisau thankedHamburger SK fortheir support earlier in the day (see above) as the match was drawn 2:2.

At the end, it all came down tonerves a win againstLadya Kazan, who had not been too successful until that point, was needed to secure overall victory. This was once again a battle of equals,except on board 4, whereDmitrij Kollars had a large rating advantage over his opponent. Kollars kept his nerve and scored the full point.Deizisau won the match 2.5:1.5.

Clichy finished strong, with wins over Novy Bor and Odlar Yurdu, but that was not enough to catch the Germans. Mednyi Vsadnik and Poland Hussars obtained 11 match points each, but the Russians had two more board points, which was enough to secure the bronze.

A Classical Guide to the French Defence

This DVD gives you the key to start out with the French Defence. GM Yannick Pelletier is a specialist of this opening, and believes that the most efficient way to understand its ideas, plans, and typical structures is to study classical lines.

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Recently we have talked extensively about computer games and virtual worlds created by humans. However, I want to talk about a physical game that we brought computers into, Chess.

For a long time, automatic chess machines were the interest of people. From 1770 till 1854 The Turk was once famed as the first automatic chess machine which won games from players all over Europe and the Americas. However this wonder was exactly that, amechanicalwonder. It was not actually an automatic chess machine; it was operated by a person through clever use of mechanical contraptions.

A main problem in the early Chess engines was the amount of computing power needed for computers to calculate the best moves. Usually computers played brute force chess. meaning that they examine a large amount of possible moves and thus an array of outcomes. There was also research trying to get a computer to imitate human thinking during a chess match. The advances of technology eventually solved this by allowing brute force to become a viable option.In 1977 there were already computers that were capable of examines all possible moves to play in a chess game and the outcomes. This took a large amount of time and that is why a computer during that period could not beat a human player. Chess competitions have a time element in them and such computers would lose chess games just because of this crucial factor.The first computer to beat a grandmaster in a competitive setting was called Deep Blue. Deep Blue played against the then world champion Garry Kasparov. The victory was not total; of 6 games played, Deep Blue won 4 and after this last game, Kasparov was furious, walked away with frustration from the table and later arguing about his loss which can be seen below.

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After this, the advancement went fast and it is now accepted that a human can no longer beat a computer. this led to the new top players of chess versing each other. The computers faced each other and advancement kept being made. New programs beat the older ones and one of the lead players was called Stockfish. Stockfish saw many iterations and kept the top position for a long time. A new opponent rose through the field in the form of Googles AlphaZero. AlphaZero was a neural network based engine that beat Stockfish with only 4 hours of training against itself and no input other than the Chess rules.

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The game of Chess was changed by immensely by the advent of computers allowing people to enjoy practice by themselves without the need for a human opponent. It also changed moves by finding new moves in positions human wouldve never considered.

Through this way computers have influenced our physical games as well. Chess is not the only one, many computers have also been created for the game Go and there are likely to be many more such engines/programs/machines. If it is for the better, Im not sure, it removes the element of mind games, a computer cant be tricked in ways that can aid you during the game. The emotional setback one might feel during the loss of a mispositioned queen piece wont affect the machine. Yet the positives effects on the games should also not be forgotten.

Thank you for reading this blog! Do you know other games which computers have influenced in our physical world? Id love to hear.

If you want to play a match of Chess against me, let me know in the comments and we can set something up!

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Chess is an entire world in just 64 squares, says Beth Harmon, the doe-eyed prodigy in The Queens Gambit. I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it.

Beth is the fictional heroine of a hit Netflix series, but her understanding of the power of the game to deliver a sense of achievement to young people is being harnessed in the UKs richest chess tournament for youngsters.

The 10,000 Scottish Junior Tournament has been endowed by Gareth Williams, the multimillionaire founder of Skyscanner, in the hope that hundreds of children of all abilities will sign up.

Williams will be able to build on the success of The Queens Gambit

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It is important they do, believes Williams, 52, because chess requires a skill that is in short supply in our digital age: concentration.

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Scot's gambit to get kids into chess | Scotland - The Times