NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Chess grandmaster, gambits and chairs Wednesday, April 28, 2021 11:14 AM One of the best new miniseries released in recent months was Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, which follows the life of an orphan who learned to play chess from a janitor at the group home where she was placed and rose to the top of the chess world while battling numerous demons including drug addiction. The miniseries was good; the novel written by Walter Tevis is better. So it’s not surprising that an article by Andrew Beaton and Joshua Robinson published this week in the Wall Street Journal caught my attention. Eight of the world s best chess players recently resumed the Candidates Tournament, interrupted a year ago by the pandemic. The tournament’s winner will challenge current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen for the title. While waiting for the tournament to resume, the chess masters played chess on their computers and studied openings
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Chess grandmaster, gambits -- and chairs
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Last year’s 24th annual European Career Fair (ECF) at MIT, held in early 2020 before the pandemic shuttered campus, was a resounding success, with over 2,000 in-person attendees meeting with over 100 employers from 10 different countries. First-year students chatted with the consul general of the German Consulate Boston while postdocs and PhD candidates met with university presidents. Students, graduates, and young professionals alike interviewed with corporate recruiters from industry leaders such as Airbus and Roche, as well as vibrant startups like Lilium and Picnic. The Johnson Athletic Center was abuzz with activity, creating a powerful atmosphere of transatlantic interest and personal exchange.
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