Trip - My Marriage to Chess Courtesy of the Watson Foundation at Beijing by kawong
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I won a Watson Fellowship!!
  March 17, 2003--the day I learned I won a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship :-)

In the past week or so, it has been brought to my attention that, while all of you are excited for me and my traveling experience sponsored by the Watson Foundation (centered in Providence, RI), many of you
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The Thomas J. Watson Foundation
  As a preface to my Watson project, I wanted to first give props to the Thomas J. Watson Foundation for finding interest in my crazy chess project and granting me this amazing opportunity. I am most grateful for their continued support in my research endeavors, and I look forward to
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My Watson Project Proposal Synopsis
  Project title: Tracing the history, development and variations of the game of Chess

This is the project synopsis that I submitted in my application to the Watson Foundation:

What is really meant by the term “reference book”? Examples that come to mind are encyclopedias and dictionaries. One turns to these books
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After and During My Watson Year
  Some of you are also under the impression that once the Watson Foundation has given me the money, I have free reign on the world with no responsiblity to the foundation. This is not quite true, so I thought I would clear the confusion with that as well.

During my Watson
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Rules of Thai Chess
  First I had to learn the rules of Thai Chess, also called Makrook Thai. First, I should say that most people here do not even know how to play International Chess, only Thai Chess. So, I will tell you the basic similarities and differences of the game from Modern Chess. The
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