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  2. Riseball - Wikipedia

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    The authors consider the effects of gravity, drag and the Magnus Effect using Newton’s laws of motion to calculate the position of the ball at different points in time, allowing them to model the trajectory of the ball in 3 dimensions. Several examples of lift coefficient and launch angle are given and two-dimensional trajectories are graphed ...

  3. Fastball - Wikipedia

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    Spin of 3 four-seam-fastballs thrown by Paul Skenes, Bailey Ober, and James Karinchak respectively, from the catcher's perspective. The four-seam fastball is the most common variant of the fastball. The pitch is used often by the pitcher to get ahead in the count or when he needs to throw a strike. This type of fastball is intended to have ...

  4. Comparison of top chess players throughout history - Wikipedia

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    Magnus Carlsen: May 2014 23 years, 5 months 2 2851 Garry Kasparov: July 1999 36 years, 2 months 3 2844 Fabiano Caruana: October 2014 22 years, 2 months 4 2830 Levon Aronian: March 2014 31 years, 4 months 5 2822 Wesley So: February 2017 23 years, 3 months 6 2820 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: September 2018

  5. Carlsen–Niemann controversy - Wikipedia

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    In October 2022, Niemann filed a lawsuit against Carlsen, his company Play Magnus Group, Chess.com, Chess.com's Chief Chess Officer Daniel Rensch, and the grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura for defamation and unlawful collusion. The complaint contained allegations that statements in the Chess.com report had falsely accused Niemann of a more extensive ...

  6. World Chess Championship 2013 - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the World Chess Champion.It was held from 7 to 25 November 2013 in Chennai, India, under the auspices of FIDE (the World Chess Federation).

  7. Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge - Wikipedia

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    This led Magnus Carlsen to pitch his idea for a classical Freestyle Chess tournament. [ 7 ] Carlsen's status as arguably the greatest chess player of all time , [ 12 ] [ 13 ] or the "G.O.A.T", [ 14 ] and him handpicking his opponents or "challengers" inspired the name "Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T Challenge".

  8. It turns out Punxsutawney Phil is wrong more often than not - AOL

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    Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil might be the most well-known weather-predicting groundhog, but a new list casts doubt on his accuracy.Phil did so poorly that even nonliving critters outshine ...

  9. Kyuji Fujikawa - Wikipedia

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    According to the principles of the Magnus effect, the faster an object spins and the less it is tilted about its vertical axis, the more lift it will create, causing the ball to travel in a trajectory more closely modeling a straight line than a typical fastball would. The program hypothesized that Fujikawa's fastball, if thrown from an ...