In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer made artificial intelligence (AI) history, becoming the first machine to beat a reigning world champion – Garry Kasparov – at the game of chess. Though Kasparov ...

The president of the Moscow Chess Federation reportedly said "robot operators, apparently, will have to think about strengthening protection so that such a situation does not happen again" Amanda ...

In the decades since IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated chess world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, artificial intelligence has transformed the way humans play the game, and not always for the ...

Thanks to the pandemic and hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, interest in virtual chess has spiked. More Americans now play chess than tennis and golf combined, and most of that is online. In the ...

Quick matches with easy to develop strategies make the mobile card game a fun debut from the new indie studio led by former Hearthstone developers Quick matches with easy to develop strategies make ...

The impact of chess on games as a concept is undeniable, with its strategic and competitive elements seen across the industry in so many forms today. The boardgame is still going in its own right, of ...

Chess has always been a part of Henry Lien’s life. He’s played it since he was 5 years old or so, his tiny hands just big enough to hold the pieces. He grew up in a part of the Bay Area, Marin, which ...

In something out of Black Mirror meets Queen's Gambit, a chess robot accidentally broke the finger of its seven-year old opponent during an exhibition in Moscow, The Guardian reported. The child ...

An 11-year-old girl from Colombia is living her American dream, becoming a chess queen on her way to attaining master status despite learning the game just this year. Since arriving in New York City ...