Kirill Shevchenko, a grandmaster who represents Romania, has been accused of getting assistance from a computer in the middle ...

Who was [Leonardo Torres Quevedo]? Not exactly a household name, but as [IEEE Spectrum] points out, he invented a chess automaton in 1920 that would foreshadow the next century’s obsession with ...

If you’ve ever played chess or even checkers, you’ve probably thought about making a board that lets a computer play you without having to enter your moves and look at the board on a screen.

The 1980s are remembered for its outlandish fashions, incredible music, and, of course, awesome gadgets. Here are a few of ...

The second Saturday in October recognizes National Chess Day. The game challenges players mentally while also breaking down ...

Players alternately place counters ... So what next for game-playing computer scientists? Takizawa speculates that chess ...

even in countries without a chess-playing tradition. Apps and websites allow players to compete against humans from around the world or against a computer set at a defined skill level. The ...

India’s women players are resetting the board. A recent team gold has shown what is possible. How else are the pieces moving?

Demis Hassabis cofounded DeepMind, the renowned AI lab acquired by Google in 2014. He is also a former chess prodigy and won ...

Wang Tianyi has been the top-ranked player in Chinese Xiangqi – otherwise ... anal beads to transmit codes to himself from a chess computer during games in the competition he ended up winning.

The Nobel Prize in chemistry went to three scientists for groundbreaking work using artificial intelligence to advance ...

Season one champions, Triveni Continental Kings, triumphed over the PBG Alaskan Knights in both final matches to secure their ...