Chess has never been just a board game. It has always been a quiet reflection of the world around it. When societies changed, ...

Inspur, a Chinese-chess computer, defeated five grandmasters on its debut at the first Inspur Cup Chinese Chess Human-and-Computer Match. The machine scored three wins, tied five times and lost only ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Robyn Williams: There was a junior world chess championship held in Sydney just a few days ago. But can ...

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 ...

Many YouTube videos involve humans demonstrating the limitations of AI, usually by asking it silly questions. These videos are beloved, especially by teenagers, but my own teenage son recently showed ...