As computers get better at chess, their games look more human. Their moves seem more connected to known strategic plans, and when they aren’t, the logic can still often be discerned by experts. But ...

Chess has captured the imagination of humans for centuries due to its strategic beauty—an objective, board-based testament to the power of mortal intuition. Twenty-five years ago Wednesday, though, ...

Lichess is one of the world’s leading gaming websites and among the biggest success stories in open source. Somewhere between ...

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is looking to the game of chess to develop strategies for real life warfare. Adelaide-based defence scientists have been analysing the impact of different moves, ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Almost a year ago exactly, DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence ...

AIs have defeated humans at even more computationally difficult games. This is an Inside Science story. A new computer program taught itself superhuman mastery of three classic games -- chess, go and ...

The issue cheating in chess has resurfaced after World Champion Magnus Carlsen refused to play against Hans Niemann, apparently alleging cheating. Recently Chess.com, the leading platform for online ...