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 ...

Chess enthusiasts watch World Chess champion Garry Kasparov on a television monitor as he holds his head in his hands at the start of the sixth and final match 11 May against IBM\'s Deep Blue computer ...

“Computer Chess” may be the strangest — and most wondrous — film of the year so far, and its director, Andrew Bujalski, doesn’t think it has much to do with chess. The film takes place at an ...

Like many, I have been watching the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, and it got me to think about the status of chess today. I remember in 1997 when IBM's chess computer Big Blue beat reigning world ...

In late November, the latest official world chess championship match was staged in a large hall in the Olympic city of Sochi, Russia. The games were broadcast on the Internet with live commentary and ...

Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There was a time, not long ago, when computers—mere assemblages of silicon and wire and plastic that can fly planes, drive cars, ...

A recent study suggests that there are more great chess players now than there ever have been - and that players continue to improve. The authors of the study noted and confirmed that the ELO rankings ...

For a few days, chess fans could be forgiven for wondering if the end of the game was in sight. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. At ...

Computers have changed the face of chess, and put Carlsen in a winning position. EPA/Stringer In a poetic turn, former World Champion Garry Kasparov said he has the super talent of Harry Potter, and ...

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