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 ...

Hans Niemann has been accused of cheating at chess, but there has been little proof offered to how he might be cheating at over-the-table chess compared to past accusations of cheating at online chess ...

Remember the anal bead cheating controversy? As much as I’d like to forget, it turns out that a lot of people are still thinking about it. Some chess players have reported an uptick of computer-aided ...

World champion Magnus Carlsen has accused Hans Niemann of cheating to beat him. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Over the last ...

AI Google's Gemini AI backed out of a chess match against a 46 year-old Atari 2600 engine after suffering a crisis of confidence: 'Canceling the match is likely the most time-efficient and sensible ...

A computer made from DNA that can solve basic chess and sudoku puzzles could one day, if scaled up, save vast amounts of energy over traditional computers when it comes to tasks like training ...

Thanks to over 3,000 backers a new electronic, connected chess computer and board have taken Kickstarter by storm raising over $900,000 with still 24 days remaining. ChessUp is a new chess computer ...

The pandemic has reduced most professional sports to shadows of their former selves. But it's done wonders for one game, maybe the last one you'd ever guess: chess. "A boom is taking place in chess ...

NORFOLK, Va. - Chess. It's a game of trial and error. One poor move can set you back, and likely will. However, as we learn from one local chess club: a bad break ...

The world’s top chess players are competing online with in-person tournaments shut down. Millions of amateurs are joining in, too. By David Waldstein It was 8 a.m. Tuesday in St. Louis when the ...