It’s​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ the nature of being a long-established game and having this tradition associated with it literally ...

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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 ...

GenChess lets you design the pieces with AI then play the board It uses the Imagen 3 image-generation engine from Google Gemini GenChess is free to play and you can redesign the pieces as many times ...

For the average player, trying to beat the computer at chess (even when you’re just playing on ‘easy’ on your laptop) is a difficult task. But as humans, we take solace in the fact that chess Grand ...

For reasons I don't quite understand, I have decided to learn Chess. This ancient, complex boardgame is more accessible than ever thanks to a glut of internet resources and hundreds of digital ...

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 ...

Chess has a reputation for cold logic, but Vladimir Kramnik loves the game for its beauty. “It’s a kind of creation,” he says. His passion for the artistry of minds clashing over the board, trading ...

Chess960 seems to hold special appeal for chess programmers. Because the placement of pieces is random, computers rely on lightning-fast processing, without retrieving archives of past moves from a ...

Your guide to getting started with chess, and the New York Times chess puzzle. By Isaac Aronow Chess is an ancient game that traces its roots back to India. Some strategies in today’s top tournaments ...