A new computer program taught itself how to play chess, go and shogi AIs have defeated humans at even more computationally difficult games.

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My own son began asking to learn how to play chess around Brownscombe’s optimal age of seven or eight. But since I myself didn’t know how to play, I avoided the request for a while.

My progression mirrors how we taught our computers to play chess. The earliest programs, gawkish code running on ungainly mainframes, were woodpushers, capable of playing chess technically but not ...

Studies have found chess can help kids improve reading and math skills. But beyond that, they should learn how to play because it’s fun.

that compares your play to the best chess computer. I'm looking at an account right now that was made literally yesterday, got to play only six games, but because the average accuracy ...