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As the mini-series revisits the iconic 1997 showdown between man and machine, Christian Cooke reflects on embodying Garry ...
Thanks to the luck, uncertainty and unique play of cribbage, humans can still beat the best computers. How long will that ...
Afghanistan’s Taliban recently suspended chess over concerns that it encourages gambling, which is banned in Islam, a move ...
The other day I was on my way to get drinks with some friends after work, but in my head, I was still at work.
Every year on July 20, chess enthusiasts around the globe observe World Chess Day, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. This day marks a tribute to the game that transcends borders and ...
The first game of the much-anticipated Women’s Chess World Cup final between rising star Divya Deshmukh and veteran ...
Both Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy had chances and the game eventually ended in a draw when the latter sacrificed her rook ...
While NetHack is a single-player game, Netrek is one of the earliest multiplayer games, debuting on Unix systems in 1988.
It is this Kasparov vs Deep Blue battle — famously called ‘The Brain’s Last Stand’ by a magazine on its cover back in 1997 — ...
Brayden Van De Graaff, a 16-year-old Lehi High School student is set to represent Utah at the prestigious 2025 National High School Chess Championship in Madison, Wisconsin later this month. Van De ...
The World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries in St. Louis, Missouri, is exactly that kind of surprise – a cultural treasure that transforms everything you thought you knew about both chess and museums.
A series dramatizes the 1997 chess match between a world champion and an IBM computer, a precursor of modern anxieties about ...