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 ...

If you imagine somebody playing chess against the computer, you’ll likely be visualizing them staring at their monitor in deep thought, mouse in hand, ready to drag their digital pawn into play. That ...

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It's no secret that computers can smoke humans at chess. And now, as if to further mock our mere organic forms, scientists say they've created a computer made out of DNA that can play the board game — ...

Chess has long had tradition hanging on its shoulders, but over the past couple of years, it’s become something different altogether—a meme generator, a TikTok sensation, and even home to a legendary ...

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 ...

Inspur, a Chinese-chess computer, defeated five grandmasters on its debut at the first Inspur Cup Chinese Chess Human-and-Computer Match. The machine scored three wins, tied five times and lost only ...