The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Covid-19 sent people home in early 2020, the computer scientist Tom Zahavy rediscovered chess. He had played as a kid and had ...

A three-time National Chess Champion breaks down what playing chess against LLMs can teach us.

An artificial intelligence can identify entertaining chess moves rather than just winning ones. This could lead to AIs that are more fun to watch or play against, and even offer insights into how we ...

Could a machine outthink the best human mind in the world? Thirty years ago that was still an open question, but a historic matchup between a chess grandmaster and an IBM supercomputer answered it. On ...

If you are interested in chess or perhaps coding and programming your very own chess engine. You are sure to enjoy this quick guide and overview provided by Bartek Spitza. Programming a chess engine ...

In 1996, IBM's Deep Blue faced off against Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess mind on Earth — and changed history. A supercomputer beat a human chess champ 30 years ago, paving a path for AI dominance ...