To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Quite right, Sir! Chess is also one of the oldest and most popular games in the world. Chess has been ...

The mid-game in chess is one of the toughest portions for beginners to learn due to how unpredictable it is. This is particularly the case for beginners, who will likely have run out of book moves in ...

Computers have revolutionised the way chess is played – and the best chess programs are impossible to beat. But could a player that’s part human and part computer be even more powerful? It all started ...

Computer chess isn't just about playing games. For 60 years, chess has also been a key part of the debate over whether computers can approximate humans best through a brute force approach or whether ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of people’s interests online, whether that’s playing Dungeons & Dragons over Zoom or taking virtual workout classes. But at least one of these interests, online ...