There was a time, not long ago, when computers—mere assemblages of silicon and wire and plastic that can fly planes, drive cars, translate languages, and keep failing hearts beating—could ...

The grandmasters who led the U.S. chess team to fifth place in the World Chess Olympiad drew on years of experience, hours of preparation and a super computer half a world away from Istanbul.

This enabled it to win the 1989 World Computer Chess Championship without losing a single game. But Deep Thought hit a road block later that year when it came up against (and lost to) the reigning ...

Computer Chess: Sundance Review Andrew Bujalski’s latest, about a weekend chess tournament between man and machine, was shot with clunky video equipment from the same bygone era it portrays.

The progress of automation in chess has many lessons for technology operations.

It was a pivotal moment in computing history when a computer beat a human at chess for the first time, but that doesn't mean chess is "solved." Pixabay On this day 21 years ago, the world changed ...

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is looking to the game of chess to develop strategies for real life warfare.

It's almost 18 years since IBM's Deep Blue famously beat Garry Kasparov at chess, becoming the first computer to defeat a human world champion. Since then, as you can probably imagine, computers ...

India’s youngest billionaire has apologised for using computer assistance during a charity chess match against a five-time world champion. Andrew Backhouse @andytwit123 2 min read ...