But last weekend, it lost a game of chess. Not to a human grandmaster or even to some other fancy AI. It lost to an Atari 2600 that first appeared in the 1970s and can only calculate one or two chess ...

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 — ...

It’s not a great chess app, but the chess pieces are fun. It’s not a great chess app, but the chess pieces are fun. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators ...

A former child prodigy who became an acclaimed player, commentator and teacher, Naroditsky, known as Danya, was a beloved and ...

claimed the Russian was using the bathroom up to 50 times per match to surreptitiously look up chess moves on a computer — a charge that Kramnik’s manager hotly denied. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, ...

Russian grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik began accusing the California-born pro of cheating in online chess last October.

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The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death, calling him "a talented ...