Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...

On the surface, the question “Why can’t computers play chess?” is ridiculous. Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov back in 1997. Deep Blue, the IBM Computer, won 2 games, Kasparov, the reigning world ...

Computers have raced toward the future for decades, starting as manual punchcards and now turning the tides on how all of humanity operates. Artificial intelligence is just one field in computing, ...

For a few days, chess fans could be forgiven for wondering if the end of the game was in sight. At the World Chess Championships in Dubai last week, reigning champion Magnus Carlsen from Norway and ...

A cheating scandal rocking the chess world over the past month has sparked debate about the role of artificial intelligence in high-level competition. Last month, five-time world chess champion Magnus ...

Years ago, [Leo Neumann]’s girlfriend gave him a 1970s chess computer game that was missing almost everything but the super cool clicky keyboard. Noting the similarity of chess move labeling to chord ...

“If you want to know what the future of AI looks like, look at chess. It happened to us first, and it’s going to happen to all of you.” Reading time 13 minutes In May of 1997, Garry Kasparov sat down ...

Alexandra Kosteniuk discusses her chess journey, the game's evolution, and her motivations as a top player in her 40s.

The e-ink display is perfect for chess, whether you're playing solo, online, or against the person next to you.

As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a ...