Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, ...

Since the supercomputer won the chess world champion for the first time in 1997, there have been many examples of AI defeating humans in competitive games. A new bot in the chess world named 'Mitten' ...

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When IBM’s Deep Blue first defeated Garry Kasparov in 1997, the world chess champion accused the company of cheating. There was no way, he thought, that the computer could have beaten him without ...

Leading chess site Chess.com has claimed a popular new AI bot is partly to blame for recent outages and issues with its servers. Mittens, powered by an artificial intelligence chess algorithm and ...

For years, the game of chess has been seen as a litmus test for how far AI can go against the human intellect. When IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer beat reigning Chess world champion Garry Kasparov in ...

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Just like any retiree, former Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto is spending his days perfecting his hobbies − specifically chess. And now you can play against him. On Monday, Chess.com ...