ChatGPT wanted to find out "how quickly" it would defeat a chess computer that can only think one or two moves ahead and requested to play against Atari's 1979 Video Chess cartridge. So Caruso pulled ...

Who was [Leonardo Torres Quevedo]? Not exactly a household name, but as [IEEE Spectrum] points out, he invented a chess automaton in 1920 that would foreshadow the next century’s obsession with ...

Since the mid-2000s, when the skill of chess engines leapt past humans’, computers have become essential to elite preparation: Players must memorize long sequences of moves that a computer deems ...

Kirill Shevchenko, a grandmaster who represents Romania, has been accused of getting assistance from a computer in the middle of games. By Victor Mather A top chess player was expelled from an ...

A computer can help you find a new way to play, a trap that you can spring on one of your rivals. That happens all the time. It’s called opening preparation. Chess is a really old game ...

A computer made from DNA that can solve basic chess and sudoku puzzles could one day, if scaled up, save vast amounts of energy over traditional computers when it comes to tasks like training ...

The other will be aimed at a mass audience, with chess jargon (“Knight E4”, for instance) forbidden. The players will be wired to heart-rate monitors to amplify the tension. A computer chess ...

At the Weissenhaus Resort, the world’s top players will come together ... Modern World Chess Championships demand endless memorisation of computer-generated opening lines, reducing the sport ...