Chess prodigy Beth Harmon, played by actress Anya Taylor-Joy, reads a chess pamphlet in Netflix's miniseries "The Queen Gambit." Netflix Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit" has inspired a surge of interest ...

Chess has captured the imagination of humans for centuries due to its strategic beauty—an objective, board-based testament to the power of mortal intuition. Twenty-five years ago Wednesday, though, ...

“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 ...

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 ...

"When people ask why chess is not as popular today, it's simple. These people are just wrong." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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 ...

Thanks to over 3,000 backers a new electronic, connected chess computer and board have taken Kickstarter by storm raising over $900,000 with still 24 days remaining. ChessUp is a new chess computer ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Almost a year ago exactly, DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence ...