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 ...

Ever since he beat the greatest chess player who ever lived, Hans Niemann has been called a cheat. The 19-year-old’s surprising victory over Magnus Carlsen in St. Louis on September 4 led to ...

Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology ...

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 ...

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 — ...

As much attention as this most recent scandal has received, chess cheaters have long used elaborate technology-assisted techniques to win games. Reading time 2 minutes The chess world remains aflame ...

I have been playing a little bit of chess on iPad recently (read GESC chess tournament announcement, stickied at the top - and sign up) and I haven't played chess in a long time. My chess senses are ...