There are more possible moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe. So how do computers, which are officially better chess players than humans now, know which moves to make ...

Researchers at the University of St Andrews are challenging people to claim $1m (£770,000) by finding the solution to a "simple" chess puzzle. Computer programmers would be able to pocket the cash, ...

If you’ve ever played chess or even checkers, you’ve probably thought about making a board that lets a computer play you without having to enter your moves and look at the board on a screen. [Greg06] ...

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 ...

DNA is nature’s computing device. Unlike data centers, DNA is incredibly compact. These molecules package an entire organism’s genetic blueprint into tiny but sophisticated structures inside each cell ...

We have covered many chess computers in the past, but we think this might just be the smallest. Enter the PIC Blitz: A tiny low-cost low-power computer that can play lightning chess. It’s based on a ...

It was a war of titans you likely never heard about. One year ago, two of the world’s strongest and most radically different chess engines fought a pitched, 100-game battle to decide the future of ...