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 ...

If you imagine somebody playing chess against the computer, you’ll likely be visualizing them staring at their monitor in deep thought, mouse in hand, ready to drag their digital pawn into play.

An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. A co-lead at Google's Big Picture data visualization group has created an online version of chess called the Thinking Machine 6, which lets ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A co-lead at Google's Big Picture data visualization group has created an online version of chess called the Thinking Machine 6, which lets you play against a ...

IBM's Deep Blue system achieved its first victory over a world chess champion on February 10, 1996, when it won the first game of a six-game match against Garry Kasparov. Despite this initial loss ...

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 ...

Google says its AlphaGo Zero artificial intelligence program has triumphed at chess against world-leading specialist software within hours of teaching itself the game from scratch. The firm's ...

One of his investments was ChessPark, a site he cofounded that enabled users to play against a computer, other people, or even celebrities in the chess world. RZA had grown up poor on Staten ...