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 ...

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 ...

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 ...