The e-ink display is perfect for chess, whether you're playing solo, online, or against the person next to you.

AIs have defeated humans at even more computationally difficult games. This is an Inside Science story. A new computer program taught itself superhuman mastery of three classic games -- chess, go and ...

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 ...

You can play chess against a machine on just about any computer, but that’s not nearly as fun as playing with real pieces. If you want to build a robot to play against for yourself, Maxim shows off a ...

On the surface, the question “Why can’t computers play chess?” is ridiculous. Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov back in 1997. Deep Blue, the IBM Computer, won 2 games, Kasparov, the reigning world ...

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, ...