It's been 16 years since Deep Blue first beat Gary Kasparov at chess representing a major breakthrough in terms of the ability of computers to surpass to outperform humans at certain tasks. But now ...

In the summer of 1972, while Bobby Fischer was taking the world championship title from Boris Spassky, a British expert on artificial intelligence suggested a new form of the game, “consultation chess ...

Chess is among the oldest and most venerated games of strategy, one with all the tension and drama of traditional spectator sports and the emerging e-sports market. But it's difficult to fully ...

Fritz 9 is the latest version of the superpowered chess engine that was able to defeat Garry Kasparov, one of the world's best players. If that sounds like a challenge you're up to then Fritz 9 won't ...

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