Years ago, [Leo Neumann]’s girlfriend gave him a 1970s chess computer game that was missing almost everything but the super cool clicky keyboard. Noting the similarity of chess move labeling to chord ...

The Picochess chess program already has a long and storied history behind it—something you should be aware of if you’re ...

The developer of the popular Auto Chess mod for Dota 2, Drodo Studio, is taking its stand-alone version of the game to PC later this year. And it will be an Epic Games Store exclusive. Drodo recently ...

Thanks to over 3,000 backers a new electronic, connected chess computer and board have taken Kickstarter by storm raising over $900,000 with still 24 days remaining. ChessUp is a new chess computer ...

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 ...

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, ...

Would we, societally, connect with and consume stories without human essence? This is a big question when considering the future of generative AI and the role it will play in arts and entertainment.

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 ...