A cheating scandal rocking the chess world over the past month has sparked debate about the role of artificial intelligence in high-level competition. Last month, five-time world chess champion Magnus ...

Computers have raced toward the future for decades, starting as manual punchcards and now turning the tides on how all of humanity operates. Artificial intelligence is just one field in computing, ...

Ever since he beat the greatest chess player who ever lived, Hans Niemann has been called a cheat. The 19-year-old’s surprising victory over Magnus Carlsen in St. Louis on September 4 led to ...

Computer chess isn't just about playing games. For 60 years, chess has also been a key part of the debate over whether computers can approximate humans best through a brute force approach or whether ...

Chess computers have surpassed humans for a number of years now. The computer is programmed with an algorithm that "knows" for any given position, weather white or black is winning (the secret sauce - ...

At just 20 years old, Vincent Keymer has been a chess grand master for the past six years. He turned pro after graduating from high school in 2023 and is currently ranked 20th in the world. No German ...