When sensing defeat in a match against a skilled chess bot, advanced models sometimes hack their opponent, a study found.

Rybka, the best chess-playing computer program in the world and the winner of the last four World Computer Chess Championships (WCCC), has been disqualified and banned for the plagiarizing of two ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Chess is often seen as the ultimate mental challenge: 32 pieces on ...

To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

It was a war of titans you likely never heard about. One year ago, two of the world’s strongest and most radically different chess engines fought a pitched, 100-game battle to decide the future of ...

The sixth game of the World Chess Championship was over before the sun set. This was new. The intricately fought contests had thus far lasted until night fell, and sometimes well beyond. The darkness ...

D Gukesh's unique approach to chess training, by largely avoiding engines, raises interesting questions about how chess engines can continue to challenge us Today, chess engines are an essential part ...

An update: I built a new box. 13900k, RTX 3080, 64GB of DDR5-4800. I can get right around 27 million nodes/second in Stockfish 15.1, which feels pretty damn insane. It's still bizarrely not that much ...