It was a pivotal moment in computing history when a computer beat a human at chess for the first time, but that doesn't mean chess is "solved." Pixabay On this day 21 years ago, the world changed ...

There was a time, not long ago, when computers—mere assemblages of silicon and wire and plastic that can fly planes, drive cars, translate languages, and keep failing hearts beating—could ...

The growth of computer chess technology also highlighted the advances in the field of artificial intelligence, the branch of science focused on building machines that can mimic human thinking.

It's almost 18 years since IBM's Deep Blue famously beat Garry Kasparov at chess, becoming the first computer to defeat a human world champion. Since then, as you can probably imagine, computers ...

It comes as no huge surprise that the latest iteration in the long-running Chessmaster series once again seizes the title of computer chess champion - in the past several years, the Chessmaster ...

A group of 1980-era computer programmers gather in a hotel for a weekend tournament to determine who can write the best chess-playing program. Shot in archaic black-and-white video, Bujalski&#8217 ...