To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...
It’s no secret that computers can smoke humans at chess. And now, as if to further mock our mere organic forms, scientists say they’ve created a computer made out of DNA that can play the board game — ...
The e-ink display is perfect for chess, whether you're playing solo, online, or against the person next to you.
As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Covid-19 sent people home in early 2020, the computer scientist Tom Zahavy rediscovered chess. He had played as a kid and had ...
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 ...