Vladimir Kramnik is in the lead after the third game of an eight-game contest pitting the world chess champion against the German-built Deep Fritz 7 computer.

Our chess-loving writer fell for Bryght Labs ChessUp 2 smart chess board, which lets players compete against the computer or other players around the world.

sports | Mavericks How you can (sort of) play online chess against Mavericks star Luka Doncic The Mavericks’ All-Star point guard is the first NBA player to have a chess bot on Chess.com.

Pandemic boredom and a Netflix mini-series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” added to the game’s sudden popularity. But Chess.com was also plotting its own moves.

In a series of advanced chess tournaments played in 2005 to 2008, I corroborated that human-computer teams actually made better moves [than a computer playing alone].

As a result, online chess sites, like Chess.com, have developed anti-cheating technology to detect when players are using outside computer software during games in an attempt to curb foul play.

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