AI has mastered chess, so humans are changing the rules of the game

The chess program Stockfish can crush Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is largely considered the greatest ...
Wall Street Journal

Anatomy of a Computer Chess Game

As computers get better at chess, their games look more human. Their moves seem more connected to known strategic plans, and when they aren’t, the logic can still often be discerned by experts. But ...
VentureBeat

DeepMind’s AlphaZero beats state-of-the-art chess and shogi game engines

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Almost a year ago exactly, DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence ...
Hindustan Times

From X3D Fritz to AlphaZero, what makes chess engines tick?

Today, chess engines are an essential part of the training regime of practically every professional player. That’s why many were taken aback to hear that D Gukesh, who won the Candidates tournament ...
The Atlantic

A Good Chess Cheater Might Never Be Caught

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 ...
Morning Overview on MSN

With AI driving more draws, chess players embrace unpredictability

Elite chess players are abandoning engine-approved strategies in favor of wild, hard-to-predict moves designed to break ...
Popular Science

Artificial Intelligence Is Taking Computer Chess Beyond Brute Force

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 ...
ExtremeTech

Rybka, the world's best chess engine, outlawed and disqualified

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 ...
VentureBeat

DeepMind's AlphaZero beats state-of-the-art chess and shogi game engines

Almost a year ago exactly, DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence (AI) division owned by Google parent company Alphabet, made headlines with preprint research ("Mastering Chess and Shogi by ...