In 1996, IBM's Deep Blue faced off against Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess mind on Earth — and changed history.

Battle of the 1990s Remember the two tournaments, Garry Kasparov versus Deep Blue? Surely you do. Those 1996 and 1997 events were the most publicized chess games of our time, save for the Cold War ...

AIs have defeated humans at even more computationally difficult games. This is an Inside Science story. A new computer program taught itself superhuman mastery of three classic games -- chess, go and ...

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 ...

Chess has captured the imagination of humans for centuries due to its strategic beauty—an objective, board-based testament to the power of mortal intuition. Twenty-five years ago Wednesday, though, ...

Chess prodigy Beth Harmon, played by actress Anya Taylor-Joy, reads a chess pamphlet in Netflix's miniseries "The Queen Gambit." Netflix Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit" has inspired a surge of interest ...

Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Chess Plus+ Chess Plus+ is an enhanced computer chess game powered by a sophisticated artificial intelligence engine resulting in automated opponent player ...

The deciding game Friday between chess legend Garry Kasparov and computer Deep Junior ended in a draw. The result meant that the six-game series pitting man against machine ended in a 3-3 deadlock.

Growing up, many of us were told that playing computer or video games was a waste of time. However, when it comes to training artificial intelligence, not only is it not a waste of time, but it could ...