A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and ...

Chess players now get scanned to check for electrical devices. But no one is entirely sure these methods are watertight ...

The journey from the Von Neumann to the Niemann affair has much to teach us about the changed landscape of the sport ...

In July 1993, a disguised player entered the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia using the name of a mathematician ...

In its opening moments, Untold: Chess Mates contextualizes a cheating scandal that rocked the top tiers of competitive chess in 2022—which spiraled out of control with allegations of a player using ...

The chess program Stockfish can crush Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is largely considered the greatest player in history. However, it cannot replace him. These super-strong platforms ...

Michele opened the musical at the Imperial Theatre in November. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Michele leaves the production after opening the musical at the Imperial Theatre in November. A ...

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Artefacts include souvenirs from 1972 ‘Match of the Century’ between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer A vast collection of chess memorabilia, including souvenirs from the 1972 “Match of the Century” ...

Thirty years ago from February 10-17, 1996, in Philadelphia, USA, world chess champion Garry Kasparov defeated the supercomputer Deep Blue 4-2 in a six-game match. The following year, in May 1997, the ...

Feb. 10 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War, with France ceding Quebec to Great ...

American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died last year after suffering an abnormal heartbeat and had multiple drugs in his system at the time, according to a toxicology report that ruled the ...