Can a machine be made to think creatively? One reply is: First, can a machine be made to play a good game of chess? How a computer was programmed so that it could defeat an inexperienced human ...

2 players, 3 Difficulty levels, 5 Time Modes. Challenge a friend by playing from the same device or online! Puzzle Mode: solve thousands of checkmate problems. Analyzer Mode: Your matches are now ...

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 ...

If you imagine somebody playing chess against the computer, you’ll likely be visualizing them staring at their monitor in deep thought, mouse in hand, ready to drag their digital pawn into play.

We can play games on lots of digital devices including smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and games consoles. Lots of people buy and download games from the internet or pay to play them online.

Chess-Carlsen rules out world championship return, still 'better than the kids' Magnus Carlsen feels he's still better than the young generation of chess players, but the Norwegian great is ruling ...

IBM's Deep Blue system achieved its first victory over a world chess champion on February 10, 1996, when it won the first game of a six-game match against Garry Kasparov. Despite this initial loss ...