It took about 50 years for computers to eviscerate humans in the venerable game of chess. A standard smartphone can now play the kind of moves that make a grandmaster’s head spin. But one artificial ...

A few weeks ago, a group of researchers from Google’s artificial-intelligence subsidiary, DeepMind, published a paper in the journal Science that described an A.I. for playing games. While their ...

The International Chess Federation's "ChessMom" initiative introduces family-friendly policies to support mothers competing ...

What happens if more domains of knowledge have superhuman performance from AI? The Elo (chess ranking estimate) of the best chess programs is about 3700 which is about 900 points beyond the 2881 ...

At Saint Joseph's University, hundreds of kids gathered on Saturday for the 17th annual PECO-ASAP Checkmate Violence Chess Marathon. It's where Brandon Tran, 16, is learning skills to, not only win at ...

EVESHAM >> The large front room is bright, colorful and full of energy. Dozens of tables are set up with chess boards and chess pieces on them. Children start to come into the South Jersey Innovation ...

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, Saint Louis Public Schools and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are partnering to launch St. Louis CHESS Cops. The CHESS acronym stands ...

A school in the North Bay has become the only one in the country that has received international recognition for its chess program and how its teaching the game to a new generation. Joshua Gonzalez ...

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov and the Deep Junior computer played to a draw last week in a $1 million International Chess Federation match. Kasparov lost to IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer ...

As an avid amateur chess player who often has multiple online games going at once, I love the challenge on the board, puzzling out my next move during quiet moments of the day, and, of course, the ...

Speaking this morning on "Fox & Friends Weekend," two accomplished chess players shared their enthusiasm for the game of chess — and noted the many ways that kids today can get involved in the game ...

CHICAGO - Call it the Sheriff's Gambit. A sheriff in Illinois is turning to kings, queens and rooks to help teach inmates at his jail not to behave like pawns. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart launched a ...