The new generation of chess bots eliminates jarring, inhuman moves, extends the rating ladder from true beginner to beyond ...

Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, ...

For years, the game of chess has been seen as a litmus test for how far AI can go against the human intellect. When IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer beat reigning Chess world champion Garry Kasparov in ...

Since the supercomputer won the chess world champion for the first time in 1997, there have been many examples of AI defeating humans in competitive games. A new bot in the chess world named 'Mitten' ...

Playing with online chess bots is fun. To some people playing online chess may not sound ‘real’, but the truth is, it is very real and sometimes more competitive than playing chess with ‘real’ people.