The world of chess has been going through somewhat of an evolution in recent years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down ...

If you’ve ever played chess or even checkers, you’ve probably thought about making a board that lets a computer play you without having to enter your moves and look at the board on a screen ...

Chess computers fail at Penrose’s chess puzzle because they have a database of end-games to choose from. This board is not, Tagg and Penrose believe, in the computer’s playbook.

Playing against a computer vs. playing online The setup process is straightforward, but the biggest downside of the Square Off board is its size.

A lot of computers can play chess. [Matthew Lui’s] Giraffe is a chess playing computer, but unlike other common chess programs, Giraffe taught itself to play. It apparently learned pretty wel… ...

In other words, the computer, Campbell said, accelerates the calculation and preparation that can lead to draws. Thanks, computer. Saturday is a rest day, and Game 7 begins Sunday afternoon.

"If computer chess theory holds and we observe the fact that micro-processor speed will double every one and one-half years, then maybe in 3 or 4 years, the PC based programs will come close to ...