Pandemic boredom and a Netflix mini-series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” added to the game’s sudden popularity. But Chess.com was also plotting its own moves.

In the game between chess and artificial intelligence, Google DeepMind's researchers have made yet another move, this time teaming up with ex-chess world champion Vladimir Kramnik to design and ...

In this game, she's down some material — chess shorthand for having fewer pieces — but her opponent had less than 30 seconds left on his clock. "Let's hope we can flag this guy," she said ...