Ever since he beat the greatest chess player who ever lived, Hans Niemann has been called a cheat. The 19-year-old’s surprising victory over Magnus Carlsen in St. Louis on September 4 led to ...
Kirill Shevchenko, a grandmaster who represents Romania, has been accused of getting assistance from a computer in the middle of games. By Victor Mather A top chess player was expelled from an event ...
On the surface, the question “Why can’t computers play chess?” is ridiculous. Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov back in 1997. Deep Blue, the IBM Computer, won 2 games, Kasparov, the reigning world ...
A new book by Jordan Himelfarb follows the game’s rising young players, including the reigning world champion Gukesh ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Covid-19 sent people home in early 2020, the computer scientist Tom Zahavy rediscovered chess. He had played as a kid and had ...
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With AI driving more draws, chess players embrace unpredictability
Elite chess players are abandoning engine-approved strategies in favor of wild, hard-to-predict moves designed to break through a rising tide of drawn games. Artificial intelligence has sharpened ...
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