Chess or video games—which actually makes you smarter? The answer may surprise you.

Games don’t make you smarter, but they can support your brain, regardless of your age. Different games sharpen different ...
New Scientist

Chess can be made fairer by rearranging the pieces

Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the complexity of the game to favour white, black or neither player ...
Digital Journal

The 1997 chess game that thrust AI into the spotlight

The chess world was shocked at Garry Kasparov's defeat in New York in 1997 - Copyright AFP Noel Celis The chess world was shocked at Garry Kasparov's defeat in New ...
IFLScience

The Chess Playing "Machine" That Beat Benjamin Franklin And Napoleon

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...