Computers have been beating humans at chess for decades, and they’re now so predictably good at it that chess grandmasters won’t even bother to compete against them. But in what feels like a gesture ...

Chess is one of those games that are easy to learn and but difficult (or impossible) to master. Its rules are fairly simple, but devising optimal strategies and planning multiple moves at the same ...

For anyone who grew up reading the Harry Potter books or watching the films, the Wizard’s Chess scene in The Philosopher’s Stone was a moment of pure magic. The idea of giant stone pieces moving and ...