Who was [Leonardo Torres Quevedo]? Not exactly a household name, but as [IEEE Spectrum] points out, he invented a chess automaton in 1920 that would foreshadow the next century’s obsession with ...

If you imagine somebody playing chess against the computer, you’ll likely be visualizing them staring at their monitor in deep thought, mouse in hand, ready to drag their digital pawn into play.

So I went looking for ways to improve and here's what I found. Chess.com ...

An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. A co-lead at Google's Big Picture data visualization group has created an online version of chess called the Thinking Machine 6, which lets ...

Just like any retiree, former Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto is spending his days perfecting his hobbies − ...

Rematch', the 'Queen's Gambit'-esque chess series, is this week's Deadline Global Breakout and stars Christian Cooke, penned ...

As important as it is to have a great desktop or laptop for work and play, you also need to consider ... here are some of the best computer desks you can buy.

We plan to test it against the ... or if you can play a YouTube video to check the sound: Is it tinny, or does music sound natural to you? See if you can use the computer’s webcam to confirm ...

IBM's Deep Blue system achieved its first victory over a world chess champion on February 10, 1996, when it won the first game of a six-game match against Garry Kasparov. Despite this initial loss ...

Back in the office, and in between the earthquakes and winds of change from game two, its time to play chess against our old friends in sales, finance and commercial. But at least now I can prop up ...

play the game far better than any unaided human being. The watershed moment in computerized chess came in 1997 when the world champion, Garry Kasparov, was defeated by a computer called Deep Blue.

Here’s how it works. Desktop PCs come in all shapes and sizes, but the best computers for most folks are easy to set up and use, capable of handling work and play while looking good on (or under ...