The weight of the world title can break even the strongest of players. For 19-year-old D. Gukesh, the pressure recently reached a visible breaking point.

It's worth knowing whether you're just playing a game you like — or maybe also improving your brain chemistry.

Thirty years ago from February 10-17, 1996, in Philadelphia, USA, world chess champion Garry Kasparov defeated the ...

In southern Russia, archaeologists have uncovered an ancient board game that may hold the key to the origins of chess.

ChatGPT 5.4 Thinking adds KUA computer interaction; demos show token use dropping by up to two-thirds in some tasks, lowering run costs.

Gukesh Dommaraju paused in the middle of the Prague Masters to apologise to fans, the moment felt unusually raw and e.

Magnus Carlsen doesn't just play differently; he thinks differently. His interviews reveal a man who prioritizes "the feel" over the "the math." ...

The cutting-edge gamebot, named Ludii, “played the game against itself and identified a few variants that are enjoyable for humans to play.” ...

AI doomsters believe that AI will quickly become better at “everything.” That may not be true, but what if it is? What does that mean most immediately for the arts, where AI slop is already permeating ...

Twenty-nine years ago, IBM's computer Deep Blue beat the reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov. It has since become clear that computers are superior to humans at the Game of Kings. Yet despite ...

LAKELAND, FL – Troy Melton was sitting at a table in the Detroit Tigers' clubhouse, doing the USA TODAY crossword puzzle, when Justin Verlander sat down. "Anybody wanna play chess?" asked Verlander, a ...