The Picochess chess program already has a long and storied history behind it—something you should be aware of if you’re ...

July 4, 2019 Auto Chess is not actually set to launch this week. Teamfight Tactics and Dota Underlords are busy staking their claim on the emerging autobattle genre, but the team behind the original ...

Warcraft 3 modders created a new genre with Defense of the Ancients, a custom game mode that eventually spun off into mega-popular MOBA games like League of Legends and Dota 2. Dota 2 modders created ...

Hi everyone.<BR><BR>Does anyone have a recommendation for a free PC chess game? I love the one on Mac OS X, but I'd like something to play in Windows. No online play is necessary. I just like to play ...

Thanks to over 3,000 backers a new electronic, connected chess computer and board have taken Kickstarter by storm raising over $900,000 with still 24 days remaining. ChessUp is a new chess computer ...

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 ...

Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...

Ubisoft’s scientists have done the unthinkable and combined the two biggest new gaming genres of the last few years. The publisher revealed today that it plans to release Might & Magic: Chess Royale ...

It’s no secret that computers can smoke humans at chess. And now, as if to further mock our mere organic forms, scientists say they’ve created a computer made out of DNA that can play the board game — ...

Chess has captured the imagination of humans for centuries due to its strategic beauty—an objective, board-based testament to the power of mortal intuition. Twenty-five years ago Wednesday, though, ...

World chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and his super-computer opponent "Deep Fritz" share the points and honors as the "Brains in Bahrain" match ends. MANAMA, Bahrain--World chess champion Vladimir ...