Since at least the 1950s, chess has served as a kind of benchmark for machine intelligence. IBM’s Deep Blue shocked the world in 1997 when it beat then-world champion Garry Kasparov. That machine used ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Google has released a new chess website that puts one fun twist on the game ...

Novelty sets can make for fun gifts, too. If your giftee is interested in chess ... picking up a piece, and making your move. James Austin is a staff writer currently covering games and hobbies ...

You can even move across different boards with your pieces, winning (or losing) as many games of chess as possible. When booting the game up, I was staring down 12 different matches of chess on my ...

The new, free course teaches users how each chess piece moves through short puzzles, lead by the app's in-game chess coach Oscar. The course is available to a limited number of English Apple ...

It’s been almost 10 years since the original The Legend of Zelda chess set was released in both a GameStop exclusive edition and a more widely released Collector’s Edition, but both have been ...

Luckily, as fans of the book series and movies will certainly remember, there’s an alternative in the form of wizard chess pieces, the game that Harry and Ron are fond of playing that proves ...

How do you solve the Blue Prince chess puzzle? If you've ventured into the early Mount Holly rooms, you'll have discovered a secret room containing a chessboard and six chess pieces. You can move ...

Magnus Carlsen is betting that his Freestyle Chess tournament can lure new fans to the game, while engaging the ... than other global chess events. The pieces are placed randomly on the board ...

You can now play a game of chess using the pieces, against the computer. Simply choose a difficulty level and a time for the timer, then click 'Play chess' to start. You're white and it's your go ...