Since Shatranj (Chess), the game's original form, is thought to have originated in India, and there’s an intriguing story tied to the Ramayana. What's Written in the Ramayana? The game of chess ...

At a time before his country became a chess powerhouse, he defeated four world champions, including Bobby Fischer and another ...

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Not exactly a household name, but as [IEEE Spectrum] points out, he invented a chess ... hiding inside a fake chess computer. The Spanish engineer’s machine really did play a modified end ...

Courtesy of wikimedia commons There’s a new sort of chess. It’s flashy, it’s exciting. It’s called Freestyle Chess, or ...

The story is told of an automaton constructed in such a way that it could play a winning game of chess, answering each move of an opponent with a countermove. A puppet in Turkish attire and with a ...

Chess is an ancient game. A slow and cerebral pursuit ... drafted the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and invented bifocals, but he has never held a phone in his hand.