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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MANAMA, Bahrain--World chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and his super-computer opponent "Deep Fritz" shared the points and honors in the eight-game series billed as the "Brains in Bahrain" match, which ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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, ...

The game of kings remains as fascinating as ever in the computer era. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The popularity of chess is ...