To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

The result is that it takes my opponents by complete surprise and creates total pandemonium in their minds. It freezes their ...

Gukesh Dommaraju’s emotional apology during the Prague Masters highlighted a broader dip in form among India’s top players, including Arjun Erigaisi and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa. Experts cite heavy ...

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 ...

Check out the chess board above—looks wrong, right? If you’ve ever played chess, you know something's amiss, here. For one thing, someone chose to exchange a pawn for another bishop instead of a queen ...

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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.

The world No 1 won his 21st global title by defeating his old rival Fabiano Caruana in Freestyle chess at Weissenhaus in Germany ...

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Gukesh suffers another blunder against Abdusattorov at the Prague International Chess Festival, marking his fifth consecutive ...