Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
AI program plays the long game to solve decades-old math problems
A game of chess requires its players to think several moves ahead, a skill that computer programs have mastered over the ...
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History Today: When Chess champion Garry Kasparov lost a game to a computer
World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game to IBM-developed supercomputer Deep Blue. This defining moment in ...