As machines outplay humans in pursuits that used to seem quintessentially human, Harry de Quetteville looks at where all this technology is leading us It was in 1996 when IBM’s Deep Blue beat then ...

It was nostalgic and entertaining as Viswanathan Anand lost 11-13 to Garry Kasparov in an exhibition event (Clutch Chess: The Legends) at St Louis. It was a one-sided affair as the Russian GM eased ...

It’s been just over a month since a chess documentary on Judit Polgar’s life and her career, The Queen of Chess, was released on Netflix. Tracing the career of one of the greatest players in chess ...

A Dutchman, he was considered the best player outside the Soviet Union for two decades, although he described himself as “lazy” and was open about using alcohol and drugs early on.

Thirty years ago from February 10-17, 1996, in Philadelphia, USA, world chess champion Garry Kasparov defeated the ...

Gukesh Dommaraju paused in the middle of the Prague Masters to apologise to fans, the moment felt unusually raw and e.

The former US women’s champion Jennifer Shahade changed her life and her sport when she made allegations against a grandmaster. Now, she tells Donald McRae, she has turned her hand to writing and poke ...

In Rory Kennedy’s documentary, Queen of Chess, Judit Polgár’s ascent to the top 10 rewrites the rules of a game long guarded by male authority ...

Grandmaster Garry Kasparov compares chess to “mental torture” — a statement that at first glance seems overdramatized for a leisure activity enjoyed by seniors at the local park — but to budding ...

And the Raptors were just as defensively stout as the Spurs. The Spurs also couldn’t find anything at the rim. The Spurs also ...

In 1996, IBM's Deep Blue faced off against Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess mind on Earth — and changed history.

In 1996, IBM's Deep Blue computer defeated chess world champion Garry Kasparov in 37 moves. The victory marked a turning point for humans and machines.