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The e-ink display is perfect for chess, whether you're playing solo, online, or against the person next to you.

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Viswanathan Anand stressed deep understanding over memorisation in chess, highlighting the importance of pattern recognition.

As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a ...

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

How do you create an accurate ranking system when the best players usually don't win? This is the conundrum of elite chess.

A couple of years ago, a kind man taught me to play chess, a redo of the very early attempt by my father to teach me when I ...

The makers of a smart Rubik's Cube-like puzzle have upped the ante with their game technology with a special-edition Harry Potter-themed chess board, complete with character pieces. But can AI help ...

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Another world title up for grabs as Freestyle Chess and FIDE agree on $300,000 event Another world chess title will be up for grabs next month after the launch of the first official FIDE Freestyle ...