You can play against a human opponent, or take on the computer's artificial intelligence (AI) program. The AI has 100 customizable playing levels - 60 listed as "fun" and 40 rated as "Competition." ...

Iterative versions of computer chess software can also boost the Elo rating somewhat: The new world champion, Komodo 8, has an Elo rating that's around 60 points higher than Komodo 7a using the ...

It is this Kasparov vs Deep Blue battle — famously called ‘The Brain’s Last Stand’ by a magazine on its cover back in 1997 — ...

With help from computer chess software engineer Gary Linscott, these chess pros identify why Stockfish is virtually unbeatable by a human, from opening move to endgame.The charts depicting minimax ...

A computer made from DNA that can solve basic chess and sudoku puzzles could one day, if scaled up, save vast amounts of energy over traditional computers when it comes to tasks like training ...

Chess champion Garry Kasparov was first beaten by a computer, Deep Blue, in 1997 (Credit: Getty Images) “I called it ‘do nothing but do it well’,” he recalls.