Items tagged with Chess

by Paul Lilly - Thu, Dec 07, 2017

Google DeepMind AlphaZero AI Annihilates Acclaimed Stockfish Chess Program In 100-Game Match

The greatest chess matches are no longer played by mere mortals comprised of flesh, bone, and blood, but sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) schemes. Sitting at the top, at least for now, is AlphaZero, a product of Google's DeepMind division where machine learning rules the day. It also rules the chess... Read more...

by Joshua Gulick - Wed, Apr 15, 2015

Chess Grandmaster Faces 3-Year Ban For Using iPod Touch To Cheat During Frequent Potty Breaks

You know your chess opponent is in trouble when he has to hit the restroom after every turn. That was Tigran Petrosian’s thinking when he accused a fellow chess player during the Dubai Open this weekend. As it turned out, he seems to have been right: officials found an iPod in the bathroom running an app that... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Sat, Jan 25, 2014

Bill Gates Gets Schooled In Chess, Beaten By 23 Year Old Grandmaster In 71 Seconds

There's no disputing that Bill Gates is blessed with a brilliant mind. Sure, he dropped out of Harvard College, but he got accepted into the elite institution of higher learning in the first place. Leading into his college career, Gates scored 1,590 out of 1,600 on the SAT. The rest is history -- he went on to... Read more...

by Michael Santo - Sat, Mar 26, 2011

High-Tech Grandmaster-level Chess Olympiad Cheating Uncovered

Computers have reached the point where they can beat chess champions. So is it hard to believe that a chess champion might cheat by using a chess program and an elaborate scheme using text messages? That's what happened last year in Siberia, during the 2010 chess Olympiad. At least, that is what authorities believe... Read more...