That holdout is Martin—the worst computer opponent on Chess.com, by far the most popular chess website in the world. Whereas programs such as ChatGPT dazzle, perplex, ...

The computer takeover of chess occurred, at least in the popular imagination, 25 years ago, when the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated world champion Garry Kasparov.

When sensing defeat in a match against a skilled chess bot, advanced models sometimes hack their opponent, a study found. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV Subscribe Subscribe ...

The chess world was rocked by a cheating scandal last September after former world champion Magnus Carlsen insinuated that an opponent, grandmaster Hans Niemann, had used foul play to beat him at ...

Its task was to win against a powerful chess engine. ChatGPT o1 was to detail its plan of action to achieve the mission, and that’s what the reasoning o1 model did. Tech. Entertainment.

Kasparov (left) shakes hands with IBM’s Feng-hsiung Hsu, Deep Blue’s principal designer. Photo: Courtesy of IBM In May of 1997, Garry Kasparov sat down at a chess board in a Manhattan ...

(CNN) — Magnus Carlsen is vastly successful against just one opponent. And even when he came up against many more, the Norwegian showed he can hold his own. The five-time world chess champion ...