If you are a Harry Potter fan, you might remember that one of the movies showed an Isle of Lewis chess set whose pieces moved in response to a player’s voice commands. This feat has been oft ...

The machine could defend its king and reach checkmate, although it could take up to 63 moves, and standard chess rules would call a draw on 50 moves without a capture or pawn move. In 1920 ...

where chess will be played in a fast-paced Rapid format – which has the same rules as classical but players have between 10 and 60 minutes to make their moves. Carlsen said the event will likely ...