The sheer number of accounts (often boosted by blue checks) taking the post seriously is staggering. The furious replies ...

The first machine had a vertical board. Of course, it couldn’t play a full game of chess. The machine always played white with a king and rook in a fixed position. The human’s lone black king ...

“If he continues to love chess the way he does now ... promptly plonks his rook in between the two pieces, in the process opening up a direct passage for his bishop to the white king.

the outlines of the players look like chess pieces being moved around the board by some invisible hand. Some run in the ...