In many parts of the AI community, people are used to thinking about artificial intelligence as applied to new and modern forms of game theory. For example, some of the most tangible rollouts of AI ...

Last week, the Taliban government in Afghanistan suspended chess citing ‘religious considerations’ and on the grounds that chess may be a form of gambling. This is not the first time chess has been ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen is set to captivate the chess world once again—but this time, not just with his moves on the board. The Norwegian grandmaster’s influence is triggering a seismic shift in ...