Don’t kid yourself: Thinking is hard. You can see this in grandmaster chess players, whose heart rates triple to cantering under their shirts. What separates champion Magnus Carlsen is his lethal ...

Since the 18th century, people have been fascinated by the idea of machines that could play chess against humans. With the advent of the digital electronic computer in the mid-20th century, that dream ...

Chess has captured the imagination of humans for centuries due to its strategic beauty—an objective, board-based testament to the power of mortal intuition. Twenty-five years ago Wednesday, though, ...