Chris Maddison was just an intern when he started working on the Go-playing AI that would eventually become AlphaGo. A decade later, he talks about that match against Lee Sedol and what came next ...

Knight to C3,” commanded Peggy Sparklewrench. The gnome was determined to beat Medivh this time. Medivh cheated. The black ...

There are many chess robots, most of which require the human player to move the opposing pieces themselves, or have a built-in mechanism that can slide the opposing pieces around to their new ...

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications ...

The Detroit City Chess Club visited two middle schools in Opelousas, Louisiana to help launch sustainable chess programs. Retired news anchor Huel Perkins praised the initiative for teaching students ...

The South Florida Water Management District held a python hunt in December with cash prizes. Kevin Pavlidis won multiple awards, including for most pythons captured and the longest python. The ...

On Wednesday, Jan. 14, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced Dutchess County would receive $20 million in state funding to create a new childcare pilot program focused on children ages 0-3.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A long-running student chess program in Palm Beach County is expanding its focus on girls, supported by a national grant aimed at ...

A one-year grant from the U.S. Chess Federation will help encourage girls ages 5-11 to learn, compete and stay involved in chess. Antonis Loudaros established the chess program at The Greene School in ...

Chess is a relatively simple game to learn but a very difficult one to master. Because the starting positions of the pieces are fixed, top players have relied on memorizing the "best" opening moves, ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — On a recent fall afternoon, a group of students at Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori Elementary leaned over a chessboard, their eyes fixed on coach Susan Key as she pointed at each piece ...

The Young Kings and Queens Chess Club wrapped up their intergenerational chess program with its final session at the Baychester Library, located at 2049 Asch Loop in Co-op City, on Sunday, Dec. 7.