There are more possible moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe. So how do computers, which are officially better chess players than humans now, know which moves to make ...

A computer made from DNA that can solve basic chess and sudoku puzzles could one day, if scaled up, save vast amounts of energy over traditional computers when it comes to tasks like training ...

Researchers at the University of St Andrews are challenging people to claim $1m (£770,000) by finding the solution to a "simple" chess puzzle. Computer programmers would be able to pocket the cash, ...

London, Sep 4 (IANS) Computer programmers who can find a solution to a “simple” chess puzzle stand a chance to win a $1 mn prize, but providing a solution to the problem could be so hard that it could ...

“Computer Chess” may be the strangest — and most wondrous — film of the year so far, and its director, Andrew Bujalski, doesn’t think it has much to do with chess. The film takes place at an ...

SCIENTISTS have thrown down a million dollar gauntlet to computer programmers to find a solution to a 'simple' chess puzzle which could take thousands of years to solve. Did you know with a Digital ...

Saitek's Mephisto Maestro Travel Chess Computer showed me that I'm really, really rusty at chess. The Maestro sells for around $100 (Cdn.) and looks a lot like a Palm computer on steroids. It's got ...

If ever there is a puzzle which can crack the popular Queens Puzzle in Chess, it will open pathways to do things which were previously considered impossible. (AP Photo) Scientists have an open ...

In March, a computer achieved what many thought impossible when it won a best of five series against world-class go champion Lee Sedol. The victory by the DeepMind computer was the most significant ...