YOU ARE NEVER going to beat the world’s best chess programs. After decades of training and studying, you might manage a checkmate or two against Stockfish, Komodo, or another formidable online ...

The Elo (chess ranking estimate) of the best chess programs is about 3700 which is about 900 points beyond the 2881 maximum of Magnus Carlsen. This means Magnus might be able to get a draw in one out ...

In the past 15 years, widely available AI software packages, known as “chess engines,” have been developed to the point where they can easily demolish the world’s best chess players—so all ...

Needless to say, these programs don't only wipe the floor with today's grandmasters—they do it in seconds. ... and never before have there been so many top-level chess players. Their impact, ...

A 72-page report released this week by one of the game’s top platforms, Chess.com, ... Kramnik had been cheating with the chess program Fritz 9, and listed correlation figures.

The puzzles can help players sharpen their skills, but more recently they’ve helped reveal the hidden limitations of chess programs. One of the most notorious puzzles, devised by the ...