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 ...

To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

She was raised as part of a prodigy-breeding psychological experiment, took on the chess patriarchy and beat her idol Garry Kasparov. So why isn’t there more depth to this documentary? Judit Polgár ...

Framed as a sports tale, “Queen of Chess,” directed by Rory Kennedy, recounts the life of Judit Polgar, who battled sexism as much as rival players. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...

Here's a statistical challenge worthy of a grandmaster: How do you create an accurate ranking system when the best players usually don't win? This is the conundrum of elite chess. The stronger the ...

At the Hungarian national chess tournament in 1991, Judit Polgár had to choose a strategy: Play for a draw against Tibor Tolnai and thus gain enough points to make history. Or abandon caution, follow ...

The chess prodigy's rise to stardom unfolds in director Rory Kennedy's new film 'Queen of Chess' Yves Forestier/Sygma via Getty; Courtesy of Netflix Judit Polgár's rise to chess stardom is documented ...

At a private home in Park City, Utah, Alec Baldwin sat across a chess board from Judit Polgár – he sighted, she blindfolded. Despite the visual disadvantage, it didn’t take long for Polgár to ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you loved The Queen’s Gambit, then you are definitely going to want to watch The Queen of Chess on Netflix, a new documentary that began streaming today that profiles ...

Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical: Tommy Korberg was nominated but did not win. Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical: Elaine Paige was nominated ...

I want to ask you a question: Do you think the choices you make today will have any impact on your future? If we stop to think about it, most of us would say, “Yes, of course.” But we don’t actually ...

In 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue defeated Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov at chess. The world panicked about machines ...